.Biography


Who would ever guess that in sunny and warm Lisbon, the capital of Portugal,
suddenly a core of Heavy Metal Hippies would join and form an Heavy Rock / Doom
monster called DAWNRIDER in the spring of 2004? Actually they did, and they
took the underground by storm when they made their first live appearance
in July 2005, to promote their debut Split EP with Maryland´s War Injun out on
Blood and Iron Records (also based in Lisbon).
Dawnrider frontman F.J. Dias teams up with João Barrelas
and Hugo Conim on guitars and quickly add the rhythm section made up of
Samuel Rebelo on bass and Victor Silver on drums. All these members have
contributed in the past in several underground bands from Portugal some with
lesser importance, others with bigger impact, such as Subcaos and The
No-Counts D.O.M. just to give an example of two different eras. Embracing a
whole culture of 70s Psychedelic Hard Rock and 80s Doom Metal, but also
speeding up occasionally like a Punk/Metal cocktail, Dawnrider is here to
stay, bringing a positive message, brought by an imaginary freedom warrior
riding unknown roads, battling against evil spirits and destroying
oppressive human condition.
 
     
 
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