Lord valke was born on January 27, 1978 at 12:58 pm in Alexandria, Egypt . In 1997, he legally changed Sherif to Valke and later started to use the name Lord Valke as his Black Metal Band . Valke, which means "Vampire Creator,"

V had been learning the guitar since he was 14. His first band was known as Nokturnal Shadow , formed around 1997-98. In the end -1998 Sherif took a one-year break, which he spent playing and learning Keyboards and Bass and focusing more for his main instrument “Guitars” and try to make his skills getting higher to help his needs for what he wants to approach on the music styles that he is seeking for .. In 1999 Sherif met along with his friend and long period music partner Yakoot aka Shadowlord And convinced him to join his New Born band Nokturnal Shadow for playing black metal After a short period of time they decide to get away from the black metal because the two musical differences between V and Yakoot but they found something in common between them their love for Gothic Music and Rock influences they decide to create a band named called Crystal shadow they start back in the early of 1999 to play gothic metal on the vein of paradise lost and katatonia After a 2 years from forming Crystal Shadow they decide to disbanded for good again in 2004

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