.Biography

Dawnrider...shining Light of Doom: Who would ever guess that in sunny and
warm Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, suddenly two Heavy Metal Hippies would
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 and J. Barrelas teams up with H. Conim
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. Praises have been coming from such influent
masters as John Garner (Sir Lord Baltimore), Dick Wagner (Frost, Ursa Major,
Alice Cooper) and Clive Jones (Black Widow, Agony Bag). Citing John Garner
from the highly influential Sir Lord Baltimore: "Dawnrider really rips, I'm
pleasantly surprized to hear stuff that sounds A1. F.J. has a very
expressive & perfect voice for the doom thing, The recording is also A1, the
arrangements are very interesting, cause most of the time I hear these bands
they never go anywhere with chord changes as well as tempo changes, but
Dawnrider does, I felt like I was at a concert & the band were ripping, what
a treat. Great sound!". Embracing a whole culture of 70s Psychedelic Hard
Rock and 80s Doom Metal, maintaining it fresh and modern, 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.