Mindrot "Dawning"

Mindrot was an American extreme metal band formed in 1989 by Adrian Leroux and Matt Fisher in Westminster, California. They disbanded in 1998.

The band began in 1989 in Westminster, California. After a year of rehearsal and lineup adjustments, the band held a demo release in a living room in Huntington Beach with Glycine Max in June 1990. Shows would follow with other notable bands; Born Against, Rorschach, Neurosis, Bolt Thrower, Grave, Nausea, and Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Dawning is their first full-length, released October 3rd, 1995.

Tracklist:

1. Dawning 04:24
2. Anguish 07:12  
3. Burden 09:02
4. Withersoul 05:28  
5. Forlorn 09:14  
6. Internal Isolation 08:23  
7. Across Vast Oceans 10:00   

Time:  53:43  

Dedicated to the memory of Keli "Worm" Edwards.

The opening dialogue sample is from the 1991 film "The Rapture".

Recording information:

Recorded at Jim Barnes Audio Productions in autumn of '94.

Digital editing by Aaron Hallas Productions.

Co-produced by Mindrot.

Compilation appearances:

- "Demoniac" on Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - The Record (Slap a Ham Records, 1991)

- "Forlorn" and "Across Vast Oceans" on UHF/VHF (Relapse Records, 1995)

- "Clemency" on Solid - Strip Mining The Underground Since 1990 (Relapse Records, 1998)

- "Burden" on 25 Years Of Contamination (Relapse Records, 2015)

- "Anguish" on Relapse 30 Year Anniversary Sampler (Relapse Records, December 2020)