BEFORE THE DAWN have unveiled their brand-new single, “Chaos Sequence”, together with an official music video. The relentless song is cut from the band’s upcoming digital EP Archaic Flame, set for release this Friday, March 8, 2024 via Napalm Records. After a decade of silence, the Finnish metal juggernauts shattered expectations with their comeback album, Stormbringers, the subsequent reconquering of Europe’s stages in 2023, and successfully dominating the 70000 Tons...

BEFORE THE DAWN are destined to further establish their position in the metal scene with their brand-new EP, Archaic Flame. Scheduled for release on March 8, 2024 via Napalm Records, the new offering unveils a fiery blend of sonic intensity and melodic prowess never before heard from BEFORE THE DAWN. After a decade of silence, the Finnish metal juggernauts shattered expectations with their comeback album, Stormbringers, the subsequent reconquering of...

Finnish melodic death metal unit BEFORE THE DAWN have released an official music video for their track “Chaos Star”, cut from the band’s stunning comeback album, Stormbringers, released this past June! The new music video was filmed during BEFORE THE DAWN’s performance at John Smith Rock Festival this summer.

“Chaos Star” immediately draws the listener into an intense soundscape, in which heavy death metal parts interfere with a melancholic, visceral...

Chart-cracking Finnish melodic death metal band BEFORE THE DAWN reveal third new single “The Dark”, together with an official music video! The band’s highly anticipated comeback record Stormbringers is out this Friday, June 30, 2023 via Napalm Records.

“The Dark” catches instantly with an intense intro and - as with the whole album - a wild ride between calmer parts, intense growls and untamable death metal passages. After a 10-year...

One of the most successful Finnish melodic death metal bands ever, BEFORE THE DAWN, is back after their decade-long hiatus and introduces their second new single, “Chains”! Since their burial, the band has gained hundreds of thousands of new fans on streaming platforms completely organically, and now, both old and new followers of the band are anxiously awaiting the release of BEFORE THE DAWN’s comeback album, Stormbringers, on June 30,...

Finnish melodic death metal band BEFORE THE DAWN return after a decade-long hiatus and announce their new album, Stormbringers, to be released on June 30, 2023 via Napalm Records! Today, the band serves up a first taste of their highly anticipated upcoming album with the massive single, “Destroyer”, together with a captivating official music video.

“Destroyer” takes no prisoners - relentless drumming and ever-changing guitar lines build up a wall...

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Napalm Records proudly announces the signing of Finnish melodic death metal band BEFORE THE DAWN! Formed in 1999, chart-cracking BEFORE THE DAWN reigned as one of the most successful Finnish metal bands of the early 2000’s, and since their burial in 2013, hundreds of thousands of new fans have discovered their music on streaming platforms, entirely without promotion or labels involved. Did the music find the people, or the people...

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, Before the Dawn have paved their way to uniqueness. Founded in 1999 by Death and Gothic Doom Metal icon Tuomas Saukkonen as his solo project and with a back catalogue of 7 studio albums and several EP & single...