Light of Dawn
| Light of Dawn | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | HOFA Studios (Germany) and The Trakshak (Germany), 2014 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 54:39, with bonus track 62:49 | |||
| Label | earMUSIC | |||
| Producer | Dennis Ward | |||
| Unisonic chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Sea Of Tranquility | StarStarStarStarHalf star[1] |
| Planetmosh | StarStarStarStarStar[2] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[3] |
Light of Dawn is the second and final album by the hard rock/power metal band Unisonic. It was released on 1 August 2014, with cover art credited to Martin Häusler.[4]
Dennis Ward stated about the album title & artwork: "The song Throne of the Dawn was originally titled Light of the Dawn but the lyrics became another concept during songwriting. However, we still felt strongly about the title and thought that it fit very well to the artwork. Every day has its dawn, a new beginning, a fresh start".[5]
The majority of the songs were written by Dennis Ward, with further input from Michael Kiske and Mandy Meyer. A music video was filmed for the song "Exceptional".[6]
The album entered several international music charts, scoring the highest entries on the Finnish albums chart, German albums chart, Swiss albums chart, Czech albums chart and Japanese albums chart.[7]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Venite 2.0" | Günter Werno | 1:30 | |
| 2. | "Your Time Has Come" | Dennis Ward | Ward | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Exceptional" | Ward | Ward | 5:02 |
| 4. | "For the Kingdom" | Ward | Ward | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Not Gonna Take Anymore" | Ward | Ward | 4:26 |
| 6. | "Night of the Long Knives" | Ward | Ward | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Find Shelter" | Ward | Mandy Meyer, Ward | 5:04 |
| 8. | "Blood" | Michael Kiske, Sandro Giampietro | Kiske, Giampietro | 4:45 |
| 9. | "When the Deed Is Done" | Ward | Ward | 5:06 |
| 10. | "Throne of the Dawn" | Ward | Ward | 4:50 |
| 11. | "Manhunter" | Kiske, Giampietro | Kiske, Giampietro | 3:37 |
| 12. | "You and I" | Ward | Ward | 5:20 |
| 13. | "Judgement Day (European bonus track)" | Ward | Meyer, Ward | 4:50 |
| 14. | "Dare (Japanese bonus track)" | Kiske, Giampietro | Kiske, Giampietro | 3:16 |
| Total length: | 62:49 | |||
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Michael Kiske - lead vocals
- Kai Hansen - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Mandy Meyer - lead & rhythm guitars
- Dennis Ward - bass, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
- Kosta Zafiriou - drums, percussion
- Guest session musician
- Günter Werno - keyboards
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 47 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 181 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 124 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[11] | 22 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] | 10 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 13 |
| Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[14] | 45 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] | 24 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 20 |
References
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- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in French). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 34.Týden 2014 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart.
- ^ "Unisonic: Light of Dawn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
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- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Unisonic – Light of Dawn". Hung Medien.
External links
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