Black Dawn

Artist Information

Biography

Black Dawn has been performing live music of the metal / heavy rock genre in the Long Island / New York City area since 1996. Black Dawn has consisted of the same four members for all sixteen years of live performances: Matt Kotten (Lead Guitar / Vocals), Tom Kelly (Rhythm Guitar), James Lane (Bass Guitar), Enzo DiPaolo (Drums). Black Dawn's most direct musical influences include Alice In Chains, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Down, Fight, Godsmack, Korn, Life of Agony, Metallica, Mudvayne, Soil, Soundgarden, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, Volbeat, and White Zombie.

Black Dawn's discography consists of the EP "Black Dawn" (1996), the live CD "Live at CBGB's" (1998), and two full-length CD's "Absence of Time" (1999) and "Age of Reason" (2004). Selected tracks from all of these releases have been included in rotation on hundreds of various college / internet radio stations and podcasts worldwide. The most recent plans will have the band back in the studio to record it's third full-length CD sometime in 2013.

Black Dawn has performed / participated in numerous shows, festivals, competitions and conferences from New York City to as far as Los Angeles and has opened for acts such as Kings X, Daisy Berkowitz, LA Guns, and Biohazard. Black Dawn has performed in many famous venues in New York City including Webster Hall, CBGB's, the Continental, and the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City. The band also played in a festival on the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival. In January 2012, a Black Dawn interview and live performance was taped for the real radio show (www.therealradioshow.com). This performance was streamed live on the website and broadcast on Long Island's classic rock station, WRCN (103.9 fm).

Perhaps the best thing that could be said about Black Dawn is that, even after all this time, the band has no intention of slowing down. The band is writing new songs all the time so creatively, there is still plenty of gas left in the tank. Still plenty more shows to perform.

Basically, a band like Black Dawn is what you get when you combine four metal musicians who are able to work together over the long term through thick and thin to continue to bring their act to the stage, and who make sure they do not disappoint when they take the stage.

Instrumentation

Matt Kotten - Vocals, Guitar
Tom Kelly - Guitar
James Lane - Bass
Enzo DiPaolo - Drums

Discography

Black Dawn (1996)
Absence of Time (1999)
Age of Reason (2004)

Official Website

http://www.blackdawn.net

Links

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Twitter
• Facebook musician page
• ReverbNation profile

Audio

• Pray For Me - live at Ollie's Point in Amityville, NY - 8-4-2012.MP3
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• Upon Your Lips - live at Arena Lounge in Queens, NY - 6-16-2012.MP3
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• I Wanna Fly - live at Arena Lounge in Queens, NY - 6-16-2012.MP3
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• Reflect
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• Suicidal Groove
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• Hostile Intentions
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• Age of Reason
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• For Me
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• Dangerous
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• December Moon
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Lyrics

• Reflect
• Suicidal Groove
• Hostile Intentions
• December Moon
• I Am Who I Am
• Push

Video

Black Dawn 9?28?12 - A Piece of Me Dies.mov

Black Dawn 9?28?12 - Pray For Me.mov

Photo Gallery

Press

• Review of "Age of Reason" [+ Show ]
  

  This band reminded me a lot of Pantera music wise and singing wise. The band aren’t bad as they just...This band reminded me a lot of Pantera music wise and singing wise. The band aren’t bad as they just aren’t some Pantera clone band, but they just have a sound similar to them. For the style they are playing, which I like some and mostly hate, they are better than most bands I have heard. The key to this for my ears is the riffs and the guitar crunch don’t come off to me as generic like most bands. The production on this is thick and heavy too and I just liked the songs structures and the vocals weren’t bad neither as he gets into the tunes.

• A Night at Bedrocks
  

  Their music will hit you in the face and yet leave you wanting more.

• "Age of Reason" review [+ Show ]
  

  BLACK DAWN deliver Age Of Reason with a hard metal punch. Their latest album maxes out as BD come to...BLACK DAWN deliver Age Of Reason with a hard metal punch. Their latest album maxes out as BD come to age, the age of hostile takeover. This album will have all you metalheads banging yer brains out to air-guitar heaven. Get this perfect fix, and pass one on to fellow thrashers for the holidays.
  

• CD Review - Absence of Time [+ Show ]
  

  "The Musically obsessed (and I use the term more literally than you know) foursome is lauded as "New..."The Musically obsessed (and I use the term more literally than you know) foursome is lauded as "New York's Hardest Alternative Rock Band". "
  

• CD Review - Absence of Time [+ Show ]
  

  "Based in New York, they are straight out of the Pantera and Slayer camp of heavy metal, with a touc..."Based in New York, they are straight out of the Pantera and Slayer camp of heavy metal, with a touch of Life of Agony thrown in for variety. Its songs laced with madness violence and despair, Absence of Time is a dark aggressive CD that should appeal to most metal fans. "
  

• CD Review - Absence of Time [+ Show ]
  

  The CD is "fat" all the way around when it comes to the sound. Thick, crunchy guitars and thud-like ...The CD is "fat" all the way around when it comes to the sound. Thick, crunchy guitars and thud-like thundering bass and drums stick out like a jagged hunk of rusted metal ready to impale all in its path. "
  

• CD Review - Age of Reason [+ Show ]
  

  "Age Of Reason contains a blend of a Sabbath meets Pantera by way of ‘80s thrash metal, laden with m..."Age Of Reason contains a blend of a Sabbath meets Pantera by way of ‘80s thrash metal, laden with moody vocals not unlike Life of Agony or Alice in Chains. "
  

Setlist

BLACK DAWN never plays covers. Sets range from 30 minutes to two hours. As of late, the following songs have been played at almost every show:

Reflect
Age of Reason
Hostile Intentions
I Wanna Fly
Hold Me Down
Black Dawn
I Can't Believe

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