Dawn Ray’d announce split: “This is no longer the right vessel for us to express ourselves creatively or politically”

Despite releasing their brilliant third album To Know The Light earlier in the year, Dawn Ray’d are splitting up.

In a statement posted to social media, the black metal trio explain that they feel as though the band is “no longer the right vessel for us to express ourselves creatively or politically and we have said what we needed to say in places that hopefully needed to hear it”. They’ve cancelled all future shows, while “all money and future merch orders will be donated to Sea Watch, and all cash will be given to Liverpool Migrant Solidarity Network”.

Read their full statement below:

“Dawn Ray’d is finished. This band has not stopped for 8 years, we were touring before we even had any music recorded, we have toured further afield than we ever imagined; we have spoken about ideas of anarchism and liberation at every show we have ever played, given out thousands of copies of Beyond Chaos in merch orders and at shows, we have tried our best to attack fascism in this scene head on at every opportunity we have had, we have tried to use every platform, every moment possible to spread these ideas.

“We are at a point where Dawn Ray’d is no longer the right vessel for us to express ourselves creatively or politically and we have said what we needed to say in places that hopefully needed to hear it.

“All shows from today will be cancelled, and we sincerely apologise for that.

“Thank you to anyone who cared about this and every wonderful person we have met, we have loved doing it.

“All money and future merch orders will be donated to Sea Watch, and all cash will be given to Liverpool Migrant Solidarity Network.

“See you in the streets!

“Fabian, Matthew, Simon.”

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