In May 2008, A New Dawn released it’s debut album “Falling From Grace”. A period of great turbulence followed. We played numerous shows to promote the album and received great response from the listeners. On the other hand, the band encountered some changes in its line-up. Now, we figured it to be time to release new material to show what the band stands for at this moment in its career.

Through this news-item, we will keep you updated on what's happening with the recordings. We will add pictures soon, so you will get a hint on what we are doing and have been. Stay tuned!

On February 7th, our sound-guru Hans van de Brink recorded Rik's drum tracks for the three songs that will be featured on the upcoming e.p. With the recording of the drum tracks, it immediately became evident that Rik’s style in drumming pushes A New Dawn’s sound in a somewhat more progressive direction. Not to worry: the music still sounds like A New Dawn…… with a twist.

February 26th, we started recording the first guitar tracks. Soon, all guitar tracks will be finished and we will be able to present you a giant wall of sound. About half of the guitar tracks have been recorded so far, so the foundations for this wall of sound have been built.

On the last day of the month, February 28th, Jamila recorded the first vocal tracks. Pieces are now falling into place and the songs are really starting to take shape. This week more vocal tracks will be recorded, so it's going to be quite busy for everybody.

It's March 11th, and about time for a new update! So, here it comes.... Yesterday, we made some huge progress. All clean vocal parts have now been recorded. They are great, they are heavy, they are fragile, they are....... double. It's time to bring you the news that you will not only hear Jamila's great voice on the e.p., but also the beautiful voice of Alysia van Horik. We met Alysia last year and, impressed with her voice, Jamila asked her to be the second lead female voice on the e.p. Last week, Alysia started recording her parts and finished them yesterday. Her vocals and Jamilas seem to match great. Jamila finished her parts yesterday as well. Ýou are all familiar with her powerful voice and with these recordings, she has definitely delivered again!
Apart from the vocal power, we finished some instrumental power as well. All guitar parts are done now. We guess it's time for another surprise, as Willem Cremer stepped in to add his brutal guitar sound to the recordings. Now, all that's left to record are the lower frequencies. Coming week, Michel will record his bass tracks and grunter Mike van den Heuvel will add his monsterous voice to the songs. Then, we can start mixing.

Yesterday, Michel recorded the bass parts for the e.p. Recordings went pretty smooth and all bass parts were finished on schedule. Now, there's only a bit of editing to do and then all musical instruments are finished. Tomorrow, the last vocal parts will be recorded when Mike will add his grunts! We can only hope, his voice will not destroy the building...... Stay tuned!