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...See you in the streets!

I have to listen to more black metal.

But there's a lot of experimentation and different kind of stuff within black metal, especially over the past 20 years or so. My favorite modern acts are things like Panopticon (Americana-folk inspired black metal), Saidan (Japanese-horror inspired melodic black), and Sadness (black metal meets synth midwest emo). There's tons of variation. Dawn Ray'd isn't the absolute most unique band of the modern era, but it still gives its own flavor along with its unique thematics. Also plenty of bands doing more progressive, technical, or avant-garde things (i.e. Ashenspire) that's not my personal thing but gives the genre lots more variation.

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You misread. They disbanded because they feel their work as a band is done. No more records under the name Dawn Ray'd and they're gonna focus on other projects for organizing or whatever creative outlets they may pursue;

I assume it was because of some sort of financial strain considering they were on or about to be on tour. It's the only explanation that really makes sense.

I mean not really. They didn't explain why they booked and cancelled a whole tour. Especially since they were posting about how excited they were for the tour like a week before they broke up. Obviously something happened in the time between them posting on social media about being excited and them breaking up.

I mean not really. They didn't explain why they booked and cancelled a whole tour. Especially since they were posting about how excited they were for the tour like a week before they broke up. Obviously something happened in the time between them posting on social media about being excited and them breaking up.