Before The Dawn - Deathstar Rising

Hell yeah! Hopefully now I can get an album of there for under $30. I got the first two for $2 in Boston, then paid ridiculous amounts for the follow-ups and their DVD. As well as the Dawn of Solace album, the Final Harvest album, and the two Black Sun Aeon albums.

Anyway, I love these guys!

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Finnish dark metal masters BEFORE THE DAWN have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's sixth album, "Deathstar Rising", is scheduled for release on February 25, 2011. The CD's cover artwork can be viewed below.

Founded in 1999 and led by Tuomas Saukkonen, BEFORE THE DAWN
has "managed to pave their way to uniqueness by combining the heaviness
of melodic death metal, the gloom of dark metal and the frostbitten
cold of finnish winters with beautiful melodies and epic hymnody like no other band out there," according to a press release.

Commented Saukkonen: "After 10 years and five albums, the very best that could have happened to BEFORE THE DAWN was to get under the wings of one of the most powerful metal machineries ever.

"The new alliance between Nuclear Blast and BEFORE THE DAWN is an fine example of determination, devotion, motivation and a true northern 'through the thickest stone wall' attitude."

BEFORE THE DAWN's "End Of Days" video can be viewed below. The footage in the clip was shot during the band's
mini-tour of Asia, which the group called "the coolest trip ever."

"End Of Days" is taken from BEFORE THE DAWN's 10th-anniversary EP, "Decade Of Darkness", which was released in Finland and the rest of Scandinavia via Stay Heavy Records on March 31, 2010. The rest of Europe received the effort in September via Cyclone Empire in a special package that included a bonus DVD, "Live At Summer Breeze 2009".

BEFORE THE DAWN's fifth album, "Soundscape of Silence", was released in Scandinavia in October 2008 via Stay Heavy Records.

BEFORE THE DAWN is:

Tuomas Saukkonen (BLACK SUN AEON) - Vocals, Guitar
Lars Eikind (WINDS, JACK IN THE BOX) - Vocals, Bass
Juho Räihä (GLORIA MORTI, RIVERSIDE SYNDICATE) - Guitar
Atte Palokangas - Drums

another band named after a Judas Priest song????

mr.electric39 wrote:

another band named after a Judas Priest song????

I've always wondered that. It's a common combination of words, especially in horror and stuff. But it's probably a wee tribute.

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The first in a series of trailers for "Deathstar Rising", the sixth album from Finnish dark metal masters BEFORE THE DAWN, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on February 25 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"Deathstar Rising" track listing:

01. The First Snow
02. Winter Within
03. Deathstar
04. Remembrance
05. Unbroken
06. Judgement
07. The Wake
08. Sanctuary
09. Butterfly Effect
10. Wraith
11. Infinity (from first demo 1998) *
12. My Room (acoustic) *
13. Unbreakable (live) *
14. The Black (live) *

* European bonus tracks

Sweeeeeet!

God, I love this band.