Meridian Dawn is an international death metal band.
History The band was conceived by vocalist Antony Hämäläinen (Armageddon, Nightrage), drummer Johan Nunez (Kamelot, Nightrage, Firewind, Marty Friedman), guitarist Brandon Johnson, bassist/guitarist Nicholas Ziros (Into the Moat, Remembering Never), and guitarist Christopher "CJ" Cussell. Songs were written after about a year of file exchange as the majority of the band lived in different parts of the world. On 25 March 2014 the band released its first ever EP titled The Mixtape. It is a collection of five songs that were created in different studios, with different producers from both Sweden and the United States respectively.
Engineered and mixed by Meridian Dawn and mastered once again by Jeff Cloyes (311, Lauryn Hill, Plies, Remembering Never), The Fever Syndrome was released 10 July 2020 in both digital streaming and limited deluxe digipack edition via Seeing Red Records.
Musical style Meridian Dawn's music is generally considered a mixture of European death metal and melodic death metal. The Age of Metal observes "vocal contrasts between clean and guttural vocals are impressive, and the production value goes beyond expectation for an EP release". VarietyOfDeathZine commented the band "has a modern and melodic approach to metal while also being very heavily influenced by death metal which shows up mostly in the vocals."
Band members Current Antony Hämäläinen – vocals Nicholas Ziros – lead guitar , bass Ibrahim Hechavarria – rhythm guitar Seth Funk – bass Nathan Bigelow – drums
Former Christopher Cussell – guitars Brandon Johnson – guitars Johan Nunez – drums
Session Jonah Weingarten – keyboards and orchestration
Discography Studio albums + List of extended plays Title Album details The Fever Syndrome Released: 10 July 2020 Label: Seeing Red Formats: CD, DL
EPs + List of extended plays Title EP details The Mixtape Released: 25 March 2014 Label: Self-released Format: DL Dissolving Bonds Released: 14 February 2021 Label: Seeing Red Format: DL Pagan Poetry Released: 30 April 2021 Label: Seeing Red Format: DL
Singles YearSongAlbum2014"Thieves"The Mixtape2020"Iconic"The Fever Syndrome"God to All""Luminescent""The Moonlit Path"Pagan Poetry"Pagan Poetry"
References
External links Meridian Dawn at Encyclopaedia Metallum