Dark Forest Booking & Mgmt

Dark Forest Booking & Mgmt The company was small and never lived long enough to grow their roster before Dylan decided to focus on starting his own project - The Axiom Collapse.

Dark Forest Artist Management was founded May 2016 by songwriter Dylan Lane as a platform to advise and progress the careers of independent artists in Sonoma County. Dylan worked for Aberration just shy of a year advising and assisting in helping the band achieve their goals before stepping down February 2017. One year after starting this company - it now exists in flux as a platform for booking,

promoting, and show management. Dylan Lane's Bio:

After growing up taking private lessons, at age 18 in 2010 Dylan had been awarded two certificates for outstanding musicianship performances on tenor saxophone from jazz festivals, and was awarded the top high school jazz award (Louis Armstrong award) for his playing. Upon graduation he moved to Chicago to attend school at Columbia College Chicago where he studied for the next four years and received his bachelors degree May 2014 in music with a focus on music composition. During his last year at Columbia, he took several music business courses before graduating and was greatly influenced by his instructors Marcos Balter, Justin Sinkovich, David Purcell and most of all Kent Anderson - to pursue a path in the music industry. In the Fall of 2015 after nearly a year of playing shows on bass with his own band, he started show managing for Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore and has been working shows ever since while continuing to learn about live productions and show promoting. Now in 2017 after dozens upon dozens of concerts played and attended, and after endless hours of study, Dylan Lane has re-booted Dark Forest as a platform to put on local shows and bring independent bands and tours through Sonoma County.

Thanks to all who came out last night to support Dark Forest Show III and to all the bands for a great night of heavy mu...
12/02/2018

Thanks to all who came out last night to support Dark Forest Show III and to all the bands for a great night of heavy music in Sonoma County!!
Here's a couple shots of Cyborg Octopus!

Tomorrow Night in Petaluma!We kick December off with the last Dark Forest Mgmt Show of the year! Cyborg Octopus is comin...
12/01/2018

Tomorrow Night in Petaluma!
We kick December off with the last Dark Forest Mgmt Show of the year! Cyborg Octopus is coming up to the North Bay for a headlining show, Wroht makes their Sonoma County debut, and Sepulchre, Scythe and Mournful Cries are the local battalion bringin the heavy atcha! Get on out and support underground metal and The Phoenix Theater tomorrow night!
Event: Cyborg Octopus, Sepulchre at The Phoenix Theater

ONE WEEK from tonight!! Dark Forest Show III on December 1st at The Phoenix Theater!! Let's see ya come out to support p...
11/25/2018

ONE WEEK from tonight!! Dark Forest Show III on December 1st at The Phoenix Theater!! Let's see ya come out to support progressive metal coming to Sonoma County with this Cyborg Octopus headlining show! The band holdin the torch for Prog in the bay area!
Get on that event page!
Cyborg Octopus, Sepulchre at The Phoenix Theater

10/30/2018

Dark Forest Show III and end of the year party is comin' atcha Saturday December 1st - Cyborg Octopus, Sepulchre at The Phoenix Theater - Featurin' Cyborg Octopus, Sepulchre, Scythe, Wroht, and Mournful Cries!! Prog, Thrash, Death metal and doom all packed in to this slammer! Sometimes I question whether or not I have the fortitude to keep moving forward in music - but I have to - and this is my way of doing it for other awesome bands as long as I'm not performing. This is a great lineup - save the date and lets have some fun! Flier comin soon - DL

Tonight in Petaluma!! Show starts at 7:30!Trecelence, Hemotoxin at The Phoenix Theater
09/15/2018

Tonight in Petaluma!! Show starts at 7:30!
Trecelence, Hemotoxin at The Phoenix Theater

September 15th, 2018!! Secura had to drop unfortunately so the dudes in Exemplar have jumped on to throw down and fill o...
07/10/2018

September 15th, 2018!! Secura had to drop unfortunately so the dudes in Exemplar have jumped on to throw down and fill out the lineup with Trecelence, Hemotoxin, Arm the Valkyrie, Plague!! Let's make it a good one!
Event: Trecelence, Hemotoxin at The Phoenix Theater

07/07/2018

Dark Forest Management is back after a year hiatus!!
This Fall at The Phoenix Theater we have a thrash attack coming at ya with sets from Trecelence, Hemotoxin, Arm the Valkyrie, Secura, and Plague!
Flier to come soon and more info in a few days! Smash that Going button!

06/26/2018

There are rumblings from the deep...

Couple shots of Cyborg Octopus tearin' it up Friday night! Thanks all who came out to support the first Dark Forest show...
08/07/2017

Couple shots of Cyborg Octopus tearin' it up Friday night! Thanks all who came out to support the first Dark Forest show last week in Petaluma!!

Come out to support the first Dark Forest Mgmt show tonight in Petaluma and enter your name at the Axiom merch booth to ...
08/04/2017

Come out to support the first Dark Forest Mgmt show tonight in Petaluma and enter your name at the Axiom merch booth to win this guitar that will be signed by all the bands! See you tonight!

Updated lineup for Friday August 4th!!The Axiom Collapse, Cyborg Octopus at the Phoenix Theater
07/27/2017

Updated lineup for Friday August 4th!!
The Axiom Collapse, Cyborg Octopus at the Phoenix Theater

Friday August 4th in Petaluma!! The Axiom Collapse, Cyborg Octopus, Raiju and AUDEO hit The Phoenix Theater. Adding one ...
06/29/2017

Friday August 4th in Petaluma!! The Axiom Collapse, Cyborg Octopus, Raiju and AUDEO hit The Phoenix Theater. Adding one more local to the lineup TBA!!
Event Page: The Axiom Collapse, Cyborg Octopus at the Phoenix Theater

06/29/2017

First Dark Forest show announcement - tomorrow morning!
Friday August 4th - save the date!

06/26/2017

We got the first Dark Forest show comin' attcha soon. Friday August 4th, save the date - stay posted!

06/21/2017
05/28/2017

A new era begins May 2017! We'll see what happens

2/5/2017Just shy of a year I've worked on Dark Forest Artist Mgmt. and was attempting this new venture to try my hand at...
02/05/2017

2/5/2017
Just shy of a year I've worked on Dark Forest Artist Mgmt. and was attempting this new venture to try my hand at another side of the industry. I was in-between starting a new band and working shows and this became a passion of mine in 2016 to assist Aberration in helping achieving their goals.
At this point I have found with the work I have coming for The Axiom Collapse and working for Gather Booking & Management that this 3rd venture is maybe too ambitious for me to take on with the other irons I currently have in the fire. I think I still have much to learn and I believe at some point in my life I will want to come back to this work - but now isn't the time.
So I've decided to step away from this endeavor for now to focus on the other musical goals I have. I'm grateful for the Aberration guys giving me the opportunity to work for them and share a lot of great memories, and look forward to seeing what their new musical chapter will look like.
I've thought about what I can do with the page - which is still kind of uncertain for me at the moment; but I might turn it into a musician's collective for like-minded people in pursuit of similar goals - essentially a network of musicians ready to jump in and fill in for each other's bands if needed, and a space for advice and musical critique. So look for that in the future! Thanks to all for supporting my musical endeavors - they never stop, they just change.
-DL

December Shows!Catch Aberration's last show of the year Friday Dec. 2nd!Event: Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore End of Yea...
11/14/2016

December Shows!
Catch Aberration's last show of the year Friday Dec. 2nd!
Event: Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore End of Year Party

Catch The Axiom Collapse 2nd show on Friday Dec. 9th!
Event: name, WRVTH at the Phoenix Theater

TOMORROW! Catch Aberration's set at:Cattle Decapitation at the Phoenix Theater! November 6th! Get ready for The Axiom Co...
10/16/2016

TOMORROW! Catch Aberration's set at:
Cattle Decapitation at the Phoenix Theater!

November 6th! Get ready for The Axiom Collapse debut at:
The Ocean at the Phoenix Theater!

Full Lineup has been announced for The Axiom Collapse debut show Nov. 6th!
09/19/2016

Full Lineup has been announced for The Axiom Collapse debut show Nov. 6th!

Tomorrow Aberration heads down to Cupertino to play the X-Bar!
09/17/2016

Tomorrow Aberration heads down to Cupertino to play the X-Bar!

We'll be down in the South Bay next Sunday!
One week until we throw down in Cupertino for this Inanimate Existence CD Release tour stop with Enigma, Symbiotic, Repaid In Blood and Don't Wake The Dreamer!! We wanna meet you - come hang!
FB Event: 9/18 Inanimate Existence *CD Release Show* with Enigma, Symbiotic, Aberration, & Don't Wake the Dreamer at The X Bar

Hit up the dudes in Aberration to get your presale tickets for the Cattle Decapitation Aberration Embryonic Devourment D...
09/05/2016

Hit up the dudes in Aberration to get your presale tickets for the Cattle Decapitation Aberration Embryonic Devourment Damascus Mantar show next month in Petaluma!

The AB-Team is going down to the South Bay for this Inanimate Existence tour stop sept. 18th! Much thanks to the dudes i...
09/03/2016

The AB-Team is going down to the South Bay for this Inanimate Existence tour stop sept. 18th!
Much thanks to the dudes in PinUp Productions!

Just a few weeks away and we're goin down to Cupertino Sept. 18th! Hope to see all our South Bay friends out for this heavy lineup!

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/996337427149325/

New Band Announcement!The Axiom Collapse is now officially under Dark Forest Mgmt's roster! Their debut show will be wit...
08/26/2016

New Band Announcement!

The Axiom Collapse is now officially under Dark Forest Mgmt's roster! Their debut show will be with The Ocean Collective Nov. 6th at the Phoenix Theater!
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1086449638109526/

Also if you haven't heard - Team Aberration has some awesome shows coming up the next couple months!!

Inaniminte Existence CD Release tour stop in Cupertino Sept 18th:
- https://www.facebook.com/events/996337427149325/
Cattle Decapitation tour stop in Petaluma Sunday Oct. 16th:
- https://www.facebook.com/events/409564822571330/

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Dark Forest Management was founded May 2016 by songwriter Dylan Lane as a platform to advise and progress the careers of independent artists in Sonoma County. The company was small and never lived long enough to grow their roster before Dylan decided to focus on starting his own music project - The Axiom Collapse. Dylan worked for Aberration just shy of a year advising and assisting the band to help achieve their goals before stepping down February 2017. Two years after the founding of Dark Forest Management - it now exists as a promotion and show management company for booking local shows, and independent and smaller tours that need tour dates in a tertiary North Bay Area market. Dylan Lane's Bio: After growing up taking private lessons, at age 18 in 2010 Dylan had been awarded two certificates for outstanding musicianship performances on tenor saxophone from jazz festivals, and was awarded the top high school jazz award (Louis Armstrong award) for his playing. Upon graduation he moved to Chicago to attend school at Columbia College Chicago where he studied for the next four years and received his bachelors degree May 2014 in music with a focus on music composition. During his last year at Columbia, he took several music business courses before graduating and was greatly influenced by his instructors Marcos Balter, Justin Sinkovich, David Purcell and Kent Anderson to pursue a path in the music industry. In the Fall of 2015 after nearly a year of playing shows on bass with his past band Vile Riot Villains - he started show managing for Sonoma County Metal & Hardcore (Also known as Gather Booking and Management). For the next two years Dylan assisted in managing the production, promotion and booking for local shows, independent and smaller tours, as well as national tours for bands of the heavy metal/rock genres.

Many Changes came in the following years with attempts at different musical endeavors - now in the year of 2018, Dark Forest Management has returned to bring heavy music to Sonoma County.

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