Biography for Ultima Candela...

Was formed in 1996 by Dark Winds of the Night(keyboads,acc.guitars and vocals), Wind of Sorrow (acc.guitars and avocals) and Princess of Lost Kingdom (vocals).

The result was the debut demo-tape released in 1998, "The Death of the Wild". The sound was pretty much influenced by ethereal and pagan folk music.

After this period Princess of the Lost Kingdom moves from the city and the collaboration stops; Wind of Sorrow also having many different projects, takes a break from the project.

Dark Winds of the Night also known as Fulmineos finds for a little while a very talented guitar player, Claudiu, from a local band called Scrum, but this collaboration ends without any recorded material.

After this period the project exists more or less, but Fulmineos records alone a new material in 2003/2004 entitled "Pripolniza Codrilor" more oriented to ambient soundscape music with some hues of ethereal and folk touches, which was released by the newly-created label of Fulmineos: Banatian Darkness. On this material are used also some session vocals done by Cezara and Erebus that contributed to the great atmosphere that this CD has. This material is a tribute to the mighty times when banatian pagan spirituality was alive in these lands. This is the sound emerged from the dark ages of the pre-christian times at the beginning of medieval history. From the lyrical point, there are all kind of influences, from the identities that resulted from different civilizations that crossed Banatian territory at the dawns of the dark ages: local latin influenced groups, Slavs, Huns, etc. and they evoke in general those forgotten years, but there are also other themes into misanthropic ideology and thinking.

From the sound point of view there are no major influences, maybe: Dead Can Dance, Sopor Aeternus, Ulver, Hagalaz Runedance contributed to define what "Pripolniza Codrilor" has in its unique expression of pure pagan atmosphere.

Next it was released “Cruntat Deghen Span” in 2007 as an interlude for the second fill-lenght CD entitled "Capiste" released by Banatian Darkness Records on 21 March 2009. The material fatures the former vocalist of Fogland, Alteea who is doing a great job and brings even further the dreamy and eerie atmosphere into a great pagan folk ambient full of magic atmosphere and mystery.

The third CD ”Arsa” is released on April 2011 at Banatian Darkness Records continuing the folk/ambient journey of the second CD "Capiste", based more on acoustic guitars with keyboard sustain maybe a less vocal based music as before but with mystical and metaphorical journey through the beautiful nature and calm landscapes.

Also for the end of the year the fourth full-lenght CD is already to be finished and released entitled : "Nori si Stele" in the same ambient/folk mood, it is sort of a return to the first sounds more soundscape atmosphere of Ultima Candela... on the most welcomed project so far debut-CD "Pripoliniza Codrilor".

As a circle the music returns to the initial position to start again into a new dimension...

Current line-up
Fulmineos – All instruments and vocals