Soundscape of Silence

Soundscape of Silence is the fifth album released by the Finnish band Before the Dawn. It was released on 31 October 2008,^[3] through Stay Heavy Records. During the recording sessions of this album in early 2008, the band had to cope with yet another line-up change – once again, the drum-seat became vacant. The core crew of Before the Dawn (Tuomas, Lars, Juho) only took some time off from studio to play at summer festivals like the Wacken Open Air in Germany, mainly with the aid of session drummer Matti Auerkallio, later replaced by Agonizer's Atte Palokangas. In summer 2009 Atte became an official band member.^[4]

Soundscape of Silence
Studio album by Before the Dawn
Released	October 29, 2008
Genre	Doom metal Melodic death metal Gothic metal[1]
Length	36:17
Label	Stay Heavy Records
Before the Dawn chronology
Deadlight (2007) Soundscape of Silence (2008) Deathstar Rising (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard	5/10[2]

Background

Coinciding with the band's 10th anniversary, Before the Dawn accompanied Amorphis on their Forging Europe Tour in autumn 2009; in 2010 they played more club and festival shows all over Europe and also visited Asia (China and Japan in May, Russia in September).^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dying Sun"	3:12
2.	"Exile"	4:00
3.	"Silence"	3:01
4.	"Dead Reflection"	3:42
5.	"Hide Me"	3:30
6.	"Fabrication"	3:51
7.	"Saviour"	3:15
8.	"Monsters"	4:51
9.	"Cold"	4:10
10.	"Last Song"	2:53
11.	"Ignite" (European bonus track)	3:06

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6]	14