DAWN OF ASHES : ‘Anhedonia’ – video for current single by US act who fuse dark electronic, industrial & extreme metal

DAWN OF ASHES | Reopening The Scars album cover

DAWN OF ASHES
ANHEDONIA

video for current single
out now
(Metropolis Records)

DAWN OF ASHES | Anhedonia video

included on
REOPENING THE SCARS
new album
out now

Dawn Of Ashes is a Los Angeles-based group whose very name brings to mind ‘the beginning of the end’. Formed in 2001, DOA have broken ground across multiple genres, from aggrotech/terror EBM to industrial/extreme metal, producing a unique hybrid of dark electro and metal styles. This fusion of terrifying soundscapes with brutal, relentless rhythms forms the foundation for the lyrical themes of founder and frontman Kristof Bathory, which explore concepts of horror, anti-monotheistic religion, misanthropy and the negative aspects from emotional abuse.

DOA have recently issued a new album entitled ‘Reopening The Scars’ that was preceded by the single ‘Anhedonia’, a video for which has just been made available. Bathory describes the song as “a glimpse into the dark abyss of the subconscious. We are explorers into the often unspoken, dark and cruel reality of mental anguish, torment and depression,” adding that “there are various circles of Hell when it comes to emotional suffering. Depression is a place that can cripple the mind in so many different ways. Anhedonia is the state of depression where nothing matters anymore, and you become paralysed by your own self punishment.”

‘Reopening The Scars’ is DOA’s first album for Metropolis Records since returning to their former label home in late 2023. “It is a continuation from our previous album, ‘Scars Of The Broken’,” Bathory has previously stated. “It goes down a darker hole into a place where each lyrical topic touches on the struggles of self-destructive behaviour. Pain and suffering dictated the writing process and created the sounds of emotional hell.”

As for the music that DOA is now creating, Bathory concludes that “after all these years dabbling in dark electronic music as well as industrial and extreme metal, we have found a unique style that complements each genre as one. DOA is neither one or the other in a separate category. The music and lyrical content speaks for itself under a form of darkness that fits for all people who enjoy various types of aggressive music. ‘Reopening The Scars’ defines that in a perfect form.”

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