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Blind Before Dawn is primarily a dark electronic act who are underground veterans of the gothic / metal industrial/ EBM scene and don't feel threatened to push the boat out and define genre borders.
The original conception of the band and it's birth was in 1998 and known as MKI.
MKI - 1998-2006
MKI was a more synthpop affair and a long period of maturing as a band and songwriters. Davi Lovatt is the only surviving member of the original lineup.
Over these 8 years the band played Slovenia,Sweden,USA west coast, released an EP and a full length album "Distance" but by the end of 2006 they had lost most of their synthpop roots and moved to melodic industrial.
MKII -2007-2009
MKII is the period that the band started to move into a slightly different direction and enlisted David Novan on guitar and backing vocals, and Mat Lahan later on synths. MKII also saw the band become a signed artist with another label other than their own Danceflaw Recordings (which they'd released 2 EPs, a single of "Breaking The Haloes" and the "Distance" album).
MKII ended when the band parted ways with Novan and Mat Lahan took over on guitar- the band realized they had gone in seperate directions.thus with Lovatt and Lahan as the remaining members of the band MKIII was born
MKIII-2009 to present day
MKIII of BBD was born when we started to feel a real divide with band members on where the band was, and where the gestalt wanted to go.
Mat Lahan left his guitarist position after contributing to the Reworks EP.
Lovatt works currently as a solo artist with guest appearances for the future planned from James Perry(Deathline International) , Mark Collier and Misha Xi (from the band Resist).
The band announced in the fall of 2010 that they were taking a live sabbatical. For how long this period will last -temporary or indefinitely remains to be seen.
Due to the ever evolving feel of the band - the new album has changed the name from the previously titled "Cold Heart" into "Rebirth" as the concept of the band's previous incarnation and many older songs no longer seemed to fit with the band's 3rd phase.
The transition from MKII to MKIII has also resulted in the band starting to take the fight from small pubs to festivals in 2010 and a much more serious focused view.
The band's new EP was release on June 6th 2010, featuring four new songs, plus remixes of their songs by 19 NinetyNine, Schwarzes Fragment , James Perry, and the internationally respected DJ LedManville.
The EP is currently awaiting distribution on iTunes,Amazon and 36 other online digital distributors
A full 3rd length album titled "Cold Heart" is to be released at the end of the year -expanding the four studio tracks from "Reworks" with five brand new compositions -and featuring guest appearances by members of Resist,and James Perry of Deathline International,plus a remix of Geist by Avi Ruin of CeDigest.
In August 2010 the band seceded from Mandrax Industries/Rebco and Lovatt decided it was time to end the band in favour of his new project Kontaminant. Kontaminant has a facebook fan page,and a new single will be released in February 2011.
Thankyou to all the people who supported Blind Before Dawn over the 12 years. I hope you will continue to support KONTAMINANT at the following link
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kontaminant/174045935948341
OUR ALBUM REGRESS / PROGRESS ON MANDRAX INDUSTRIES
ALBUMS/ SINGLES
Cold Heart (Second full length album -release date late 2010)
Reworks (volume one)- released June 2010 (digital release only)
Regress/Progress ( "best of" album february 2009 on MANDRAX INDUSTRIES (Rebco Records)
Breaking The Haloes - single (March 2008)(deleted)
Distance ( First full length album) (2005)(deleted)
Distant EP (2002)(deleted)
Flowers And The Filth (First demo 1999)(deleted)
COMPILATIONS:
Chartreuse Translucent (featured track : Angel With Broken Wings - Clubland Rough Mix)
United Synthpop Artists (featured track : United For A Day)
Evolution :The New Breed Of Electronic Pop (featured track : Angel Wings)
Nobody's Diary : A Tribute To Yazoo (Featured track : Too Pieces )
WXJL Presents Music For the Masses vol 1. (Featured track : Far Away - Close Mix)
Project Elektra - volume 1 (Featured track : Samui)
Carpe Noctum New Blood vol 1. (Featured track : Far Away - Close Mix)
Indie Nation - Dekonstruktion 02 (Featured track : Sensory)
Wet Works Sampler Volume 06 (Featured track : Far Away - Close Mix)
Unscene Magazine vol 3. (Featured track : Samui)
Insomnia Magazine vol 3. (Featured track : Samui)
Yet Another Electro Compilation vol.5 (Featured track : Futurist)
MODEified Volume 7 (Tribute to Depeche Mode) (Featured tracks : Rush , The Sun And The Rainfall)
Devolution Magazine issue 15. (Featured track : Strangers)
Dark Horizons (Dance Of The Dead) (Featured track: Far Away)
Entwined Compilation (Featured track: Strangers-Rezumaki Remix)
La Tierra de los Sueños Vol.4 (Featured track : Echelon)
Dark Mourning Productions compilation Vol.4 Mecha[nized] (Featured track : Geist)
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CITIES WE'VE PLAYED LIVE TO DATE:
PORTLAND,OR (USA), SAN JOSE,CA (USA), LOS ANGELES,CA (USA), SAN FRANCISCO,CA (USA), SAN DIEGO, CA (USA), STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN), LJUBLJANA (SLOVENIA), LONDON (UK), MANCHESTER (UK), HARTLEPOOL (UK), LIVERPOOL (UK), SHEFFIELD (UK), LEEDS (UK), BATH (UK), BLACKPOOL (UK), BURTON ON TRENT (UK),LONDON (CAMDEN!)(UK),WOLVERHAMPTON (UK), CREWE (UK). REDCAR (UK) , WHITLEY BAY (UK), PLYMOUTH (UK), LANCASTER (UK), BLACKBURN (UK), STOCKTON ON TEES (UK) BRISTOL (UK), BRADFORD (UK)
BANDS WE PLAYED LIVE WITH:
The Eden House.Deviant UK.Cybercide.Soy Futura.Dreams Of The Fall.Secret Secret.Reflected Image.Marina Siertis.Sandy Mouche.Intricated (DK).Slaine.Seventh Harmonic.Leisure Hive.Cauda Pavonis.The Way Of All Flesh.Leather ZooDeviant UK.Adfinem.Waterglass.Starbase 109.Cloudbase.Screams Of Cold Winter.Alien Vampires.Crash Symptom.Sugarfiend.Dyonisis.Zeitgeist Zero.19NinetyNine.The Shanklin Freak Show.Death Emitting Diode.Jagged.Abigail's Mercy.Acid Tongue.Mourning For Autumn.Resist UK
REMIXES FOR OTHER BANDS:
reADJUST - GUILTY (DEFENDANT MIX BY BLIND BEFORE DAWN)
SCHWARZES FRAGMENT - THE LACK OF YOURSELF (BLIND BEFORE DAWN REMIX- UNRELEASED)
