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Troglodyte Dawn - S/t

Troglodyte Dawn(why does the name remind me of Dungeons and Dragons(C)?!?) is a Doom metal band from USA. If I'm not mistaken T.D. is a one-person(Randy Michaud) band, and I think he's doing a good job. Of course you can hear that the production could be much better but we all know how much it costs to produce a new album.

The first notable thing is that Randy is a really good singer. The second thing you'll notice is that there are Black Sabbath influences everywhere! The closest they get to Black Sabbath is their "own" cover of "After Forever", renamed to "Forever after", where a great song has gone even better. The music is same but the already good lyrics has changed to even better ones!

Numbers of great songs here."Lust" is an epic song with some great singing in it, "Fallem World" is another epic with some dramatic musical changes in it. The worship-song-made-metal "Redeemed" is excellent and so is also the already mentioned cover "Forever after".

Could they improve the production I've no idea where they'll end up. This is a big hope in christian doom genre.
Style: Doom Metal  
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Year: 2003
Review by: Victory
Band information
TROGLODYTE DAWN draws its influences from several diverse and unlikely places. The sound and somber mood of BLACK SABBATH's doom-metal stylings are ever present, as are frequent seasonings of world and ambient music purveyors such as OUTBACK, BRIAN ENO and TANGERINE DREAM. Elements of worship music such as KEMPER CRABB's work can also be heard, since the artist?s ultimate purpose is to reveal God to mankind by any means necessary and to worship Him in spirit and in truth. Tying up the whole package is the lyrical content, which contains a message that is directly inspired by the Holy Spirit, Holy Scripture and the journey of this life coupled with the hope of the next.
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Home Page
http://trogdawn.bravehost.com/