Finnish dark metallers BEFORE THE DAWN will release their new album, "The Ghost", in March/April 2006 via Locomotive Music. The CD was recorded and mixed at Villvox studios during the fall and early winter 2005 by Aleksanteri Kuosa. Mastering duties were handled by Minerva Pappi at Finnvox studios.

"The Ghost" (view cover here) track listing:

01. Disappear
02. Repentance
03. Away
04. Scar
05. Angel's Tombstone
06. Black Dawn
07. Enemy
08. Stormbringer
09. Ghost Town
10. ...Nowhere

Check out audio samples at this location.

BEFORE THE DAWN is back to being a Tuomas Saukkonen solo project since the group's previous lineup disbanded. The group's current touring formation is as follows:

Tuomas Saukkonen - Guitar/vocals
Lars Eikind (WINDS) - Bass/Vocals
Juho Räihä - Guitar
Aatu Mukka - Drums
Joel Mäkinen - Keyboards (from March onwards)

Upcoming BEFORE THE DAWN shows:

w/ SWALLOW THE SUN (Jan. 6-14):

Jan. 06 - Baroeg - Rotterdam, NETH
Jan. 07 - Podium - Hoogeveen, NETH
Jan. 08 - 013 - Tilburg, NETH
Jan. 09 - Locomotive - Paris, FRA
Jan. 10 - TBA - FRA
Jan. 11 - Logo - Hamburg, GER
Jan. 12 - Lades Kealder - Copenhagen, DEN
Jan. 13 - Café 13 - Stockholm, SWE
Jan. 14 - Tavastia - Helsinki, FIN (+ RAPTURE)

Mar. 17 - Vaakuna - Mikkeli, FIN (w/ TWILIGHTNING, SINAMORE, DYECREST)
Apr. 01 - Yellowstone - Kotka, FIN (w/ MOKOMA)
Apr. 07 - Rytmikatti - Kouvola, FIN
Apr. 08 - Maxim - Salo, FIN (w/ MANITOU)
May 19 - Judgement Night (Festival) - Lahti, FIN (w/ DIABLO)
May 27 - Springfest - Myrskylä, FIN (w/ STAM1NA, MISERY INC.)

In related news, Tuomas's other bands, TEARGOD and DAWN OF SOLACE, have secured worldwide licensing deals with Locomotive Music. Both groups will release full-length albums in 2006 via MyMusic, the label run by Saukkonen (focusing exclusively on Tuomas's own musical output). Also Tuomas's death metal band THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARILY VIOLENT GENTLEMEN will release a debut album, entitled "Tales of Vengeance Pt. 1" through the German record company Cxxt Bxxher. The band's first gig will take place at Torvi in Lahti on January 27, 2006 with SOTAJUMALA and TORTURE KILLER.

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