4:17 am

4:17 am is the second full-length album released by Finnish band Before the Dawn. It was released on May 24, 2004 through Locomotive Music.

4:17 am
Studio album by
Before the Dawn
ReleasedMay 24, 2004
StudioSundi Corp.; additional recording at Pizzicato Room (Lahti) and Debonair Studios (London)
GenreDeath-doom
Melodic death metal
Gothic metal
Length46:48
LabelLocomotive Music
ProducerJaani Peuhu
Before the Dawn chronology
My Darkness
(2003)		 4:17 am
(2004)		 The Ghost
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rock Hard8/10[1]

Critical reception

The Metal Storm website gave the CD a 8.7, the highest rating for any of the band's albums.[2] Gotherica rated it the 6th of "Top 10 Gothic & Alternative Albums of 2004, beating out Morrissey's You Are the Quary (sic.) and Penumbra's Seclusion, amongst others.[3]

Background

Aleksanteri Kuosa was the engineer and producer for 4:17.[4] The title of the album appears to be that 4:17 a.m. is "before the dawn," a pun on the band's name. Three years later, the band joined Stay Heavy Records.[5]

The music video for the single End of Days was released throughout Europe and in Japan.[6] The Spirit of Metal website rated the video 17 out of 20.[7] The song "My Room" was re-recorded as acoustic version with Lars Eikind (vocals) and released as a bonus track on the European edition of the 2011 album Deathstar Rising.[8]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven"4:15
2."Seed"4:17
3."Dreamer"3:53
4."Fade Away"4:00
5."Crush"5:21
6."Into You"6:19
7."My Room"5:17
8."The Black"4:34
9."Vengeance"4:19
10."Hiding"4:33

References
  1. Blum, Tobias (June 2004). "Before the Dawn – 4:17 PM [sic]". Rock Hard (in German). No. 205.
  2. Metal Storm website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  3. Music of the Gothic era Cahrts of 2004. Found at Gotherica website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  4. "Aleksanteri Kuosa" on Beardscratchers. Found at Beardscratchers website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  5. Stay Heavy Records website Band bio page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  6. Metal from Finland website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  7. Spirit of Metal website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  8. Before The Dawn official website, Music Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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