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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 line-up

• Antony Hämäläinen – vocals (2012–present)
• Nicholas Ziros – lead guitar (2014–present), bass (2012–2014)
• Ibrahim Hechavarria – rhythm guitar (2020–present)
• Seth Funk – bass (2020–present)
• Nathan Bigelow – drums (2020–present)

Previous members

• Christopher Cussell – guitars (2012–2014)
• Brandon Johnson – guitars (2012–2014)
• Johan Nunez – drums (2012–2020)

Session members

• Jonah Weingarten – keyboards and orchestration (2021)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

References

1. "Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer, FIREWIND Drummer Join Forces In MERIDIAN DAWN". blabbermouth.net. 15 July 2013.
2. "MERIDIAN DAWN: Drum-Cam Footage Of 'Iconic' Recording ..." artistdirect.com. 4 August 2013.
3. "MERIDIAN DAWN Release Lyric Video For 'Iconic'". bravewords.com. 30 July 2013.
4. "Meridian Dawn Debut New Tune". gunshyassassin.com. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "Modern Metallers MERIDIAN DAWN Post Lyric Video For 'Thieves'". metalmouth.net. 19 March 2014.
6. "Johan Nunez - Meridian Dawn - Iconic". sickdrummermagazine.com. 3 August 2013.
7. "The Mixtape EP". The Age Of Metal. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.
8. "Meridian Dawn/The Mixtape/2014 EP Review". 20 March 2014.
9. "Song Premiere: MERIDIAN DAWN Suffer A "Fever Syndrome" Release Lyric Video For 'Iconic'". metalinjection.com. 25 March 2014.
10. "Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer, FIREWIND Drummer Join Forces In MERIDIAN DAWN". purerocknews.com. 15 July 2013.

External links

• Meridian Dawn at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Official Facebook

• Finnish death metal musical groups
• American death metal musical groups
• Swedish melodic death metal musical groups
• Musical groups established in 2010