“Now the Dark Mark, it has appeared on me. Lord Voldemort, he calls, but I want to be free. From all the evil I have seen and I have done. So, please believe, it’s over. The good in me has won.”

The Ministry of Magic is taking over the Muggle world.

On Saturday, this electronica Harry Potter — or so-called “wizard rock” — band whose songs are based on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series band will perform on campus.

The band is a growing trend as there are more than 200 Potter-esque bands currently on MySpace.

The band members are Jason Munday, Luke Conard, Aaron Nordyke, Ryan Seiler and Mark Jennings — all of whom grew up in Ames.

Both musical and theatrical, their performances, Munday said, “are more like half music and half performance, which is something we had picked up playing with other wizard rock bands.”

When on stage, the band members use their characters and act out their songs as they sing to the music being played off of an iPod. This means no instruments are used — although they can all play instruments.

The Ministry of Magic then chose to create titles for themselves. Munday is the hero, Conard is the headmaster, Nordyke is the auror, Seiler is the prefect and Jennings is the villain.

In addition, the band wears suits and brings wands on stage, with Jennings’ costume offering a darker feel to the band’s look.

“Mark wears an all black suit and sometimes a cloak,” Seiler said. “He also adds white face paint to the costume to make himself appear like the villain Voldemort from the “Harry Potter” stories — it actually makes him look pretty creepy.”

Seiler said at their first show, Jennings had the police called on him because someone spotted the group walking and may have been alarmed by their appearance.

Doing full tours like most bands is impossible because of their busy schedules, but they still find time for the band. ISU alumni Conard and Nordyke both work out of state, as does Jennings, who attended Des Moines Area Community College.

The group tries to do a show once a month and records once in a while.

“It is kind of nice having only one show a month,” Munday said. “It’s kind of like a small vacation.”

Seiler is a senior in integrated studio arts, and Munday — who attended Iowa State after taking two years off — has two years left of school.

The band has also used the Internet to share its music. Both of the band’s albums have reached popularity on iTunes, making the top 50 for electronica albums.

Conard began making music on his computer and posting songs online. Munday, Nordyke and Conard tried to generate lyrics two years ago to make a kind of “video game music.”

The idea for their “wizard rock” band didn’t just pop into their heads one day. When the band conceptualized their sound and image, only Conard had read all of the books. Since then, the other members have started watching the movies and reading the seven novels.

They came up with songs about games such as Starcraft, World of Warcraft and one about Harry Potter. Over time, the Harry Potter song became popular online, which encouraged the band to focus their efforts on their “wizard rock” music.

They named themselves for a concert in Ames on the release day of the seventh installment of the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.”

In August 2007 the quintet recorded their first set of songs. After several shows, the band was joined by Seiler and Jennings and recorded its second album, released in June 2008.

The Ministry of Magic plans to fly to San Francisco and play a show at Alcatraz for the next Harry Potter movie release.

Because the band members live apart from each other and only do a show once a month, they won’t likely be having another show around Ames soon.

Come and see the magic

Ministry of Magic with Whomping Willows and Justin Finch-Fletchley and The Sugar Quills

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 7 p.m.

Where: M-Shop

Cost: $5 for students, $8 for public, $1 increase the day of the show

The Magic members

Luke Conard

Mark Jennings

Jason Munday

Aaron Nordyke

Ryan Seiler