Light of Dawn

Light of Dawn is the second album by the hard rock/power metal band Unisonic. It was released on 1 August 2014, with cover art credited to Martin Häusler.[4]

Light of Dawn
Studio album by
Unisonic
ReleasedAugust 1, 2014
RecordedHOFA Studios (Germany) and The Trakshak (Germany), 2014
GenrePower metal, hard rock
Length54:39
LabelearMUSIC
ProducerDennis Ward
Unisonic chronology
For the Kingdom
(2014)		 Light of Dawn
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sea Of Tranquility[1]
Planetmosh[2]
Rock Hard8/10[3]

Dennis Ward stated about the album title & artwork: "The song Throne of the Dawn was originally titled Light of the Dawn but the lyrics became another concept during songwriting. However, we still felt strongly about the title and thought that it fit very well to the artwork. Every day has its dawn, a new beginning, a fresh start".[5]

The majority of the songs were written by Dennis Ward, with further input from Michael Kiske and Mandy Meyer. A music video was filmed for the song "Exceptional".[6]

The album entered several international music charts, scoring the highest entries on the Finnish albums chart, German albums chart, Swiss albums chart, Czech albums chart and Japanese albums chart.[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Venite 2.0" Günter Werno1:30
2."Your Time Has Come"Dennis WardWard5:03
3."Exceptional"WardWard5:02
4."For the Kingdom"WardWard4:58
5."Not Gonna Take Anymore"WardWard4:26
6."Night of the Long Knives"WardWard5:02
7."Find Shelter"WardMandy Meyer, Ward5:04
8."Blood"Michael Kiske, Sandro GiampietroKiske, Giampietro4:45
9."When the Deed Is Done"WardWard5:06
10."Throne of the Dawn"WardWard4:50
11."Manhunter"Kiske, GiampietroKiske, Giampietro3:37
12."You and I"WardWard5:20
13."Judgement Day (European bonus track)"WardMeyer, Ward4:50
14."Dare (Japanese bonus track)"Kiske, GiampietroKiske, Giampietro3:16

Personnel
Guest session musician

Charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 181
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 124
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[11] 22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 13
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[14] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 20

References
  1. "Review: "Unisonic: Light Of Dawn" - Sea of Tranquility - The Web Destination for Progressive Music!". seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. Ant May. "Unisonic - Light of dawn - PlanetMosh". PlanetMosh. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. Rensen, Michael (August 2014). "Unisonic – Light of Dawn". Rock Hard (in German). No. 327.
  4. Dead Rhetoric. "UNISONIC: "Light Of Dawn" Album Due In August". Dead Rhetoric. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. Interview with Dennis Ward, by Grande-Rock.com retrieved on November 13, 2014.
  6. "earMUSIC - UNISONIC RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO 'Exceptional'". ear-music.net. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  7. "Unisonic - Light Of Dawn". acharts.us. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in French). Hung Medien.
  11. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201434 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data.
  12. "Unisonic: Light of Dawn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Unisonic – Light of Dawn" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  14. "Official Cyta-IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart – Week 37/2014". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  15. 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2014年08月04日付. Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  16. "Swisscharts.com – Unisonic – Light of Dawn". Hung Medien.
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