BEFORE THE DAWN

Gothic Metal • Finland
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Finnish Before The Dawn saw daylight in 1999 as a solo project by Tuomas Saukkonen. The first line-up was gathered so that the band would be able to perform live. With many changes inside the band, they entered the studio to record an MCD called Gehenna. After two albums and numerous changes in the line-up, Tuomas gathered an entirely new line-up in 2005.
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BEFORE THE DAWN My Darkness album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
My Darkness
Gothic Metal 2003
BEFORE THE DAWN 4:17 am album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
4:17 am
Gothic Metal 2004
BEFORE THE DAWN The Ghost album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
The Ghost
Gothic Metal 2006
BEFORE THE DAWN Deadlight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Deadlight
Gothic Metal 2007
BEFORE THE DAWN Soundscape of Silence album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soundscape of Silence
Gothic Metal 2008
BEFORE THE DAWN Deathstar Rising album cover 3.61 | 5 ratings
Deathstar Rising
Gothic Metal 2011
BEFORE THE DAWN Rise Of The Phoenix album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Rise Of The Phoenix
Gothic Metal 2012

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BEFORE THE DAWN Gehenna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gehenna
Gothic Metal 2001
BEFORE THE DAWN Dirty Black Summer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dirty Black Summer
Gothic Metal 2008
BEFORE THE DAWN Decade of Darkness album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Decade of Darkness
Gothic Metal 2010

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BEFORE THE DAWN To Desire album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
To Desire
Gothic Metal 2000

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Deadsong
Gothic Metal 2007
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Faithless
Gothic Metal 2007

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The First Chapter
Gothic Metal 2005

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BEFORE THE DAWN Deathstar Rising

Album · 2011 · Gothic Metal
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Genre: modern melodic metal

Before the Dawn are often categorized as a gothic melodeath band, but I honestly do not think that "Deathstar" rising has a lot to do with melodic death metal. Apart from growled vocals and the tracks "Butterfly Effect" and "Wraith", I do not hear a lot of melodeath (certainly no death). And I do not really hear anything in the music that I can connect with gothic metal (with the one exception of "The Wake"). To me, it sounds more like modern melodic metal with growled vocals and an overall eclectic approach.

But, hey, genre-wankery is pointless anyway. The important thing is that the music is good.

This is my first experience with Before the Dawn, and I must say that they've made a positive first impression. I like how the music is inherently melodic and at the same time extremely tight. It is very obvious that the musicianship is at a very professional level here, and the guys in the band have a knack for composing catchy and memorable melodies - both in terms of guitars and vocal lines.

To me, the strongest asset of the band is bassist "Lars Elkind's, clean vocals (yup, they do the typical harsh/clean vocals thing... I guess that this is a melodeath element, too). Tuomas Saukkonen provides the growled vocals; his growling is more standard. I mean it is not bad, he is pretty good at it, but it is nothing unique or special. But Elkind's voice is quite something. It is very expressive and has a sort of beautiful quality to it, and his singing adds an additional emotional dimension to the already melodic chorus melodies.

Recommended to fans of melodeath, melodic metalcore and som fans of classic metal might also like it.

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