Awaiting Dawn

Awaiting Dawn
General information
origin	Rhine-Main area , Germany
Genre (s)	Progressive metal , progressive rock , alternative rock
founding	2006
Website	www.awaiting-dawn.de
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Benjamin Reiter
Vocals, guitar	Fabian Steeg
Bass , backing vocals	Maik Seckler
Keyboard , backing vocals	Peter Schnur
Drums	Felix Benz
former members
Guitar, backing vocals	Wolfgang Schneider
guitar	Matthias place
singing	Christoph Krämer
Live support
Guitar, backing vocals	Fabian Steeg (2013), Studio Guest Vocal (2016)
bass	Frank Willi Schmidt (2012)
Keyboard	Elena Yatsula (2015)

Awaiting Dawn is a German progressive metal band from the Rhein-Main area , which was founded in 2006.

history

Awaiting Dawn was founded in 2006 as the successor to the metal band Coleslaw and at that time was based in the Middle Rhine Valley. The line-up originally consisted of Christoph Krämer (vocals), Matthias Platz (guitar), Benjamin Reiter (guitar), Maik Seckler (bass) and Felix Benz (drums). The first appearances and the recording of a demo ( The Prisoner ) took place in 2007.

In mid-2008, the band separated from Christoph Krämer, and Benjamin Reiter took over the lead vocals. After that, the band initially acted as a foursome and recorded an EP with three songs ( Changing Days ), which they released on their own. After a long search for a keyboard player, Peter Schnur joined the band in 2011. This was followed by a phase in which new songs were written and the style was fine-tuned, as well as regular appearances, mainly in the Rhine-Main area. At the end of 2012 Matthias Platz left the band with Wolfgang Schneider as the subsequent guitarist in 2013.

Between 2015 and 2016 the debut album Leave No Trace was recorded , which was produced by Markus Teske from Red Circuit , who is known, among other things, for the production of the albums by German progressive metal great Vanden Plas . A video clip for the song The Bountiful Colors of Black was released on August 29, 2016. Leave No Trace was released on February 17, 2017 via Castle Road Records.

In August 2017, the departure of Wolfgang Schneider became known, who wanted to focus on his involvement with The Wolfwalk Experience . His successor was Fabian Steeg, who already supported the band in the studio and at concerts.

style

In their style description, the band emphasizes great dynamic contrasts, melancholy and various influences from rock and metal, classical music and jazz as well as frequent changes in tempo and meter. Trademarks are innovative and powerful guitar riffs in often alternating metrics and rhythms, polyphonic licks and solos, demanding bass riffs, complex to virtuoso drum and keyboard parts, heavy accents, but also very calm parts with clean guitars and clear piano sounds. The singing is clear to scratchy and moves in memorable lines.

Typically, in the classical way of thinking, different themes, motifs and elements in the songs are reused and edited in different ways.

The band's role models include Pain of Salvation , Porcupine Tree , Wolverine , Haken , Riverside , Yes , Pink Floyd and Opeth .

Discography

• 2007: The Prisoner (Demo)
• 2009: Changing Days (EP, self-published)
• 2017: Leave No Trace (LP, Castle Road Records)

Others

In addition to Awaiting Dawn , Benjamin Reiter was involved as a songwriter / arranger as well as a live bassist and later as a live guitarist in the German metal band Arven .

Web links

• Official website
• Awaiting Dawn at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-jcBQt_KAI
2. ↑ https://www.novamd.de/de/details/details/14996.html
3. ↑ The Wolf Walk Experience. Retrieved on May 10, 2019 (German). 
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ http://www.arvenmusic.com/de/