Six years later, Dawn of Tears has finally released their second full-length album and it definitely recaptures the sound that made their debut so impressive. This is melodeath, but it is still heavy and it still kicks ass. Which is much more than I can say for a lot of melodeath bands out there these days. Obviously the songs are very melodic and infectious as the plague but the band writes some killer riffs as well, keeping things interesting.
Dawn of Tears follows the Insomnium theory of melodeath, which is to write somber, dramatic melodic death metal. It is all very emotional and powerful. There are some definite moments where the band comes perilously close to gothic metal, with the female vocals and the keyboards and the overall dark and moody atmosphere. Luckily a well-timed blazing guitar solo or crushing riff typically comes in to rescue it from going too far down that rabbit hole.
This is an incredible album, very close in quality to their debut release, which is still one of my favorite underrated melodeath albums. This one will likely join it.
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