UK black metal trio Dawn Ray’d announced their anticipated third album To Know The Light back in November, and today they’ve shared its first single, “Ancient Light.” The five-and-a-half minute song starts out as classic-style black metal, and its Joe Guppy-directed video starts out as a straight-up performance clip, but both take a turn. About halfway through, “Ancient Light” evolves into tender post-rock instrumentals and harmonic chants, and the video turns into an instruction video that shows you how to turn a t-shirt into a protest mask. From there, both sides of the song combine into one, as the video comes to a fiery end. The whole thing is intense, and you can check it out below.
Dawn Ray’d — 2023 Tour Dates
January 14 – Temple of Boom – Leeds
February 2 – Record Junkee – Sheffield
March 3 – Ivory Blacks – Glasgow
March 17 – Crofters – Bristol
March 18 – Captains Bar – Stoke
March 23 – The White Hotel – Manchester
March 24 – Lexington – London
March 25 – Scruffy Murphys – Birmingham
March 26 – Bar Social – Derby