Dawn of Azazel

Dawn of Azazel
Origin	Auckland, New Zealand
Genres	Death metal,[1] deathcore, technical death metal
Years active	1997–2010, 2013–present
Labels	Ibex Moon Records
Members	Rigel Walshe Joe Bonnett Jeremy Suckling Nik Davies
Past members	Tony Angelov Tony Corry Tom James Phill Osborne Martin Cavanagh

Dawn of Azazel is a death metal band from New Zealand. They have played around the world in countries such as U.S., Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Czech Republic, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia. In February 2008 it was announced that Martin Cavanagh would be departing the band, shortly after, He was replaced by Jeremy Suckling of Wellington deathcore band Scoria. Dawn of Azazel have finished recording the new album entitled 'Relentless', set to be released on 13 October on Unique Leader Records – The album was recorded at Mana Studios in Florida and was produced by Brian Elliott.

Media coverage

In 2005, it was reported that vocalist Rigel Walshe was a constable in the New Zealand Police, with questions being raised about the contrast between his job as a public servant and the violent lyrics in Dawn of Azazel CDs.[2][3] No official action was taken as his police work and singing careers were kept separate.^[citation needed]

Previous lineups

Law of the Strong Lineup – 2001–2004

• Rigel Walshe – vocals; Bass guitar
• Joe Bonnett- Guitar
• Tony Angelov – Guitar
• Phil Osbourne – drums

Sedition Lineup 2004 – 2008

• Rigel Walshe – vocals; Bass guitar
• Joe Bonnett – guitar
• Martin Cavanagh – drums

Relentless (2009)

• Rigel Walshe – vocals; Bass guitar
• Joe Bonnett – guitar
• Jeremy Suckling – drums

Personnel

• Brian Elliott – Record Producer

Current lineup

• Rigel Walshe – vocals; bass
• Nik Davies - Guitar

Discography

Date	Title	Label	Charted	Country	Catalog Number
Albums
January 2004	Law of the Strong	Agonia Records	–	–	–
October 2005	Sedition	Extreme Imprints	–	–	–
October 2009	Relentless	Unique Leader Records	–	–	–
April 2015	The Tides of Damocles	Extreme Imprint[4]	–	–	–
Demos
1999	Of Bloodshed And Eternal Victory	Independent	–	New Zealand	–
2000	Vita est Militia Super Terram	Independent	–	New Zealand	–

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Charted	Certification
2002	"Bloodforged Abdication"	Hellflame	–	–

References

1. "Dawn of Azazel". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
2. "Spotlight on thrash metal cop". NZ Herald. NZME Publishing Ltd. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
3. "DAWN OF AZAZEL Frontman Thanks Fans For Support in Wake of Controversy". RoadrunnerRecords.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
4. Dawn Of Azazel at Discogs

External links

• Dawn Of Azazel's Official Website
• Dawn Of Azazel's Official Forums Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Dawn Of Azazel's myspace.com Profile