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Luke Fabian Bass
See also: Infected Dead, Damim (live), Crevassian, ex-Elixir, ex-Everest Queen (live), ex-Mechanized Dirge
Mark Norgate Vocals, Guitars
See also: Sacred Son
Hugo Terva Drums (2020-present)
See also: Savage Grace (live), ex-Gravesend, Death Valley Knights, ex-Fractal Gates, ex-Hellbastard, ex-Divine Chaos (live), ex-Primitai (live), ex-Sanity Burns, ex-Metasoma, ex-Wrath
Matteo Bianciotto Guitars (2020-present)
See also: Novere

Since we last heard from Dawnwalker with 2022’s brooding House of Sand, they’ve sought many new avenues of inspiration. “I visited with astrologers, tarot readers, psychics and spiritual healers,” says bandleader Mark Norgate. “I took up a regular meditation practice and read up on all manner of esoteric spirituality. I wanted to explore the outer reaches of human thought on the nature of our universe in a way I never had before.”

Throughout The Unknowing references abound to ancient astrologers and the early days of the sciences all the way up to new age gurus, L. Ron Hubbard, Alastair Crowley and the Heaven’s Gate UFO cult. Each song is like a story centred around those who claim to have unlocked some hidden knowledge of the universe. The result creates a kind of tableau of human knowledge - superstitions, sciences and magical belief systems alike. Lead single “Cancer (Rising)” is a galaxy-brained moment of realisation of one’s own place in the cosmos. “Capricorn” appears to be about a knight who believes he has a great destiny written in the stars, only to find that a cruel twist of fate awaits. “Fall to Earth” is a powerful ballad about an astronaut who watches the earth from space knowing they cannot survive their return home. There is a sense of destiny and cosmic futility all at once, two sides of the same coin - a knowing and an unknowing.

Musically, the album treads new ground for Dawnwalker and not least of all because of their cast of talented new collaborators. On vocals is Sofia Sourianou (Deathbloom, Lurein) and on bass Luke Fabian (ex-Pupil Slicer) who play pivotal roles in the new direction. There is a conscious move away from post-metal towards something more prog, spacey and ambient. There is an overall de-emphasis on guitars, which allows space for more keyboards, synths and atmospherics than ever before. Its organic production was primarily captured by Stanley Gravett at London’s analogue-focused Holy Mountain Studios. It was then mixed for a natural, warm presentation by Scott McLean (Healthyliving, Ashenspire) in Edinburgh. By eschewing modern heavy metal production techniques, the album may recall the cosmic prog and krautrock of the 70s albeit pitted against a modern rock songwriter’s sensibilities. There are certainly references points one could easily name, but ultimately The Unknowing is a concoction of Dawnwalker’s own creation.

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Title=Fall To Earth
Artist=Dawnwalker
Album=The Unknowing
Tracknumber=8
Year=2024
Genre=Post-Metal Rock