Venera Everdawn

• 1Cassiopeia03:46
• 2Century Black03:15
• 3Silver Lining03:38
• 4Karmic Partner03:30
• 5Northern Star03:29
• 6Justify the Means03:23
• 7The Promise03:48
• 8Crimson Dusk and Silver Dawn02:43
• 9Venera04:35
• 10Orion's Belt04:51
• 11Images Everlasting04:32
• 12Samsara03:37
• 13Truer Words Ever Spoken12:44
• 14Beneath the Well04:12
• Total Runtime01:02:03

Info for Venera

EVERDAWN is a female fronted symphonic metal band based out of New Jersey.

The band was originally created in March 2014 under the moniker Midnight Eternal, counting founding members, Boris Zaks, Richard Fischer, Dan Prestup and Mike LePond.

In early 2016 the band signed deals first with Intromental Management and later Marquee/Avalon (Asia) and Inner Wound Recordings (Europe/North America) for the release of the self-titled debut. The album was engineered by Eric Rachel (Skid Row, Symphony X) and the mixing and mastering was handled by Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Jorn). The impressive artwork was created by Jan Yrlund (Apocalyptica, Korpiklaani, Delain).

The band commenced on a North American tour, as support of the amazing prog-veterans Queensryche and toured Europe as support for the avantgarde-kings of Therion - 2 amazing and lengthy tours that took the band to another level. It was suddenly a name to be reckoned with, even after only one album.

After a few changes in the line-up and the inclusion of the amazing voice of the young and very talented Russian born, Canadian singer Alina Gavrilenko, who brought a full-blown energetic vocal approach into the new songs of the band, the name was changed into EVERDAWN, to signal a fresh beginning.

In the spring of 2020, EVERDAWN inked a worldwide deal with the US-based record label Sensory, who was blown away by the high-level performance of the band. For the release of the 2nd album of the New Jersians.

The album, entitled "Cleopatra", which was released worldwide on March 5th, 2021 was recorded during the summer of 2019 and was mixed and mastered by Dan Swano, well-known for his work, both as a musician and as producer (Opeth, Evergrey, Oddland, Omnium Gatherum, a.o.) and dives even further into the melodic furnace, where hits are created.

The stunning artwork for the new album was painted by the uber-talented Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsak (Annihilator, Grave Digger, Tyr, a.o.) and displays a breathtakingly beautiful version of the old Egyptian queen and the surroundings in her temples and lands. A must-have for collectors!

After the release of "Cleopatra", a replacement had to be found for LePond, as he had way too many duties with his main-band, Symphony X. The replacement was the local bass player, Alan D'Angelo and the 5-piece went on a sold-out European tour, as sole support band for worldwide acclaimed guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker, while also writing their new opus "Venera", which was recorded, mixed and mastered during the fall of 2022 (Jacob Hansen @ Hansen studios took care of working magic with the sound as he has done with so many bands, a.o. Volbeat, Amaranthe, Destruction, Pretty Maids).

The melodic style of the band is unmistakable and with soaring guitar soli, and a truly unique voice, EVERDAWN is proving that they are a band to be reckoned with.

Alina Gavrilenko, vocals
Richard Fischer, guitars
Alan D'Angelo, bass
Dan Prestup, drums
Boris Zaks, keyboards

EVERDAWN
was originally created in March 2014 under the moniker Midnight Eternal, when Richard Fischer and Boris Zaks (both of Operatika) invited Daniel Prestup (Rivera Bomma, Spider Rockets) and Mike LePond (Symphony X) to record a two-song single. Lead vocalist Raine Hilai and a bassist Greg Manning were enrolled into the full-time lineup, as Mike LePond wasn’t available for a full-time commitment to the band.

In early 2016, EVERDAWN signed deals with Intromental Management and Marquee/Avalon (Asia) and Inner Wound Recordings (Europe/North America) for the release of their self-titled debut album. The record was engineered by Eric Rachel (Skid Row, Symphony X), mixed and mastered by Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Jorn), and completed with artwork created by Jan Yrlund (Apocalyptica, Korpiklaani, Delain).

The band embarked on a North American tour, as support of the amazing prog-veterans Queensryche and also toured Europe as support for the avantgarde masters Therion – two amazing and lengthy tours that took the name of the band to another level. EVERDAWN was suddenly a band to be reckoned with after only one album.

When the time to record the follow-up album arrived, the band parted ways with Raine Hilai and Greg Manning, and as the direction of the band began to expand, the new moniker EVERDAWN was chosen. They welcomed talented Russian-born Canadian singer Alina Gavrilenko, who brought a full-blown energetic vocal approach into the new songs while retaining respect to the band’s ultra-melodic metal. Also returning to the restructured lineup is Mike LePond, who once again brings his amazing skills to the ranks of EVERDAWN.

In the spring of 2020, EVERDAWN inked a worldwide deal with New Jersey-based record label Sensory Records – a division of The Laser’s Edge – for the release of the band’s now completed second album, Cleopatra. The new album was recorded during 2019, after which it was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö (Opeth, Evergrey, Oddland, Omnium Gatherum). Promising to be a huge new step for the band, Cleopatra is now being finalized for release in the second half of 2020.

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