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Xie Jia is one of the first Cantonese Black Death Metal / Extreme Metal bands in Hong Kong, originally formed in 2002 under
thename Dark Vampire. Dark Vampire was formed by vocalist Vamp, drummer Jason and lead guitarist [Name?]. Together, they
helpedestablish the Hong Kong metal community in the early 2000s and organized extreme metal shows around Hong Kong.
Due to major lineup changes, Dark Vampire changed their style to symphonic black metal and was renamed as Orthon with
newvocalist Murk and existing members Jason and [the lead guitarist] in 2006. Orthon released their first album ...read more
Xie Jia is one of the first Cantonese Black Death Metal / Extreme Metal bands in Hong Kong, originally formed in 2002 under
thename Dark Vampire. Dark Vampire was formed by vocalist Vamp, drummer Jason and lead guitarist [Name?]. Together, they
helpedestablish the Hong Kong metal community in the early 2000s and organized extreme metal shows around Hong Kong.
Due to major lineup changes, Dark Vampire changed their style to symphonic black metal and was renamed as Orthon with
newvocalist Murk and existing members Jason and [the lead guitarist] in 2006. Orthon released their first album Transmigrate in
2010,which the featured song Unholy Silence – a collaboration with female vocalist “Bird” from the Hong Kong gothic band
WhippingRose. Orthon was disbanded later due to member changes.
In 2011, Jason and Vamp (on guitar) reformed the band as Xie Jia, with bassist Massacre. A year later, Murk rejoined the
bandtogether with rhythm guitarist Vincent, originally a student of [Dark Vampire lead guitarist]. A music video was produced
withKorean director Elliot Seo for their new arrangement of the Dark Vampire song Eight Route Army. Xie Jia performed at the
2012New Year’s Eve event Tokyo Dark Fest in Japan, with Ethereal Sin, Myproof, Crucified, Gyze, APOROGIST from Japan, and
Midianfrom Korea.
Xie Jia focused 2013 on the Guangdong and Pearl River Delta areas in China. The band entered the semi-final MIDI Festival
inShenzhen and performed as a supporting band for Anthelion from Taiwan and Ne Obliviscaris from Australia. The band also
playedin various metal shows organized by Hilltop Music and Konglan Music.
In 2014, Xie Jia began writing and recording their first album, Murk left the band shortly afterwards and Vamp took over
vocalistduties again. 2015 saw guitarist Marco from Macau joined Xie Jia. They performed as a supporting act for Noctem from
Spain andsymphonic black metal band Carach Angren from Netherlands. Guzheng player Zhou Chang from Soochow University was
featuredon the new song Kings of Hell. Marco left Xie Jia in March 2016. The band also performed with Cvinger from Slovenia in
Dongguan.
On 5th April, Xie Jia announced their first debut album Orders of The King, which was strongly influence by the stories of
ancientChinese wars, myths and history. A promotional tour and the next album are currently underway. « hide |
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