“Choose your side… Heaven or Hell”, that's how the saga of Dark Avenger began, when in the early 1993 Mario Linhares and Leonel Valdez gathered their aims to write another page of Brazilian heavy metal scene, carving out their stile from the pillars of power and traditional heavy metal with great influence of Manowar, Judas Priest, Helloween, Iron Maiden among others.

In February 94 a unique demo-tape is recorded containing four songs (Die Mermaid!, Ghost Divinity, Half Dead Eyes and Madelayne) and soon they conquered a large legion of fans around the country. The expert media and magazines praised the members of the band by their musical skills and performance: “… vocalist Mario Linhares can figure out as one of the best singer of the country and is greatly escorted by the fantastic guitars… the tracks in this demo-tape are faultless, out of this world!” (Rock Brigade Magazine, September 94).

Such reviews encouraged the band to record a studio work and in June 95 they recorded their debut and self titled album in Zen Studios. Following the path of the demo-tape, the album was a huge success in Brazil and in many other countries.

This fact was an open door to the band, which licensed the album abroad through some record labels such as Scarlet Records in Europe and Soundholic in Japan.

After two years touring throughout Brazil and some changes in the former line up, Dark Avenger signs with MEGAHARD Records in 2001 and releases TALES OF AVALON