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Next Birmingham Show Announced: 25th June, O2 Academy

May 18th, 2015

We have the pleasure of officially announcing that our next Birmingham date will be on the 25th June at the Birmingham O2 Academy 3. With an absolutely storming line up, we will be playing alongside our long time friends, The Mighty Wraith and Valous as well as Khaos Theory and Evyltyde. Tickets are £6.00 in […]

Dakesis Confirmed For Wildfire Festival

January 27th, 2015

Dakesis are literally beaming with delight that we can now announce we are to play the Wildfire Festival which runs from the 26th-28th June in Wiston Lodge, Scotland. Tickets are currently on sale for weekend tickets only with or without camping and they can be purchased direct from the festival website here. You can also opt for […]

New Date Announced With Winter’s Edge in Oxford

January 27th, 2015

We are very excited to announce that we will be playing with some new friends of our’s Winter’s Edge at The Cellar in Oxford. This will be on the 24th July and the line up is as follows: Winter’s Edge Dakesis No Glory You can visit the facebook event page here. We can’t wait to […]

Dakesis To Play “Fresh Blood”

August 29th, 2014

We are pleased to announce that we will once again be playing for the University of Birmingham Metal Society on their upcoming night “Fresh Blood”. There is an amazing line-up including our good friends and fellow Birmingham residents Morgue Orgy who took the Sophie Lancaster Stage at this years Bloodstock by storm. Meolestis and Cambion […]

July 2014 Update

July 3rd, 2014

Hello to you all, Adam here. I have news! News of Dakesis! We’ve played some shows over the past few months that were bloody good fun, but it’s behind a curtain of secrets and mystery that new material is slowly being brought to life. What an incredibly long gestation period it is too, but it […]

Support the Dakesis girls in Race for Life

May 23rd, 2014

Gemma and Amie will be stepping out of the Dakesis studio in which they have been in hiding for a good few month’s now to run in this year’s Race for Life on the 15th June 2014, taking part in the 5k Redditch race. After completing this in 2011, they are hoping to beat the […]

Frostival is finally upon us

February 4th, 2014

We’ve had two wonderful gigs to see in 2014 so far – Martin’s badass birthday bash (we still can’t believe he’s actually 60!) and last weekend at The Flying Shuttle in Bury. After what started out as a bit of a jest, we are now ridiculously excited about the very first “Frostival” courtesy of CackBlabbath, […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

December 31st, 2013

Well it’s the end of the year and everyone is thinking about all the wonderful resolutions they intend on keeping for 2014, as well as reflecting upon the year that has just passed. We’ve had a fairly quiet year as we’ve been focusing our efforts on album two, as well as our recent line-up change. […]

Dakesis Interview with Mark Bremner from Midlands Rocks

November 7th, 2013

It’s coming up to that time of year again where we like to hibernate in the castle and make plans for the New Year. But before we do, we caught up with Midlands Rocks’ Mark Bremner for one of our first interviews since our line up change. For those who aren’t familiar, Midlands Rocks keep […]

Keyboards/Vocal applications now open!

October 17th, 2013

We are Dakesis, a progressive-power metal band based in Birmingham, currently seeking a MALE keyboard player with vocal ability. We have built a solid reputation with a brilliantly received E.P and debut album under our belts, and material for a second album underway. Past highlights include playing Bloodstock Open Air festival and support slots with […]