Our debut album was NOT a blend of black metal and death metal, but rather a blend of heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, alternative, and classical music/guitar. This album was created between 1992 and late 1993, so it was a time when death metal was very hyped. Entombed were up on the Swedish charts and were popular on TV. The whole commercial part of death metal was strange and we did everything we could to be different.
Fredrik Söderberg / Dawn interview, No Clean Singing, 2021
Not only the music, but like I mentioned earlier, we changed our logo, front covers, lyrics, and entire concept. We created our own style without knowing how the sound was going to progress on the next album, or how people would react to our music.
DAWN released their debut album, Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher, on this day in 1994 through US label Necropolis.
Paul Thind (Necropolis Records, R.I.P), the label manager, and I started to send letters to each other through tape trading. Paul eventually started the label Necropolis Records and had asked me if I played in a band and told him that I did and that I’d send him a promo. I instantly got a deal back and signed the contract in 1993. Naer Sólen Gar Nider For Evogher was released a year later. We had taken the creativity to new a level, it became a mix of absolutely everything we had listened to so far.
Fredrik Söderberg / Dawn interview, No Clean Singing, 2021