Before the Dawn

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Nazione:Finlandia
Attività:dal 1999

Line up

  • Tuomas Saukkonen: vocals, guitars, drums
  • Juho Räihä: guitars
  • Pyry Hanski: bass
  • Paavo Laapotti: vocals
Back in 1999, when Tuomas Saukkonen felt the need to break his routines as a drummer of a local band, his new metal project called BEFORE THE DAWN was born. As soon as the studio was booked, the following demo session started a decade that brought 3 demos, 5 full length albums, 1 DVD and 2 mini albums. BEFORE THE DAWN also hit both single and album charts in the bands home country Finland many times and played a huge amount of shows in more than 16 countries supporting bands like KATATONIA, MOONSPELL, SWALLOW THE SUN, SCAR SYMMETRY and AMORPHIS.
Soon, the band had gathered a solid fan base all around the globe. Although the first 10 years were characterized by many label and line up changes, 2010 introduced the strongest BTD line-up ever to be seen on stage and in the studio. The year also took the band to position #1 of the official Finnish chart with their “Decade Of Darkness” EP and in front of Asian metalheads in China and Japan supporting STRATOVARIUS and TURISAS. No matter what, BEFORE THE DAWN never rested and hit the studio soon again, recording their highly anticipated new album “Deathstar Rising” which was mixed and mastered in November 2010 and once again proves the magic BEFORE THE DAWN stands for.
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, Tuomas and his crew have paved their way to uniqueness!
With their sixth album, Tuomas Saukkonen and his gang pick up where they left of with their highly successful 2007 effort “Deadlight”, delivering melodies and emotions, brutal riffs and devastating intensity. A unique mixture, fans of dark music have been looking for so long or might already know it – either way, “Deathstar Rising” is a must have for self considered music lovers!

Discografia

Copertina 7,5
Stormbringers (Napalm Records / 2023) 

1. THE DAWN / 2. DESTROYER / 3. REVERIES / 4. DOWNHEARTED / 5. CHAINS / 6. DIVIDED / 7. THE DARK / 8. CHAOS STAR / 9. THE WEIGHT

Copertina 8
Rise of the Phoenix (Nuclear Blast / 2012) 

1. EXORDIUM / 2. PITCH-BLACK UNIVERSE / 3. PHOENIX RISING / 4. CROSS TO BEAR / 5. THRONE OF ICE / 6. PERFECT STORM / 7. FALLEN WORLD / 8. ECLIPSE / 9. CLOSURE

Copertina 6,5
Decade Of Darkness [reissue] (Cyclone Empire / 2011) 

1. DECADE OF DARKNESS / 2. END OF DAYS / 3. INSOMNIA / 4. PAINLESS / 5. PAINLESS (LIVE) / 6. DEADSONG (LIVE) / 7. DEADSONG (SYMPHONY VERSION) ...

Copertina 8
Deathstar Rising (Nuclear Blast / 2011) 

1. THE FIRST SNOW / 2. WINTER WITHIN / 3. DEATHSTAR / 4. REMEMBRANCE / 5. UNBROKEN / 6. JUDGEMENT / 7. THE WAKE / 8. SANCTUARY / 9. BUTTERFLY EFFECT / 10. WREITH

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Decade Of Darkness (Stay Heavy Records / 2010) 

1. DECADE OF DARKNESS / 2. END OF DAYS / 3. INSOMNIA / 4. PAINLESS / 5. PAINLESS (LIVE) / 6. DEADSONG (LIVE) / 7. DEADSONG (SYMPHONY VERSION)

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Soundscape of Silence (Stay Heavy Records / 2008) 

1. DYING SUN / 2. EXILE / 3. SILENCE / 4. DEAD REFLECTION / 5. HIDE ME / 6. FABRICATION / 7. SAVIOUR / 8. MONSTERS / 9. COLD / 10. LAST SONG / 11. IGNITE (BONUS TRACK)

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Deadlight (Stay Heavy Records / 2007) 

1. WRATH / 2. FAITHLESS / 3. FEAR ME / 4. ETERNAL / 5. MORNING SUN / 6. DEADSONG / 7. GUARDIAN / 8. STAR OF FIRE / 9. REIGN OF FIRE / 10. ...

Copertina 6,5
The Ghost (Locomotive / 2006) 

1. DISAPPEAR / 2. REPENTANCE / 3. AWAY / 4. SCAR / 5. ANGEL'S TOMBSTONE / 6. BLACK DAWN / 7. ENEMY / 8. STORMBRINGER / 9. GHOST TOWN / 10. ... NOWHERE

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The First Chapter (Locomotive / 2006) 

1. UNBREAKABLE / 2. SERAPHIM / 3. ALONE / 4. FATHER AND SON / 5. MY DARKNESS / 6. ANGEL / 7. MY ROOM / 8. SEED / 9. THE BLACK / 10. FADE AWAY / 11. VENGEANCE / 12. HUMAN HATRED ...

Copertina 6,5
4:17 am (Locomotive / 2004) 

1. HEAVEN / 2. SEED / 3. DREAMER / 4. FADE AWAY / 5. CRUSH / 6. INTO YOU / 7. MY ROOM / 8. THE BLACK / 9. VENGEANCE / 10. HIDING

Copertina 7,5
My Darkness (Locomotive / 2003) 

1. INTRO / 2. UNBREAKABLE / 3. SERAPHIM / 4. MY DARKNESS / 5. TAKE MY PAIN / 6. FATHER AND SON / 7. ALONE / 8. ANGEL / 9. UNDONE / 10. HUMAN HATRED / 11. 4.16 AM

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Gehenna (2001) 

1. THE NELL / 2. GEHENNA / 3. NOT DIVINE AS THEM / 4. IN FEAR THEY SLEEP / 5. UPON THE EARTH / 6. ANGEL

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To Desire (2000)  Demo

1. REFLECTION / 2. EVIL IN YOU / 3. OCEANS WITHIN / 4. TO DIE FOR / 5. BRINGER / 6. INFINITY

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