It was the year 1999 when As Light Dies was born as a project, A few friends trying to build a band where they would mix all their musical tastes. Music styles as death metal, black, doom, new age, gothic rock and progressive metal, avant-garde, Celt music and even 80's pop.
They started with an aim to create a mysterious, sad and macabre style, while trying to approach to the majority of the people at the same time. In short: they were trying to create a new style. This is the main concept of the E.M.M. If you are interested, you can check the manifest.
With the entire band completed, As Light Dies in September of 2003 to record their first demo "The Sinking of Atlantis".
In May (2004), they recorded their second demo titled "The Painter's Curse", then one month after they enter the Geek Records studios to finish their third recording, this time relying on better professional resources, and better production. The name of this third demo was "3 Views of an End: A Trip to Nowhere" including 6 tracks.
This recording received some very good reviews in the fanzines, and better reactions and satisfaction from the fans.
In summer of 2005, As Light Dies entered again in Geek Records to record their first album "A Step Through the Reflection" and it was edited by "Mondongo Canibale Records" at the end of 2006.
In 2006 it is recordered a new conceptual mini cd named "GEA".
Nowadays new tracks are in preparation for a new album. It's name will be "Ars subtilior written from cage's within".