Dawn Ray'd were a British

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band.

History

In 2008, singer and violinist Simon Barr and guitarist Fabian Devlin formed a band named ''We Came Out Like Tigers'' in Liverpool. In the following years, drummer Matthew Broadley would join them, leading to the creation of a black metal band, named ''Dawn Ray'd''. The group was named after a line in

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's 1898 poem Santa Agueda about the

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. The group was openly anarchist and anti-fascist. The band released their first EP, ''A Thorn, a Blight'', in 2015, followed by their first album, ''The Unlawful Assembly'', in 2017. In 2017, the group additionally signed with record label

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. In 2019, the group released their second album, ''Behold Sedition Plainsong''.

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reviewed the album at 4/5 stars, stating that the band "simultaneously exemplify and challenge black metal rebellion here." In September 2023, the band announced they had broken up.

Discography

Studio albums *''The Unlawful Assembly'' (2017) *''Behold Sedition Plainsong'' (2019) *''To Know the Light'' (2023) EPs *''A Thorn, a Blight'' (2015) *''Wild Fire'' (2021)

References

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