This is actually not a new release from the DSC, but a rather old one, recorded in 1999-2000 as a remix-album of the classic The Apocryphal album. It was released digitally for free via Echolize by Nangijala Records some 10 years later in early 2011. It also contains the previously unreleased track “Dust II” and a new version of “Pride”.
Year: 2011
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: Digital Release via Echolize.com (no longer available)
Revival was actually released already in december 2002 but it took until 2003 for the official release worldwide. This is a follow up to the Believe album, containing 12 new songs from DSC. Musically the Cowboys take a step towards heavier crossover rythms but still the straight forward sound of the Believe album is the foundation.
Year: 2003
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD
In 2001 Dark Side Cowboys under the short name DSC delivered “Believe”, a brand new album containing 11 new songs, all with the improved but still unique DSC-soundscape. Catchy tunes were mixed with heavy danceable beats, brutal guitars and massive electronic soundscapes.
On the “Believe” album you can find dark and powerful songs like “Lost Generation”, the titletrack “Believe” and the atmospheric “Subzero” among others. This is without a doubt the most popular DSC-album from their first 10 years in the business.
Year: 2001
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD + online version (remastered 2013)
New Religion is the first single released from the successful Believe-album and also a turning point in the sound of DSC, bringing a more traditional type of song structures to the audience. “New Religion” is probably the most popular and played DSC-song up to date and it went straight up to no1 on the Finnish Gothic/Industrial Chart.. As the title implies, DSC once again moved in a new direction, breaking the boundaries of what’s believed to be sacred for it’s time…
Year: 2000
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD-maxi + online version (remastered 2013)
This is the sequel to the Disclosure album and was released to the fans in 1999, resulting in another chart position for the Cowboys. The album takes the listener through a series of events to give answers to some of the questions put in mind during Disclosure – Episode I and to bring to surface a couple of new ones as well.
Musically DSC takes on a new type of sound with this production, containing massive guitar-riffs, soothing ballads, sweaping melodies and vocals both soft and brutal. All this mixed together in a clean production makes High a very strong album from the Dark Side.
Year: 1999
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD
This fully packed album (19 tracks) passing the 70 minutes border of runningtime was actually released and sold as a CDM (believe it or not). Most contains the second single from the album High and also a bonus single named “Tears for You”, that refers back to the Cowboys’ first album The Apocryphal. And as if that wasn’t enough, DSC invites to a third chapter and deliver special bonus tracks with remixes by bands like Red Butt Closeup and Soulgrinder. The Most single itself is a very intense and somewhat brutal experience.
Year: 1998
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD-Maxi/CD
The first single from the album High contains 6 tracks. It was awarded Single of the Year -98 by Zynthec Music Magazine (now known as Zero Music Magazine) and also climbed the charts at Swedish Alternative Music Awards the same year. It contains two versions of the by many favorable title song along with some other teasers of what’s to follow in its footsteps. Also you find an excklusive song in “Noctürne”, dedicated to Brandy Wahlén, a close friend to the band and former singer in La Solitude, who passed away tragically in 97.
Year: 1998
Label: Nangijala Records
Format: CD
Reflections is the limited edition release of 1997 from the Cowboys (there has been one limited edition release each year between 1994-1997). It holds a number of exclusive tracks, such as the confusing “Fun Car”, the raging “Torture” and the instrumental “Winter part I”. It also has several hard to find tracks like “Once Again”, and a liverecording of “Bloodred Moon”, taken from the Such A Bitter Tour -97. This baby was only released in a very limited edition so you should be lucky if you got one…
Year: 1997
Label: Moriensis Productions
Format: CD
Disclosure is the second album from Dark Side Cowboys, presenting a new and improved soundscape. This album is the first episode of a futuristic whodunit that might answer many questions about what DSC have been up to during the years… The music on this album is somewhat moodier and darker than before but still with the unexpected twists of their past releases.
Mick Mercer (journalist and author of the book: Hex Files) descibed “Autumn Song” the following way: “…they produce an impressingly lavish lather and when they get lively on the chorus, whole buildings fall apart.” The Disclosure-story takes the listener far away to the city of Acropolis to seal the fate of an crime-fighting agent and his companions in the battle for their lifes.
Year: 1997
Label: Moriensis Productions
Format: CD
Review is the title of a compilation, a sort of “best of” demotapes. It was released on the independent UK label M&E and also in a swedish limited promotion edition.
On this cassette you’ll find excerpts from DSC’s demotapes. We have chosen to include some of the tracks that have not been released on CD among with old versions of songs that later on have appeared re-recorded on CD. One could look at this as a sort of “best of” – early material – tape and that is what it is ment to be.
Year: 1996
Label: M&E and Moriensis Productions