MERIDIAN DAWN, the new American / Finnish / Belgian melodic death metal band featuring vocalist Antony Hämäläinen (NERVOSIA, ex-NIGHTRAGE) and drummer Johan Nunez (FIREWIND, NIGHTRAGE, SUICIDE OF DEMONS), have posted the lyric video for “Iconic,” a song from their self-titled debut. The track can be streamed below and was created and directed by Niklas Sundin of DARK TRANQUILLITY and Cabin Fever Media.
MERIDIAN DAWN is working on its self-titled debut album for a tentative late 2013/early 2014 release.
Hämäläinen, Nunez and guitarist Brandon Johnson recorded a plethora of demos from the summer of 2010 until the winter of 2013. The band’s lineup was completed in late 2012 by bassist Nick Ziros (INTO THE MOAT, REMEMBERING NEVER) and guitarist Christopher Jon (ex-WHITE WIZZARD, REMEMBERING NEVER).
In January 2013, Johan entered Ear We Go Studio in Luxembourg with engineer François Dediste to record the drums for MERIDIAN DAWN’s debut self-titled album.
In March 2013, the rest of the band constructed a studio at Hämäläinen’s Arizona home to record the rest of the CD. After the sessions, the material was sent to producer Daniel Antonsson (DARK TRANQUILITY, DIMENSION ZERO, SOILWORK) for mixing and mastering at his Gothenburg Rock Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The MERIDIAN DAWN track “Dressed In Ice”, which features a guest appearance by Jake E. of AMARANTHE, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below.