DISTANT LIGHT

09 January 2008

DISTANT LIGHT will perform at Melna Piektdina club alongside with local pogressive metal band YEAR ZERO and lithuanian folk-heavy metal band THUNDERTALE. Check this link link for more info.

15 December 2007

DISTANT LIGHT will perform at BlackDeath Night. The stars of the evening will be world famous swiss band Samael, and you will see and hear local Frailty, Death Rise and ZX Spectrum as well. Show starts 19.00, 21.12.2007. Check the link above for more info. Cheers and see you there :).

18 October 2007

Distant Light are happy to present their second demo Invisible Wires. As usual lyrics and music for 5 new songs are available at Sounds And Lyrics section of our site. Yes, at last we did it! We are infinitely greatful to everyone who patiently waited and believed, those who helped and supported. Thank you.

17 June 2007

DISTANT LIGHT will perform at MetalShow.lv Metal Open Air Festival . For the band it will be the first gig in approximately one and a half years, so we can talk about some kind of comeback :). Our set is scheduled on the 6th of July, 19.00-20.00. Many great bands will play there, check the website of the festival for further details. See you there and cheers.

08 February 2007

It has been long since the last post, but we assure you - there is nothing to worry about. There is one bad news, and another good oone. The first one is really sad - our long time loyal band bassist and good friend Jan Kurpnieks has called his day and left for his own new metal-core band Sandtrout. But! Famous basist Sergey Karshev from famous NEGLECTED FIELDS has joined Distant Light, which is an amazing news indeed!

09 May 2006

To everyone who cares! :) Our drummer Rustam is on serious buisness trip and will retrun to his homeland in the middle of autmn - untill then we are taking a short creative vacation, which means new songs. Stay tuned.

07 February 2006

Another great gig is comming our way! Distant Light were invited to open the show for legendary Accept vocalist UDO! It will take place 25.02.2006 at Sapnu Fabrika club. Gates open at 18:30, show starts at 20:00.

05 February 2006

Pictures from recent Black Friday show are added to appropriate section. Really great quality and two new selections!

29 December 2005

Friday the 13th is comming our way! Come to Salamandra on the 13th of January Year 2006 for annual Black Friday show (Riga, Jugla, Salamandras iela 1.) Show starts at 19.00. Paricipants: YEAR ZERO, ETERNAL SNOWFALL, ZX SPECTRUM, INFECTED, DISEASE, NYCTICORAX, FIMOZ, PRETERNATURAL, RUSA, ANTI, DISTANT LIGHT, and more!

28 December 2005

Due to constant spam abuse guestbook is temporarily closed.

14 December 2005

Gig in Kabata confirmed - come there on the 23rd of December! Show starts at 18:00.

30 September 2005

Pictures from Kaunas gig are added to appropriate section. Take a look!

14 September 2005

Distant Light has been invited to play at lithuanian band Thundertale (Kaunas) debute album "Rising Power" presentation, alongside with Soul Brothers (Kaunas) and Fata Morgana (Vilnius). The show will take place at 25.09.2005, club Amerika pirtyje“(Vytauto pr. 71), Kaunas, Lithuania. True metal gig is going our way, cheers! More info can be obtained here - lithuaninan metal portal Ferrum.

16 August 2005

Pictures from Moto Saiets are added to appropriate section. Have fun!

04 August July 2005

12.08.2005 and, possibly, 13.08.2005 Distant Light will peform at MOTO SAIETS 2005, which will take place in Jumurdas Muiza. Show starts at around 8 p.m.

27 July 2005

Totally new PICTURES section is now opened. Enjoy and come back later for more! :)

21 July 2005

23.07.2005 Distant Light will rock at The First International Bike Fest KURLAND BIKEMEET 2005, which will take place in Ventspils.

01 July 2005

06.07.2005 at 19:30 Distant Light will participate in the interview at SWH Rock (FM 89,2 MHz).

04 June 2005

Distant Light will play at The 1st Metal Open Air Fest which will take place in Blome (10 km from Smiltene), Latvia, 8-9 of July! We will play on the second day. Check the link above for further info and guides.

03 June 2005

Distant light has been invited to BALTIK RAND Bike Fest 2005 which will take place in Narva, Estonia, 1-3 of July! Our performance is scheduled on the 2nd of July.

22 May 2005

Good news everyone (c) ;)! Our song Prometheus was chosen for annual latvain underground collection Melna Piektdiena (Vol. 6) (Black Friday). This CD can be bought at GAILITIS CD-shop located in CENTRS mall.

01. SKYFORGER - Uz Ziemelkrastu 02. NEGLECTED FIELDS - Teufelwerk 03. SANCTIMONY - Lover 04. PRETERNATURAL - Lunar Cry 05. FLAYING - Revenge From Asalym 06. HUSKVARN - Vejs 07. DISTANT LIGHT - Prometheus 08. INFECTED - World Full Of... 09. ETERNAL SNOWFALL - Over The Ocean 10. NYCTYCORAX - Ne Mertvi 11. COLLIDE - I Don't Care 12. MUTILATE MYSLEF - Pimp Disfigurment 13. MACHINERIE PERFECT - Nova 14. FRALITY - Silent Winter

10 May 2005

Hey there! Everything works great in our camp, we reharse alot and get some brilliant results. The Lineup section is opened again. Cheers! See you on the shows in summer!

19 March 2005

It took a while since the last update. At the moment we can confirm the change in vocal department. The new singer for the band is Sasha Redko (ex-Trendkill Method/Gust of Anger, Moral Free, Wild Colony, etc). The Lineup page is closed for a while, the update will follow shortly.

09 December 2004

Gig in Kabata confirmed - come there on the 23rd of December! Show starts at 17:00. Apart of Distant Light you will see following bands: FRAILTY - doom/death TABESTIC ENTERON - grind DISEASE (Daugavpils) - symphonic metal

11 November 2004

Photo gallery from Whitesnake show is added.

18 October 2004

More great news! And we mean it! Distant Light opens show for noone else, but legendary band WHITESNAKE! The show will take place at RIGAS SPORTA PILS (K. Barona iela 75) 06.11.04 20:00. The ticket can be purchaised from here.

22 September 2004

Great gig is coming - on the 3rd of October we will play at Kabata Club alongside with: NEGLECTED FIELDS (LV) - technical progressive death metal PORTIKUS (SK) - progressive metal ABSURD CONFLICT (CZ) - progressive death/thrash metal INFECTED (LV) - progressive/alternative metal Show starts at 17:00. Ticket price - 3 ls. Not to be missed!

14 August 2004

Photo gallery from Tu Esi Pamanits fest is added.

10 August 2004

Another gig will take place at the fest Mes Un Livi (Pope, 11 km from Ventspils) 21.08.2004 - Distant Light performs as honorary guests!

26 July 2004

We will take part in Tu Esi Pamanits band's competition at the 13th of August. It will take place at Dzintari concert hall, 17:00. Your support is much needed and appreciated!

28 April 2004

Our first studio session is finally over! Do not hesitate to check out Sounds And Lyrics section and download 5 new songs from our album Prison Of Dreams. More to come in the future! Stay tuned, stay metal!

7 March 2004

We will perform at True Metal Sound show in Daugavpils, Dzintars Alter Ego club alongside with Sanctimony and local bands Legion, Artstorm and Silversand.

13 February 2004

Our song Prison of Dreams was chosen for annual latvain underground collection Melna Piektdiena (Vol. 5) (Black Friday) .

01. SKYFORGER - Gada Isaka Nakts 02. SANCTIMONY - Super Hero 03. NEGLECTED FIELDS - Sinesthetic 04. FLAYING - Injection 05. PRETERNATURAL - Human Transmigration 06. WILD COLONY - The Dragonlance 07. RUSA - Lietus 08. DISTANT LIGHT - Prison of Dreams 09. URSKUMUG - When Water Becomes Ice 10. NIGHTWING - Forgotten Ancient Manuscript 11. AGARES - Transilvanian Hunger (Darkthrone cover) 12. INFECTED - Castle Of Matches 13. MOTORIUM - Neviens

13 February 2004

We will perform at Melna Piektdiena (Black Friday) at the 7UP club alongside with Urskumug, Necromancer, Interment, Infected, Nightwing, Insane, Sanctimony and Skyforger.

18 January 2004

Lyrics for all songs is added to Sounds and Lyrics section

31 December 2003

Today Distant Light greets everyone and wishes all the best and very happy New Year! Thank you for being with us! It's just a beginning!

13 December 2003

Gallery of pictures from Heavy Metal League is added to the Pictures section. Read the review of the show on the Abbath site (blackmetal.ru.lv)

12 December 2003

Gallery of pictures from Mes un Livi festival is added to the Pictures section

7 December 2003 Watch out for HEAVY METAL LEAGUE

We are going to play at Depo Club alongside with our friends Terra (melodic heavy metal) and Mahaon (sympho-power). Most certainly it's going to be the only True Heavy Metal show in many years! Come along, you definitely will like it!

18 October 2003

Played at Saksofons Club. Metal H were simply amazing!