Dawn Ray’d announce new album ‘To Know The Light’
DAWN RAY’D have announced a new album!
Titled To Know The Light, the upcoming album from the UK black metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s Behold Sedition Plainsong, and is scheduled to be released in March this year, via Prosthetic Records.
The upcoming album was recorded at the Station House in Leeds, in what can arguably be described as an appropriate repurposing of an old police house, and Mynetaur Studios with production by Mark Mynett [ROTTING CHRIST, MY DYING BRIDE] and additional engineering by James Atkinson.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, DAWN RAY’D have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Ancient Light.
Speaking about the new song, the band says, “Ancient Light is the first song we wrote for this record, it was written during a very bleak time when it felt like the world was crashing down around us, and one of the things that got us through that time was our belief in the goodness of people, in the strength of community, in the power of art and creativity.
The lyrics are about how capitalism leaves us feeling divorced from our very selves, and robs us of our time, dreams and the things that make us happy. We are forced into lives of subjugation and coercion, against our will and against our best interests. But we are not beaten, we are many, we are powerful and together we are unstoppable. Every government, every king, every tyrant knows this, we just have to realise it ourselves.”
Watch the official music video for Ancient Light here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. The Battle of Sudden Flame
2. Ancient Light
3. Inferno
4. Requital
5. Sepulchre (Don’t Vote)
6. Cruel Optimism
7. In the Shadow of the Past
8. Freedom in Retrograde
9. Wild Fire
10. Go As Free Companions
To Know The Light is set for release on March 24th via Prosthetic Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here. The band will be touring the UK in February/March this year, check out the tour dates here!
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