Dawn Ray'd
British black metal band
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Dawn Ray'd were a British black metal band.[1]
Dawn Ray'd | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Black metal |
| Years active | 2015–2023 |
| Label | Prosthetic Records |
| Members | Simon Barr Matthew Broadley Fabian Devlin |
| Website | dawnrayd |
History
In 2008, singer and violinist Simon Barr and guitarist Fabian Devlin formed a band named We Came Out Like Tigers in Liverpool. In the following years, drummer Matthew Broadley would join them, leading to the creation of a black metal band, named Dawn Ray'd. The group was named after a line in Voltairine de Cleyre's 1898 poem Santa Agueda about the assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.[2] The group was openly anarchist and anti-fascist.[3][4][5]
The band released their first EP, A Thorn, a Blight, in 2015, followed by their first album, The Unlawful Assembly, in 2017.[6][7] In 2017, the group additionally signed with record label Prosthetic Records.[8]
In 2019, the group released their second album, Behold Sedition Plainsong.[9] Kerrang! reviewed the album at 4/5 stars, stating that the band "simultaneously exemplify and challenge black metal rebellion here."[10]
In September 2023, the band announced they had broken up.[11]
Discography
Studio albums
- The Unlawful Assembly (2017)
- Behold Sedition Plainsong (2019)
- To Know the Light (2023)
EPs
- A Thorn, a Blight (2015)
- Wild Fire (2021)