Dark Princess (band)

The band was founded by singer Olga "Dark Princess" Romanova.

Its debut album Without You was released in 2005.

In 2006, Dark Princess released a full-length album titled Stop My Heart. A 2008 review by the German Sonic Seducer magazine noted similarities to bands like Evanescence but also original creativity, and praised Olga Romanova's singing as "remarkably competent". In 2007, the band released its third album, The Brutal Game.

In 2008, a double CD was included in the heavy-metal magazine EMP that consisted of the band's first two albums, Without You and Stop My Heart. In February 2008, Romanova, citing personal and organizational problems, left the band and was replaced by Natalia Terekhova. In April 2012, the band released a new album, The World I've Lost. After the release of this album, longtime drummer Denis Stekanov (also known as Ghost) left the band for unknown reasons.

In 2014, the band Dark Princess broke up.

In 2020, Olga Trifonova (ex-Romanova) regained the Dark Princess brand and in the summer of 2020, she began working on the new album "Phoenix," which was completed in 2023.

• Olga Trifonova{{spaced ndash}} lead vocals (2004–2008, 2020–present)
• Stepan Zujev{{spaced ndash}} keyboards, backing vocals (2005–2014, 2020–present)
• Sergey Moroz{{spaced ndash}} drums (2020–present)
• Denis Nikulshin{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar (2020–present)
• Andrey Lavrov{{spaced ndash}} guitar (2020–present)
• Maxim Demidov{{spaced ndash}} guitar (2020–present)

• Ilya Klokov{{spaced ndash}} lead guitar (2004–2014)
• Aleksandr Lubimov{{spaced ndash}} rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–2014)
• Stanislav Fatyanov{{spaced ndash}} bass guitar (2004–2014)
• Denis Stekanov{{spaced ndash}} drums (2004–2012)
• Natalia Terekhova{{spaced ndash}} lead vocals (2008–2014)
• Kirill Fyodorov{{spaced ndash}} drums (2012–2014)

• Without You (2005)
• Stop My Heart (2006) – Metal Hammer: 5/7{{cite magazine |url=http://www.metal-hammer.de/das-archiv/article260112/dark-princess-stop-my-heart.html |title=Dark Princess – Stop My Heart |first=Manuel |last=Liebler |language=German |magazine=Metal Hammer |issue=2 |year=2008}} {{registration required}}
• Zhestokaya Igra (Жестокая игра; English: The Rude Game) (2007)
• The World I've Lost (2012) – Rock Hard: 7.5/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=29173 |title=Review: Dark Princess The World I´ve Lost |first=Jens |last=Peters |magazine=Rock Hard |language=German |year=2012 |issue=302}}
• Phoenix (2023)

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• {{URL|darkprincess.ru}} (in Russian), the band's official website
• {{allMusic|id=mn0001768818|label=Dark Princess}}
• Staff (undated). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120113072759/http://metal-radio.ru/olgaromanova "Olga Romanova"] (in Russian). Retrieved 17 January 2013.
• Database (undated). [http://www.last.fm/music/Dark+Princess "Dark Princess"]. last.fm. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

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