Abysmal Dawn

Abysmal Dawn is an American death metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released five studio albums since its inception in 2003. Abysmal Dawn has had numerous lineup changes, with guitarist and vocalist Charles Elliott being the sole constant member.

Abysmal Dawn was formed by Charles Elliott (guitars/vocals), Jamie Boulanger (guitars), and Terry Barajas (drums) who circulated a three-song demo in winter 2004. The demo garnered attention within the underground metal press circuit and helped them score gigs alongside Exodus, 3 Inches of Blood, Hate Eternal, Into Eternity and Aborted. In November 2005, the band began work on their first full-length, From Ashes, with engineer John Haddad (Intronaut, Eyes of Fire, Phobia). They embarked on a five-week U.S. tour alongside Six Feet Under and Decapitated, additionally playing as support throughout their home state with the likes of Suffocation, Emperor, Immortal, Goatwhore and Decrepit Birth.^[1]

In 2007, Abysmal Dawn played a handful of festivals (LA Murderfest, Gathering of the Sick, Burning Star Metal Fest, and more), but most of the band's time was devoted to writing and rehearsing new material for their follow-up to From Ashes. By November, Abysmal Dawn had entered Haddad's new studio to begin the next full-length. Abysmal Dawn spent the next three months in and out of the studio recording Programmed to Consume. In February 2008, Abysmal Dawn signed a deal with Relapse Records, making Programmed to Consume the band's label debut, released on May 13 (May 19 internationally).^[2]

After three years passed since the release of Leveling the Plane of Existence, they released their fourth studio album, Obsolescence, on October 28, 2014, via Relapse Records. According to Abysmal Dawn's frontman Charles Elliott, the title of the album was "inspired by the term 'planned obsolescence', and is applied to all of mankind."^[3] The Village Voice rated the latest album number one and called it "The closest thing to a perfect metal album that you will hear this year."^[4]

Abysmal Dawn released their fifth studio album, Phylogenesis, through Season of Mist Records on April 17, 2020.^[5]

Abysmal Dawn supported Incantation and Marduk on tour in the US in the summer of 2017.^[6]

Current

• Charles Elliott – guitars, lead vocals (2003–present)
• Eliseo Garcia – bass, backing vocals (2011–present)
• James Coppolino – drums (2016–present)
• Vito Petroni – guitars (2017–present)

Former

• Jamie Boulanger – guitars (2003–2008)
• Terry Barajas – drums (2003–2009)
• Carlos Arriola – bass (2006–2007)
• Ian Jekelis – guitars (2008–2010)
• Mike Cosio – bass (2007–2011)
• Andy Nelson – guitars (2008–2015)
• Scott Fuller – drums (2010–2015)
• Allan Marcus – guitars (2016)

• Demo (2004)

• "Programmed to Consume" (2008)
• "My Own Savior" (2011)
• "In Service of Time" (2013)
• "Inanimate" (2014)

• Official website
• Abysmal Dawn on Relapse Records