Dawnbringer

Chicago · 1997–present · active
Black MetalHeavy Metal
Chicago's Dawnbringer have operated at the intersection of traditional heavy metal and black metal since 1997, building one of the American underground's most idiosyncratic and enduring catalogs. Their approach is unhurried and self-directed — more interested in craft than trends.
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Discography

Unbleed
Unbleed 1997 · Full-length
10 tracks
  1. 1 The Way 4:04
  2. 2 A Thousand Monarchs 1:15
  3. 3 Waterbreath 3:24
  4. 4 Witness 3:41
  5. 5 Guardian 2:58
  6. 6 Blindman 4:04
  7. 7 Moth 3:59
  8. 8 Untold 6:15
  9. 9 River Will Burn 3:34
  10. 10 To Circadia 5:52
demo 1998
demo 1998 1998 · Full-length
2 tracks
  1. 1 Three Soldiers Standing 3:42
  2. 2 Night of the Sinner 3:54
Catharsis Instinct
Catharsis Instinct 2000 · Full-length
12 tracks
  1. 1 The Day the Deaf Went Blind 4:01
  2. 2 Shoot to Kill 3:26
  3. 3 All Hell Broke Loose 2:54
  4. 4 The Man Who Could Not Die 5:22
  5. 5 Mudslicer 3:23
  6. 6 Bleeding City 2:20
  7. 7 Halfman 3:30
  8. 8 What Are You Running From? 2:29
  9. 9 Heart Particle 3:49
  10. 10 Beggars & Children 3:52
  11. 11 Cosmos Disease 4:18
  12. 12 DNA 4:57
Snake
Snake 2002 · Full-length
11 tracks
  1. 1 Return to the Shrine 3:16
  2. 2 Out of Mind 5:09
  3. 3 Paradise Lust 5:25
  4. 4 The Idea of Progress 4:35
  5. 5 Twisting the Nest 6:22
  6. 6 Underworlder 5:03
  7. 7 Loyal to Death 5:40
  8. 8 Requiem for a Coward 4:26
  9. 9 Lost in the House of Doors 7:00
  10. 10 Two Survivors 1:37
  11. 11 Inferno 10:20
In Sickness and In Dreams
In Sickness and In Dreams 2006 · Full-length
14 tracks
  1. 1 Scream and Run 0:52
  2. 2 Anomie 1:34
  3. 3 Hell Is a Desert 2:17
  4. 4 There and Back 2:22
  5. 5 Under No Flag 1:42
  6. 6 You Get Nothing 1:34
  7. 7 11:58 1:49
  8. 8 Midnight 1:40
  9. 9 Attack of the Spiders 1:56
  10. 10 The Snitch 1:59
  11. 11 End of Earth 1:30
  12. 12 Death in Time 0:16
  13. 13 Endless Guilt 2:38
  14. 14 No Answer 2:31
Nucleus
Nucleus 2010 · Full-length
9 tracks
  1. 1 So Much For Sleep 5:59
  2. 2 You Know Me 2:50
  3. 3 The Devil 6:00
  4. 4 Swing Hard 3:27
  5. 5 Cataract 3:07
  6. 6 Like an Earthquake 5:19
  7. 7 All I See 2:52
  8. 8 Old Wizard 5:17
  9. 9 Pendulum 6:04
Into the Lair of the Sun God
Into the Lair of the Sun God 2012 · Full-length
9 tracks
  1. 1 I 6:39
  2. 2 II 3:05
  3. 3 III 4:53
  4. 4 IV 5:41
  5. 5 V 4:26
  6. 6 VI 4:38
  7. 7 VII 5:19
  8. 8 VIII 3:40
  9. 9 IX 5:43
Night of the Hammer
Night of the Hammer 2014 · Full-length
10 tracks
  1. 1 Alien 3:35
  2. 2 The Burning of Home 4:14
  3. 3 Nobody There 4:42
  4. 4 Xiphias 4:39
  5. 5 Hands of Death 5:50
  6. 6 One-Eyed Sister 4:12
  7. 7 Damn You 3:43
  8. 8 Not Your Night 2:07
  9. 9 Funeral Child 4:10
  10. 10 Crawling Off to Die 2:24
XX
XX 2016 · Full-length
5 tracks
  1. 1 Why Would You Leave Me 1:55
  2. 2 Into the Maze 4:26
  3. 3 North By North 7:05
  4. 4 Earth 3:31
  5. 5 The End of the Beginning 3:00
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