Dawn Ray'd is finished. This band has not stopped for 8 years, we were touring before we even had any music recorded, we have toured further afield than we ever imagined; we have spoken about ideas of anarchism and liberation at every show we have ever played, given out thousands of copies of Beyond Chaos in merch orders and at shows, we have tried our best to attack fascism in this scene head on at every opportunity we have had, we have tried to use every platform, every moment possible to spread these ideas.
We are at a point where Dawn Ray’d is no longer the right vessel for us to express ourselves creatively or politically and we have said what we needed to say in places that hopefully needed to hear it.
All shows from today will be cancelled, and we sincerely apologise for that.
Thank you to anyone who cared about this and every wonderful person we have met, we have loved doing it.
All money and future merch orders will be donated to Sea Watch, and all cash will be given to Liverpool Migrant Solidarity Network.
See you in the streets!

nice, finally some good news.

nice, finally some good news.

Like every band that values politics more highly than music (and the post announcing their disbandment leaves little doubt about that), their output was formulaic and pretty vacuous, ultimately.

nice, finally some good news.

Lol.

They did give us some pretty cringe worthy videos that will bring entertainment for all for years and years and years. That ribbon twirling was c.o.m.e.d.y.

Lol.

They did give us some pretty cringe worthy videos that will bring entertainment for all for years and years and years. That ribbon twirling was c.o.m.e.d.y.

Unfortunately, this video leaves pretty obvious openings for the haters. The signs look cheap and sloppy, and the rules of the fiction get confused when the other actors are in the scene with the band. The lighting in the central warehouse scene lacks drama, so anyone wearing all-black and masks is going to look a little silly. That said, looking silly is a fundamental tenet of black metal, so hating on the band based on their image looks like a tell to me, too.

So much black metal emerges from a cry against injustice and oppression. Capitalism, white supremacy, homophobia, racism etc. are very real vectors of oppression with real consequences in day-to-day life, and if you believe that black metal is a weapon for liberation, you ought to help point it against our everyday oppressors. It's a dangerous misdirection to turn your rhetoric of liberation and justice into hatred for the other (Jews, immigrants, the usual suspects).

Music is pretty good. Not outstanding, but far better than some posters in the thread are willing to admit.

So much black metal emerges from a cry against injustice and oppression.

What a shitty band name

Wow not sure why so many people have vocally come out to jeer a random band like this splitting up, which was fairly new and in a niche of sorts. Curious, I'm sure it's all just regular good faith talk there.

Just because something has good intentions, or in this case, good ideology put behind it, doesn't make it good. Most gimmick bands rely on the gimmick moreso than relying on the quality of music. If anything, it makes it a bigger target for criticism when it falls flat on it's face because it's so contrived.

E.g. every christian black metal band.

Probably because bands like this are lightning rods and inherently confrontational/annoying, keen on "attacking" elements of the scene, as put in their own statement.

Fwiw I mostly think the acoustic elements are lame and think the idea of grown men being anarchists is goofy. But I actually think the band name is kinda cool, someone called it early modern English looking and I agree.

I don't know - just seems like hard left bands have a steeper hill to climb with a lot of people. "Grown men being anarchists," eh well use whatever terms you want, they are against the current system and I like that much at least. They are genuinely aware of the real issues in the world and it's important.

Wow not sure why so many people have vocally come out to jeer a random band like this splitting up, which was fairly new and in a niche of sorts. Curious, I'm sure it's all just regular good faith talk there.

How the hell was it a gimmick? I never see this stuff in any of the dozens of threads that come up about the far right bands.