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Dawnbreaker
Information
Origin:

New York City, New York, United States

Genre:

Black metal, Death metal, Blackened death metal

Years active:

2018-present

Labels:
Associated Acts:

Angelcide, Morbid Remains, Wall of Water, Whorde, Abazagorath, Abysmal Gates, Grafvolluth, Misanthropy Legion, Nerofog

Current members:

Cullen Toner

Dawnbreaker is a blackened death metal project that originated out of New York City, New York in the United States. The project began in 2018 and was formed by Cullen Toner, who had previously worked in Anti-Christian bands before converting to Christianity.[1][2]

History

Dawnbreaker began in New York City, New York in the United States in the year 2018. The project was created by Cullen Toner.[3][4] The band would sign with New Templar Records, and release their debut album, Deus Vult, on May 25, 2018.[5] The band was compared to bands such as Ectovoid and Sammath.[6] On June 8, 2018 - about a week after the album's release - the project debuted a lyric video for the track "Vileness Exalted".[2] On December 28, 2018, the band was featured on a compilation released by The Bearded Dragon Productions, titled Hear My Voice!, with the track "To Jerusalem".[7]

On June 20, 2019, the project would sign with Christian Metal Underground Records, a subsidiary of Vision of God Records.[8] With the announcement of this, he would go on to reveal that there would be two albums released through the label.[8] On September 20, 2019, the band released their sophomore album, Total Depravity, through Christian Metal Underground.[9] The album received good reviews.[10][11]

Members

  • Cullen Toner - Everything (2018-present)

Discography

Studio albums

  • Deus Vult (2018)
  • Total Depravity (2019)

Compilation appearances

  • Hear My Voice! (2018)

References

  1. "A Metalhead's Journey to the Light". Death Metal Underground. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stagg, David (June 5, 2018). "HM PREMIERE: Dawnbreaker drops new lyric video for death metal track 'Vileness Exalted". HM Magazine. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  3. templarmetal (May 25, 2018). "Dawnbreaker". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  4. "Dawnbreaker". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  5. "Dawnbreaker". Discogs. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  6. Vahdias, Nicholas (December 31, 2018). "End of Year Reflections on Metal". Death Metal Underground. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  7. "Dawnbreaker". Unblack-Archives. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Extreme Metallers DAWNBREAKER Sign to Christian Metal Underground Records". Heaven's Metal Magazine. June 20, 2019. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  9. Hardwick, Noah (September 22, 2019). "New Releases: September 20, 2019". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  10. Fisher, Carl 'The Disc' (October 17, 2019). "Album Review: Dawnbreaker - Total Depravity (Vision of God Records)". Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
  11. "Album Review: Dawnbreaker - Total Depravity". Metal Soliloquy. October 25, 2019. Retrieved on November 19, 2019.
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