Dawn of Relic

Dawn of Relic
Origin	Oulu, Finland
Genres	Black metal [1]
Years active	1993 – present
Labels	Wicked World/Earache Records Season of Mist
Members
Jukka Juntunen Ville Lind Teemu Luukinen Sampo Heikkinen

Dawn of Relic is a Finnish black metal / dark metal band.

Biography

The band was formed by Jukka Juntunen in 1993 in Oulu, Finland. They released their first full length album, One Night in Carcosa, in 1999, on Wicked World Records (aka Earache Records). This album had two session vocalists on it; Nazgul (ex-Horna, Satanic Warmaster) and Mika Tönning (ex-Catamenia).

The next album, titled Lovecraftian Dark, was not released until 2003 by their new record company Season of Mist. "Lovecraftian" in the title refers to horror writer H. P. Lovecraft whose writing influenced the subject matter of many of their songs. This influence is also present on One Night in Carcosa.

Their latest release was in 2005 with the title Night on Earth. Vocals on this album were performed by Kai "K.J. Khaos" Jaakkola (Deathbound, Deathchain, The Duskfall). Drummer Jukka Juntunen wrote most of the songs and all the lyrics for Dawn of Relic.

Present

The band has been on a break since November 2005 due to line-up problems. The headman Jukka Juntunen is concentrating to his other band Valucian (formed in 2002) which consists of some of the old members of Dawn of Relic.

The Band became active again in 2009. New line-up includes Rami Keränen, Sampo Heikkinen (Loopwork, Dark Flood) and Ville Lind (Cryptid, Seith). They played in Jalometalli festival during summer 2009.

Former members

• Jarno Juntunen
• Matti (his surname was never mentioned)
• Pekka Malo who was part of the band for 5 years between 1997 and 2002
• Pekka Mustonen had a ten year spell with the band that ended in 2004
• Mika Tönning was a member of the band for 7 years between 1998 and 2005

Discography

Studio Albums

Date of release	Title	Label
1999	One Night in Carcosa	Wicked World Records/Earache Records
2003	Lovecraftian Dark	Season Of Mist
2005	Night On Earth	Season of Mist

External links

• Official Website