4:17 am is the second full-length album released by Finnish band Before the Dawn. It was released on May 24, 2004 through Locomotive Music.
| 4:17 am | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 24, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Sundi Corp.; additional recording at Pizzicato Room (Lahti) and Debonair Studios (London) | |||
| Genre | Death-doom Melodic death metal Gothic metal | |||
| Length | 46:48 | |||
| Label | Locomotive Music | |||
| Producer | Jaani Peuhu | |||
| Before the Dawn chronology | ||||
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Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[1] |
The Metal Storm website gave the CD a 8.7, the highest rating for any of the band's albums.[2] Gotherica rated it the 6th of "Top 10 Gothic & Alternative Albums of 2004, beating out Morrissey's You Are the Quary (sic.) and Penumbra's Seclusion, amongst others.[3]
Background
editAleksanteri Kuosa was the engineer and producer for 4:17.[4] The title of the album appears to be that 4:17 a.m. is "before the dawn," a pun on the band's name.[citation needed] Three years later, the band joined Stay Heavy Records.[5]
The music video for the single End of Days was released throughout Europe and in Japan.[6] The Spirit of Metal website rated the video 17 out of 20.[7] The song "My Room" was re-recorded as acoustic version with Lars Eikind (vocals) and released as a bonus track on the European edition of the 2011 album Deathstar Rising.[8]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heaven" | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Seed" | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Dreamer" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Fade Away" | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Crush" | 5:21 |
| 6. | "Into You" | 6:19 |
| 7. | "My Room" | 5:17 |
| 8. | "The Black" | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Vengeance" | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Hiding" | 4:33 |
References
edit- ^ Blum, Tobias (June 2004). "Before the Dawn – 4:17 PM [sic]". Rock Hard (in German). No. 205.
- ^ Metal Storm website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ Music of the Gothic era Cahrts of 2004. Found at Gotherica website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ "Aleksanteri Kuosa" on Beardscratchers. Found at Beardscratchers website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ Stay Heavy Records website Band bio page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ Metal from Finland website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ Spirit of Metal website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
- ^ Before The Dawn official website, Music Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2011.