Before The Dawn "My Darkness (Russia, Mystic Empire, MYST CD 396)"

Before the Dawn is a Finnish melodic death metal/gothic metal band formed in 1999 by Tuomas Saukkonen.

The band was founded in 1999 by Tuomas Saukkonen as his solo project: "I played and recorded all instruments in the first demo To Desire Part 1 by on my own then for the second demo I had a friend of mine on the drums. The first line-up was gathered so that BTD could perform live. With many changes in the line up BTD entered the studio to record the MCD called Gehenna. I received couple of deal offers but nothing serious enough. BTD continued playing gigs and I kept on writing lots of new material, and the next MCD called My Darkness got very good feedback and a serious enough record deal was offered by Locomotive Music."

Joined by Panu Willman, Mike Ojala, and Kimmo Nurmi, the newly formed lineup released their first full-length album, My Darkness, in 2003. It was followed up by a second album in 2004, 4:17 am. The band supported Katatonia on a Scandinavian and European tour in 2003.

Tracklist:

1. Intro 01:07  
2. Unbreakable 03:29   
3. Seraphim 03:20
4. My Darkness 04:16   
5. Take My Pain 04:06   
6. Father and Son 04:19  
7. Alone 03:53  
8. Angel 02:45
9. Undone 04:05
10. Human Hatred 03:54
11. 4:16 AM 04:18   

Time:  39:32  

Recording information:

Recorded at following studios:

- Sundi Coop (keyboards, bass, guitars, vocals, drums)

- Kujalandia, Lahti, Finland (drums and bass on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 9)

- Voice of God (keyboards, programming, double bass)

- Harbour Studio (keyboards, vocals)

- Studio Emptiness (programmning).

Mixed at Sundi Coop, Savonlinna, Finland.

Mastered at Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland..