The moment I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: my third album, Thanatology, has been released in physical format! I must admit that it’s been a long and windy road. The album has been released as an independent production with only 100 copies available, with a lot of hard work and effort – but exactly because … More From Digital to Tangible: Thanatology in CD Format ..read more

I had the chance to add a guitar solo to one of the tracks of the new Terrorbit EP entitled 20XX AD. As you know, Terrorbit is a darksynth/synthwave/cyberpunk band from Sweden, and I already had the honor to be a guest musician on one of their earlier releases (in two songs on From Beyond … More Guest Guitar Solo on Terrorbit’s “20XX AD” EP | Synthwave Fun ..read more

I added guitars and bass to one of the songs of a great EP created by my good friend, Fredrik of the excellent blackened death metal band Against I. The project is entitled Duo Latera, and the debut EP consists of two tracks, of which I play the guitars and bass on the first one. … More Duo Latera: Eraser (feat. Darkwave) – Thrash Metal Riffs and Melodic Solos ..read more

Hello friends, I just wanted to let you know that I remixed, remastered and partly re-recorded all my three albums and replaced the original sound files with brand new ones on my Bandcamp. If you’ve ever downloaded my albums, please make sure that you have the latest versions of the songs – just download them … More New sound files on Bandcamp ..read more

Some of you may think that I completely disappeared from here, or – which is worse – even from creating music in general. Well, nothing can be further from the truth! I definitely couldn’t write as many posts as before, but I did it with a good reason. As some of you may know, during the last few months I’ve been working on remixing/remastering all my previously released albums, and these activities (going through an extensive online course on mixing, and the troublesome trial-and-error approach that everyone must follow without a diploma in sound engineering, etc…) proved to be extremely time ..read more

Recently I had the honor to get featured on several amazing pieces of music. Firstly, I had the chance to add my guitars to two songs of a great album by Terrorbit: the music here is basically retro/synthwave, inspired by the horror movie aestethics of the 80’s. You can listen to the Terrorbit album here (Bandcamp), here (YouTube) or here (Spotify). I collaborated on the second and sixth songs (Ghost and Emptiness, respectively). Also, I had the chance to collaborate on the amazing single entitled “Come Alive” of Da J, another great dubstep/EDM/bass music artist. You can listen to the ..read more

Recently I had the honor to get featured on several amazing tracks. Firstly, I had the chance to add my guitars to two songs of a great album by Terrorbit: the music is basically retro/synthwave, inspired by the horror movie aestethics of the 80’s. Also, I had the chance to collaborate on the amazing song of Da J, another great dubstep/EDM/bass music artist. You may wonder, what a prog/thrash guitarist does in the electronic music scene – but please, give these mind-blowing albums a listen! I can only express my gratitude to Terrorbit and Da J for giving me a chance to add my contribution to t ..read more

metal-digest.com, “The Normless Music Magazine” wrote an amazing review on Thanatology!  „Zsolt Némthy’s one-man instrumental Metal project Darkwave bring an EP of chunky riffage, mellifluous keyboard stabs and pads and tonalities from here, there, and everywhere. This Hungarian multi-instrumentalist takes the concept of soundscaping further than almost any of his peers, and uses the furious guitar lead in lieu of vocals. You may argue that’s nothing new or extraordinary, but what there is sounds amazing (he self-produces too) and is quite beautifully written and played. Yes, there is a P ..read more

In a poll that received over 1,000 votes, readers of the excellent Metal Has No Borders webzine voted on their favorite metal releases of 2023. The voting started on the 18th of November and ended on Christmas Eve. It is my distinct pleasure to share the amazing news: Thanatology received Bronze Tier in the poll for Readers’ Metal Album of the Year! Right now I’m speechless. It is not very often that a self-released album of an independent musician receives such an enormous recognition – and now I feel extremely honored and grateful! Let, therefore, my first thoughts fly to all those who belie ..read more

I know that nobody reads long posts anymore, but I can’t become a person who I’m not: I am simply unable to put a text together out of five concise sentences. So, please bear with me – my usual long annual summary post will follow. 2023 has been a wild ride to me. I managed to release Thanatology, my third full-lenght album (regardless that Spotify notoriously keeps calling it an EP…). Believe me, I poured all my heart and soul – and also a huge amount of time, practice and effort – into it. I know that I’m some kind of a perfectionist – and perfectionism is often considered to be a two-edged ..read more