Meridian Dawn is an international

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band.

History

The band was conceived by vocalist Antony Hämäläinen (

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), drummer Johan Nunez (

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), 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,

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, 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

and

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. ''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 line-up * Antony Hämäläinen – vocals * Nicholas Ziros – lead guitar , bass * Ibrahim Hechavarria – rhythm guitar * Seth Funk – bass * Nathan Bigelow – drums ;Previous members * Christopher Cussell – guitars * Brandon Johnson – guitars * Johan Nunez – drums ;Session members *Jonah Weingarten – keyboards and orchestration

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

References

External links

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