Meridian Dawn

Meridian Dawn
Genres Death metal
Melodic death metal
Modern metal
Years active 2012–present
Associated acts Firewind
Nightrage
Into the Moat
Remembering Never
Armageddon
Kamelot
Amaranthe
Cyhra
Members Antony Hämäläinen
Brandon Johnson
Johan Nunez
Nick Ziros
Christopher Cussell

Meridian Dawn is a Finnish/American/Belgian side project that fuses death metal with modern metal melodies.[1]

History

Meridian Dawn was conceived when guitarist Brandon Johnson, Antony Hämäläinen (Armageddon, ex-Nightrage), and drummer Johan Nunez (Kamelot, ex-Nightrage, Firewind) decided that they wanted to create music together, following that, bass player Nicholas Ziros (Into the Moat, ex-Remembering Never) and guitarist Christopher "CJ" Cussell (Before The Mourning) were recruited to form Meridian Dawn. Songs were written after about a year of file exchange as the majority of the band lived in different parts of the world. On March 25, 2014 the band released its first ever EP titled The Mixtape. It is a collection of five songs that were created in different studios, with different producers from both Sweden and America respectively.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Musical style

Meridian Dawn's music is generally considered a mixture of European death metal and melodic death metal.,[2][10] The Age Of Metal observes "vocal contrasts between clean and guttural vocals are impressive, and the production value goes beyond expectation for an EP release". VarietyOfDeathZine commented the band "has a modern and melodic approach to metal while also being very heavily influenced by death metal which shows up mostly in the vocals."[11][12]

Band members

Discography

  • The Mixtape (Released: March 25, 2014 - Format: Digital download)

References

  1. ↑ dhancock1255. "Meridian Dawn/The Mixtape/2014 EP Review". VarietyOfDeathZine. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  2. 1 2 "The Mixtape EP". The Age Of Metal. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer, FIREWIND Drummer Join Forces In MERIDIAN DAWN". blabbermouth.net. 2013-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Meridian Dawn". metal-archives.com. 2013-07-15.
  5. ↑ "MERIDIAN DAWN: Drum-Cam Footage Of 'Iconic' Recording ..." artistdirect.com. 2013-08-04.
  6. ↑ "MERIDIAN DAWN Release Lyric Video For 'Iconic'". bravewords.com. 2013-07-30.
  7. ↑ "Meridian Dawn Debut New Tune". gunshyassassin.com. 2014-03-20.
  8. ↑ "Modern Metallers MERIDIAN DAWN Post Lyric Video For 'Thieves'". metalmouth.net. 2014-03-19.
  9. ↑ "Johan Nunez - Meridian Dawn - Iconic". sickdrummermagazine.com. 2013-08-03.
  10. ↑ "Meridian Dawn/The Mixtape/2014 EP Review". 2014-03-20.
  11. ↑ "Song Premiere: MERIDIAN DAWN Suffer A "Fever Syndrome" Release Lyric Video For 'Iconic'". metalinjection.com. 2014-03-25.
  12. ↑ "Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer, FIREWIND Drummer Join Forces In MERIDIAN DAWN". purerocknews.com. 2013-07-15.
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