BEFORE THE DAWN Announces Lineup Changes

June 15, 2011

Finnish dark metal masters BEFORE THE DAWN have issued the following update:

"BEFORE THE DAWN as we know it now will see its end on June 25 at the Nummirock festival, [and will then] regroup for one month and come back on stages stronger than ever at Tuska Open Air afterparty on July 24.

"Formed in 1999, BEFORE THE DAWN has reached a crossroad after six full-lengths, numerous tours and gigs in over 20 countries and several label changes that led the band under the mighty wings of Nuclear Blast in the end of 2010.

"The past few years have been difficult for the band in many ways, and in the end there was only two ways to go: Bury the band or continue through big changes in lineup and eventually in the music, too.

"With mutual decision in the band Lars Eikind (bass, clean vocals) and Atte Palokangas (drums) will no longer be members of BEFORE THE DAWN after the gig at Nummirock festival. Decision with Lars was mainly personal and with Atte purely musical.

"The new style will bring the band closer to melodic death metal and the gothic influences will be part of the band's history.

"BEFORE THE DAWN leader and the sole songwriter Tuomas Saukkonen and the lead guitarist Juho Rih have been the key members of the band's sound since the 'Deadlight' album, with Tuomas delivering the music and production and Juho working behind the mixing desk in the studio with recordings and also mixing the two latest releases ('Decade Of Darkness' and 'Deathstar Rising'). Their teamwork will be a guarantee of a top quality in music and production in the future also when the band returns to the studio in winter 2011. BEFORE THE DAWN will also return the stages of Europe in winter 2011 and before that the new lineup will release a digital single and music video, 'Phoenix Rising', from the forthcoming seventh album.

"In the words of the band leader Tuomas Saukkonen: 'Current changes were difficult and unfortunate but still inevitable and necessary so that the band could continue and release seventh album as stronger than ever.'"

"Deathstar Rising" entered the official chart in Finland at position No. 8. The CD was released on February 25 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"Deathstar" video:

(Thanks: Giorgio Mustica of The Aquarian Weekly)

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).