Klank is the nickname for New York City-based musician Daren Diolosa and the name of Diolosa's band. Diolosa formed Klank in 1995 after the dissolution of early 90s industrial metal band Circle of Dust, for whom Klank was a touring guitarist. Klank initially shared Circle of Dust's classification as industrial metal, routinely exhibiting Diolosa's characteristic gutteral growl, but later releases developed a more melodic and less industrial sound...
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Klank is the nickname for New York City-based musician Daren Diolosa and the name of Diolosa's band. Diolosa formed Klank in 1995 after the dissolution of early 90s industrial metal band Circle of Dust, for whom Klank was a touring guitarist. Klank initially shared Circle of Dust's classification as industrial metal, routinely exhibiting Diolosa's characteristic gutteral growl, but later releases developed a more melodic and less industrial sound. Klank achieved a ranking on the Top 40 CMJ charts in 2000 with the song Blind.
Klank got his start as a touring guitarist for Circle of Dust, a notable ground-breaker in Christian industrial metal formed by Scott Albert in 1990. In 1994 Klank began to expand beyond Circle of Dust by releasing a handful of early solo tracks on compilations, playing live with fellow Christian industrial metal band sixfeedeep, and working with The Blamed on their album 21. It was through that experience that Klank met Brandon Ebel, president of Klank's future...
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