Dawn is a Swedish

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, formed by Frederik Söderberg in 1990; while they disbanded for nearly a decade, they have reconvened and are active today. The band has released eight recordings, including two full-length albums. The next album, 'The Fourfold Furnace', was announced as early as 2003, and finally scheduled to be issued in 2008, but it actually never came out.

Members

Current line-up *

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) *Philip Von Segebaden – bass (

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, Falconer) *Stefan Lundgren – guitar *Jocke Pettersson – drums *Lars Tängmark – bass

Discography

*''Demo 1'' (demo, 1992) *''Apparition'' (demo, 1993) *''Promotional Demo'' (demo, 1993) *''The Dark Light/The Eternal Forest'' (split LP with Pyghomgertum, Bellphegot Records, 1994) *''Nær Solen Gar Niþer For Evogher'' (Necropolis Records, 1994) *''Sorgh på Svarte Vingar Fløgh'' (Necropolis, 1996) *'' Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)'' (Necropolis, 1998)

References

Swedish black metal musical groups Swedish melodic death metal musical groups Swedish blackened death metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1990 Musical groups from Linköping {{Metal-music-stub