Weekly album: True Black Dawn - Come the Colorless Dawn

True Black Dawn - Come the Colorless Dawn

2016 / Black metal

1. Intro

2. Come the Colorless Dawn

3. The Light Goes Out

4. Cinereous

5. The Ring-Pass-Not

6. Downwards the Serpent Spiral

7. Strange Shaded Sky

8. The Sectile Shadow

9. Eyes of the Cadaver

10. Into the Tomb of Her Mirror

11. Outro

tp5170: I think Wrath has always been one of the more interesting personalities in the Finnish black metal scene and his past band, Enochian Crescent, was actually rather good and also somewhat different from the other major BM bands around. So after realizing that he was involved in the True Black Dawn I got pretty excited to see what kind of material the band would be producing. I actually haven’t yet listened to the band’s debut album of 2001 for some reason, but now that band’s second album is here, I thought it couldn’t hurt to start with the new one. And it turns out that the new album is in fact pretty darn good. 

The sound of “Come the Colorless Dawn” might be slightly more traditional than Enochian Crescent’s in general, but it’s very, very well put together and Wrath’s characteristic vocal style is fortunately still there, adding a lot to album’s atmosphere. I thought that there were no weak tracks on the whole album, and with the healthy amount of variation between the tracks and some well composed build-ups this has to be one of my favorite releases this year.

Favourite track: ‘The Light Goes Out’, ‘The Ring-Pass-Not’

Orostider: After Wrath left Enochian Crescent and told about his plans to focus on True Black Dawn, my anxious wait begun. Some folks shared this feeling, but some wished for a release similar to Enochian Crecent's albums. Even though I think highly of Enochian Crescent's albums, I anticipated something that would reflect Wrath's fascinating visions.

True Black Dawn occasionally reminds me of Enochian Crescent, possibly due to Wrath's unique sound, but the album mainly consists of more traditional black metal than Enochian Crescent were. Some of the riffs are actually rather high quality black metal riffs and prove that the wait wasn't in vain. There aren't really any low quality songs or riffs, only somewhat generic ones, but black metal albums without any generic attributes are almost impossible to produce. 'Come the Colorless Dawn' is a mighty slab of fine black metal. The production is as modern and high quality as I predicted. If the approach would be rawer, the album could possibly lose some of its punch, so modern production is a pro here.

'Come the Colorless Dawn' is a worthy album and proves that there's still room for great black metal albums. Even though the album is purely black metal, there's plenty of variation. The wait to witness True Black Dawn's live ritual begins. 

Favourite song: 'The Light Goes Out', 'Cinereous', 'The Sectile Shadow'

btcarey: With releases from both True Black Dawn AND Behexen, 2016 is starting to look like a pretty good year for Finnish Black Metal. I’m not all that familiar with True Black Dawn’s other material or it’s band member’s other projects, so I went into “Come the Colorless Dawn” with almost no expectations.

The record carries a deeply dark and haunting atmosphere, as if a raving asylum patient gave birth to it. An eerie dark-noise aspect is prevalent throughout the album giving it an even more dismal sound. The vocals might be the most distinguishable trait of the music and are delivered by the somewhat symbol of the band, Wrath. His distinctive style ranges from a slow distorted drone to an almost power metal shrieking style allowing the album to rise above the black metal masses and be something special.

Favorite Songs: “The Light Goes Out”, “The Ring-Pass-Not”, “Eyes Of The Cadaver”