The USA-based industrial/extreme metal act Dawn Of Ashes has presented another track, "Anhedonia", from its approaching full-length, Reopening The Scars, slated for release on 19 April via recently re-signed with Metropolis Records.

Dawn Of Ashes' composer and vocalist Kristof Bathory explains: "Is a song based on the process behind losing hope from depression and sliding down into a hole where the only answer seems to be the end of living. Most humans have been in this place and the only saviour is yourself".

Dawn Of Ashes (the name implies "the beginning of the end"), formed in 2001, made three albums for Metropolis Records in the late 2010s, having previously recorded for Metal Blade and subsequently for Artoffact Records.

Kristof Bathory started Dawn Of Ashes as a purely dark electronic act, influenced by various forms of extreme metal with a controversial theme, but in 2009, he embraced and made a leap into the extreme metal world, eventually fusing both styles to find the perfect hybrid of the most aggressive and angry style of dark music possible. Subsequently, every Dawn Of Ashes album has taken the emotional state of Bathory and plunged further into the depths of anger and pure aggression.

As for the music that Dawn Of Ashes is now creating, Bathory concludes that "after all these years dabbling in dark electronic music as well as industrial and extreme metal, we have found a unique style that complements each genre as one. Dawn Of Ashes is neither one or the other in a separate category. The music and lyrical content speaks for itself under a form of darkness that fits for all people who enjoy various types of aggressive music. Reopening The Scars definitely defines that in a perfect form".

The approaching full-length "is a continuation from our previous album, Scars Of The Broken", continues Bathory. "Each lyrical topic touches on the struggles of self-destructive behaviour. Pain and suffering dictated the writing process and created the sounds of emotional hell." Link