Before The Dawn

Composé de:
Tuomas Saukkonen: Lead guitar, vocals Harsh, claviers
Lars Eikind: Basse, chant clair
Juho Räihä: Guitare rythmique
Palokangas Atte: Batterie


Biographie:
Before the Dawn est un groupe de melodic death/gothic metal venant de Finlande. Le groupe a débuté en 1999, crée par Tuomas Saukkonen.

[Le reste en Anglais parce que j'ai la flemme pour le moment de traduire ]
The band was founded in 1999 by Tuomas Saukkonen, as his solo project. He made the first demo all on his own. Upon releasing the EP Gehenna, Saukkonen was offered many deals, but none serious enough for him to act upon. The next MCD, My Darkness, was released to favorable reviews, and it was then that Saukkonen was confronted by Locomotive Music, who offered him a record deal. Joined by Panu Willman, Mike Ojala, and Kimmo Nurmi, the newly formed lineup released their first full length album, My Darkness, in 2003. It was followed up by a second album in 2004, 4:17 am. The band supported Katatonia on a Scandinavian and European tour in 2003 as well.
In 2005, Saukkonen announced a new lineup for the band, removing all the members currently in, and bringing in Lars Eikind, Juho Räihä, and Dani Miettinen. The reason for this was that Saukkonen felt that the previous members of his band were badly motivated, and not professional enough. The newly reformed band released their next full length album, The Ghost in 2006. In 2007, the band released the next full length album, Deadlight. The single Faithless, featuring Jone Nikula, reached Number Two on the Finland top 20 charts for the week of July 15, 2007.
During the recording sessions for the fifth studio album Soundscape of Silence, drummer Dani Miettinen dropped out; the band decided to leave the position vacant and work with session drummers for live shows (e.g. Matti Auerkallio). Right after its release end of October 2008, Soundscape of Silence went to the top 20 of Finnish album charts (# 14). They were joined by Atte Palokangas for drums during the tour.

While in the writing process for their third album, The Ghost, Saukkonen ended up with over 30 written songs. The first plan was to make a double album for Before the Dawn, but some of the material was slower, more melodic and darker than the songs chosen for The Ghost and Saukkonen wanted to take things further without any limitations that Before the Dawn might create.
The result was Saukkonen's solo project, Dawn of Solace. The first album, entitled Darkness features a melodic sound akin to that of Before the Dawn, albeit with a much stronger gothic metal and doom metal influence.



Discographie:

DEMOS & EPS:
~ To Desire (Demo) - 2000
~ Gehenna (EP) - 2001
~ My Darkness (MCD) - 2002
~ Decade Of Darkness (EP) - 2010

ALBUMS:
~ My Darkness (2003)
~ 4:17 AM (2004)
~ The Ghost (2006)
~ Deadlight (2007)
~ Soundscape Of Silence (2008)

SINGLES:
~ Deadsong (2007)
~ Faithless (2007)

OTHER RELEASES:
~ Dirty Black Summer (EP) - 2008


Liens:
Site Officiel
Myspace

Chansons:
Black Dawn
Faithless
...
Disappear
Heaven
Deadsong




P'tain, un peu galère à caler dans une catégorie. M'sieur Wiki le met dans melodic death gothic metal. Vachement facile à foutre, ouais (y) T_T