Los Angeles-based blackened industrial-metal phenom Dawn of Ashes started out life riding the way of early-2000 electro-industrial, banging out dark club hits over two albums on the now-defunct Noitekk Records.
The band’s career exploded shortly after, signing to Metal Blade and scoring the support slot for Polish metal juggernaut Dimmu Borgir all the while transforming their early sound to a blistering blend of blackened metal and screeching industrial. The band’s reliance on shocking imagery, horrid content, and topics from occultism and the left hand path earned them a dedicated fanbase early on, as they continued to experiment with 90s-era industrial, hardcore, and black metal.
Now hopelessly out of print, the band’s early material has never received a proper reissue. Origin of the Ashes collects Dawn of Ashes’ first two independent albums In the Acts of Violence and The Crypt Injection. The 2CD set comes with unreleased bonus material and is remastered from the original sessions.
Released Early November 2019 by Artoffact Records.
Track Listing:
01. Abyss 05:23
02. In the Acts of Violence 04:11
03. Flatline 05:33
04. Diagnosis
05. Nightmare
06. Dark Reality
07. Killer Instinct
08. Nail Driven
09. Disgraceful Treason
10. Maximum Damnation
11. Unborn Virus (b-side)
12. Sadomasochist (b-side)
13. Taste of Pain (b-side)
14. A Blade in the Dark
15. Torture Device
16. Portrait of Homicide
17. Inhuman Salvation
18. Psycho Therapy
19. Still Born Defect
20. The Crypt Injection
21. Slasher
22. Where Angels Die
23. Blood Shattered Cross
24. Vengance (When There is Nobody io Trust)
25. The Suffering (b-side)
26. The Gates (b-side)
27. Cold Hate (b-side)
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