Dawn Ray’d announce new album ‘Behold Sedition Plainsong’

DAWN RAY’D have announced a new album!

Titled Behold Sedition Plainsong, the upcoming album from the Liverpool-based black metal trio is the follow up to 2017’s The Unlawful Assembly and is scheduled to be released in October this year.

The upcoming album comprises of 11 tracks of what will surely become their trademark sound: pure black metal, shot through with sonic flecks of traditional folk. Each song is an emotional response to a political struggle, with a clear focus on ecological destruction and anti-capitalism. The collection of songs were written over the twelve months leading up to May 2019, when they decamped to Orgone Studios to record with renowned producer, Jaime Gomez Arellano (PARADISE LOST, ALTAR OF PLAGUES, MYRKUR). Many of the identifying features of The Unlawful Assembly are present on Behold Sedition Plainsong, but what unfurls is a harsher, more furious version of DAWN RAY’D. Despite a slick production, their abrasive edges are elevated and celebrated rather than smoothed away.

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have shared the first taster from the upcoming record; the album intro, Raise The Flails.

Listen to Raise The Flails here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

1. Raise The Flails
2. The Smell Of Ancient Dust
3. Like Smoke Into Fog
4. To All, To All, To All!
5. A Time For Courage At The Borderlands
6. Songs In The Key Of Compromise
7. Until The Forge Goes Cold
8. A Stone’s Throw
9. Soon Will Be The Age of Lessons Learnt
10. Salvation Rite
11. The Curse, The Dappled Light

And that’s not all DAWN RAY’D news! To promote their upcoming release, the band will tour across the UK throughout October. The run of shows finalise with a performance at this year’s Damnation Festival.

Tour dates are as follows: 

23 October – The Black Heart – London
24 October – Venue TBC – Sheffield
25 October – Stuck On A Name – Nottingham
26 October – Rough Trade – Nottingham *Free In Store*
27 October – The Pipeline – Brighton
31 October – Mother’s Ruin – Bristol
01 November – Henry’s Cellar Bar – Edinburgh
2 November – Damnation Festival – Leeds

Behold Sedition Plainsong is set for release on October 25th via Prosthetic Records.

For more information on DAWN RAY’D like their official page on Facebook.