After getting the band a full line-up, the first demo tape was made, and the first deal was signed with Woodcut Records in 1995. This led to the release of “Pakkasherra” promo tape in 1996 and eventually “Pakkasherra” album, which was released in 1997.
The second album "Dreams of the Black Earth" was forged in the legendary Tico-Tico studio in late 1997. The music of Throes of Dawn had developed enormously from "Pakkasherra". Where "Pakkasherra" sounded raw and technical "Dreams of the Black Earth" showed much more mature and sensitive side of the band. One song from this album was released as a taster in "The Blackened Rainbow" MCD in 1998. "Dreams of the Black Earth" was released worldwide in 1999.
The recording sessions of the third "Binding of the Spirit" album took place once again at Tico-Tico studios during the autumn 1999. Armed with better sound quality and production, the band showed a darker and more depressive side of their dark metal. "Binding of the Spirit" was released through Wounded Love in Spring 2000.
After the third album, things got complicated for the other band members, when the founders of the band, Henri and Jani moved away from the hometown. The band had been practically dead for a few months, until they decided to bring the band back to life with a totally new line-up.
Through many trials, a new line-up began to take shape. Each new member had a past in familiar bands: Lead guitarist Juha Ylikoski had played in Rotten Sound, the bass player Harri Huhtala played previously in Cartilage and Vomiturition. The drummer, Jani Martikkala, had made his contibution in ...And Oceans, Black Dawn and Enochian Crescent.
Finally, after years of planning and intensive song writing, the recordings of the fourth album "Quicksilver Clouds" started in the autumn of 2003 at Sonic-pump studios in Helsinki. With "Quicksilver Clouds" Throes of Dawn took their music into totally new and exciting level: The depth and atmosphere in this album greatly exceeded all their previous releases. New elements were combined into the traditional Throes of Dawn sound, and this really opened new dimensions into their dark metal. The sound engineer Tero "Max" Kostermaa showed true dedication to his work, which resulted in brilliant and atmospheric soundscape. "Quicksilver Clouds" was released in 2004 by Avantgarde music.
February 19th 2010 was the release date of Throes of Dawn's fifth full length album "The Great Fleet of Echoes" released through Firebox Records. Says the singer Henri Koivula: ""The Great Fleet of Echoes" is a clear expansion in the bands songwriting. Showing more versatile, progressive and melodic approach into the gloom and melancholy our music reflects. A Firm and logical step forward." The album was welcomed with great reviews throughout the world.
Throes of Dawn has performed live with bands like Satyricon, Anathema, Orphaned Land and Green Carnation. The band produced a video of the song “Vertigo”, which has been of great promotional value: Several networks in Europe have broadcasted it, and it was also included in the metal DVD compilation of the Finnish inferno magazine.
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Hollow Reflection
Throes of Dawn Lyrics
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Light years of drowning
Into the cosmos of the lonely
I was lost from your world
Into the mazes of delusion
Into the vast halls of the Night
Did you see me enter
Did you see me enter
Your fragile dreams
Violent visions in a broken mind
Feed me with illusions
Attire me with your darkness
Under the rain of falling knives
I see you lying there open
In the ruins of the dying future
Did you see my
Hollow reflection
Did you sense my
Fathomless void
I saw myself there,
In a sudden, feverish moment
Watching your lifeless body
In a cold future morning.
Throes of Dawn's song "Hollow Reflection" is a haunting piece that explores the feeling of loss and loneliness. The lyrics are filled with a sense of hopelessness and despair as the singer is lost in the vastness of space, drowning in their own thoughts. The first verse speaks of "deeper thoughts unknown to hope," indicating that the singer is struggling with feelings that are beyond their control. They feel lost in the "cosmos of the lonely", far away from the human world that they once knew. The second verse is equally bleak, describing violent visions in a broken mind and a rain of falling knives that seem to attack the singer from all sides.
The chorus of the song asks a series of questions, wondering if the listener can see the singer in their dreams or sense their fathomless void. The bridge provides a vivid image of the singer watching their own reflection in a feverish moment, watching their own hollow reflection in the future. These lyrics are dark and brooding, the kind of poetry that is often difficult to articulate in clear language. Throes of Dawn have created something very special here, a song that taps into that deep, dark place within us all and explores the fears and doubts that we struggle to put into words.
Line by Line Meaning
Deeper thoughts unknown to hope
Thoughts that are so deep that hope cannot fathom them
Light years of drowning
An eternity of drowning in sorrow
Into the cosmos of the lonely
Entering a vast and empty universe of loneliness
I was lost from your world
Being separated from the familiar world of someone, and feeling lost
Into the mazes of delusion
Being trapped in a never-ending labyrinth of confusion and false beliefs
Into the vast halls of the Night
Entering a dark, haunting realm of despair and fear
Did you see me enter
Asking someone if they noticed when the singer entered somewhere
The rooms of the night
The dark and ominous places of the night
Your fragile dreams
The vulnerable hopes and desires of the person being spoken to
Violent visions in a broken mind
Disturbing and chaotic mental images in a mind that is shattered
Feed me with illusions
Being given false hopes and beliefs to cling onto
Attire me with your darkness
Being enveloped in the darkness of someone else's sorrow and despair
Under the rain of falling knives
Suffering through harsh and damaging experiences
I see you lying there open
Witnessing the exposed vulnerability of the person being spoken to
In the ruins of the dying future
In the aftermath of a bleak and hopeless future
Did you see my
Asking someone if they noticed something about the artist
Hollow reflection
A shallow and empty reflection of the artist's true self
Did you sense my
Asking someone if they felt something from the singer
Fathomless void
An unfathomable emptiness and lack of meaning
I saw myself there,
Reflecting on a moment of realization
In a sudden, feverish moment
A moment of intense and overwhelming realization
Watching your lifeless body
Observing the motionless form of the person being spoken to
In a cold future morning.
In a bleak and hopeless future, devoid of warmth and life
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