Dawn of Solace – ‘Waves’ CD

Dawn of Solace is a heavy metal side-project from Finland, started in 2005 by Tuomas Saukkonen (Before the Dawn, Wolfheart).

While in the writing process for the third Before the Dawn album, ‘The Ghost,’ Saukkonen ended up with over 30 written songs. The first plan was to make a double album for Before the Dawn, but some of the material was slower, more melodic, and darker than the songs chosen for ‘The Ghost,’ and Saukkonen wanted to take things further without any limitations that Before the Dawn might create.

The result was Saukkonen’s solo project, Dawn of Solace. The first album, entitled ‘The Darkness,’ features a melodic sound akin to that of Before the Dawn, albeit with a much stronger gothic metal and doom metal influence. On January 10, 2013, through a press statement, Tuomas Saukkonen announced that he was putting Dawn of Solace to rest along with his other active bands (Before the Dawn, Black Sun Aeon, and RoutaSielu), ending them to create a new project called Wolfheart, which he will entirely focus from now on.

In 2019 Saukkonen announced Dawn of Solace would be reforming for a second album entitled ‘Waves.’