{"id":98579,"date":"2023-03-24T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98579"},"modified":"2023-03-27T12:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:59:52","slug":"news-dawn-rayd-release-third-studio-album-to-know-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-dawn-rayd-release-third-studio-album-to-know-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"DAWN RAY\u2019D: \u2018To Know The Light\u2019 Album Available For Streaming In Its Entirety (March 24th, 2023) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAWN RAY\u2019D: \u2018To Know The Light\u2019 Album Available For Streaming In Its Entirety<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 24th, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Liverpool, England-based black metal trio Dawn Ray\u2019d issued third full-length studio album To Know The Light<\/em> on March 24th, 2023 through Prosthetic Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis record has been transformative for us, it is Dawn Ray\u2019d, black metal and protest music entirely reimagined,\u201d commented vocalist \/ violinist Simon Barr. \u201cWriting these songs has helped us process the times we are living through, the chaos that swirls around us, and has given us new resolve and a clearer perspective on how we continue to find love and joy in disordered times. We cannot wait to share that catharsis with the world, we will be a poison if we cannot be a cure!\u201d<\/p>\n

The album can be streamed in its entirety below.<\/p>\n

To Know The Light<\/em> was recorded at the Station House in Leeds, England, which was previously an old police house, and Mynetaur Studios with production by Mark Mynett and additional engineering by James Atkinson.<\/p>\n

To Know The Light<\/em>\u2019s front cover features a photograph taken in France by R\u00e9mi Moon, with additional artwork and layout by Ethan McCarthy. The image features a silhouetted figure in front of a fire at a protest.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018The Battle Of Sudden Flame\u2019
\n02. \u2018Ancient Light\u2019
\n03. \u2018Inferno\u2019
\n04. \u2018Requital\u2019
\n05. \u2018Sepulchre (Don\u2019t Vote)\u2019
\n06. \u2018Cruel Optimisms\u2019
\n07. \u2018In The Shadow Of The Past\u2019
\n08. \u2018Freedom In Retrograde\u2019
\n09. \u2018Wild Fire\u2019
\n10. \u2018Go As Free Companions\u2019<\/p>\n

Dawn Ray\u2019d\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Simon Barr (vocals, violin and synthesizers, ex-We Came Out Like Tigers)
\nFabian Devlin (guitars, ex-We Came Out Like Tigers)
\nMatthew Broadley (drums, ex-We Came Out Like Tigers)<\/p>\n

Directed by Joe Guppy of JG Visuals, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018Ancient Light\u2019. \u201c\u2018Ancient Light\u2019 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,\u201d Dawn Ray\u2019d commented.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the track \u2018The Battle of Sudden Flame\u2019 too, also directed by Joe Guppy of JG Visuals. \u201cThe lyrics to this song feel very relevant to what we have seen the police do in 2023, but has there ever been a year when that wouldn\u2019t be the case?,\u201d Dawn Ray\u2019d said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the ways working people have been able to tell the stories of their lives is through folk music; documenting labour struggles, the lives of revolutionaries, and all the abuses those in power commit against us. There is no break between the past and the present, this is a true story told in the best way we know how. Folk music isn\u2019t a synonym for \u2018acoustic\u2019 or \u2018twee\u2019, it is the music of our real lives, we the folk down here struggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt isn\u2019t controversial to hate an institution that brutalises women, torments the poor, murders people of colour with impunity, covers for the abusive rich and crushes dissent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have to justify our opposition to the police, that is the burden of those who choose to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rounding off a trio of music videos directed by Joe Guppy of JG Visuals, a clip was released for the track \u2018Go As Free Companions\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Know The Light<\/em> is an exploration of anarcho-nihilism, and \u2018Go As Free Companions\u2019 is our conclusion. We have chosen not to despair in the face of overwhelming odds, but to live while time allows it,\u201d the band said. \u201cIf the future is canceled, if the present is all we have, then each minute must be revolutionary; every moment counts, so live these ideas in every moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is easy to know what we are against, but we must not forget what we are for. Whilst there is joy, love, empathy, kindness, people in need of your help; we cannot give up. You may sometimes feel like it, but you are not alone and you are not powerless, there are huge numbers of us, let\u2019s find each other! Though acrid black clouds race across the horizon we must not forget: today, the sun still shines.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Second studio record Behold Sedition Plainsong<\/em> was released in October 2019 via Prosthetic.<\/p>\n