Diadem | en

1) Californian metal band 2) Slovak metal band 3) Polish dance band 4) Electro-pop quartet based in Durham, North Carolina, USA. --- 1) Diadem is a Californian metal-band which was founded by Anthony Prechtel. The label (his label) is Studio December, which was renamed to Studio November. However it is difficult to classify the band further, since Diadem is influenced by various genres, so you might identify elements of Viking, Black and Death Metal, but they merge quite impressively. The first release done entirely by Anthony in 2002 is called "Darkness Surrounds", the second album "Crimson Sunrise", following two years...

This band was formed thanks to the french version of Popstars - The Rivals. It was composed by Alexandra, Angélique, Pookie, Marie-Laure and Ophélie. The male band (Linkup)win this edition but Diadems was offered to record one album and one single. Their first single, Encore was realised in the beginning of 2004 and received some good sucess, charted at n°4. When the Diadems' album was realised a few weeks later, it was expected to receive the same success than the Linkup one. But the girls' album totally floped despite the fact that this opus was quite promoted on french channels....