4:17 am is the second full-length album released by Finnish band Before the Dawn. It was released on May 24, 2004 through Locomotive Music.

4:17 am
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24, 2004
StudioSundi Corp.; additional recording at Pizzicato Room (Lahti) and Debonair Studios (London)
GenreDeath-doom
Melodic death metal
Gothic metal
Length46:48
LabelLocomotive Music
ProducerJaani Peuhu
Before the Dawn chronology
My Darkness
(2003)
4:17 am
(2004)
The Ghost
(2006)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rock Hard8/10[1]

The Metal Storm website gave the CD a 8.7, the highest rating for any of the band's albums.[2] Gotherica rated it the 6th of "Top 10 Gothic & Alternative Albums of 2004, beating out Morrissey's You Are the Quary (sic.) and Penumbra's Seclusion, amongst others.[3]

Background

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Aleksanteri Kuosa was the engineer and producer for 4:17.[4] The title of the album appears to be that 4:17 a.m. is "before the dawn," a pun on the band's name.[citation needed] Three years later, the band joined Stay Heavy Records.[5]

The music video for the single End of Days was released throughout Europe and in Japan.[6] The Spirit of Metal website rated the video 17 out of 20.[7] The song "My Room" was re-recorded as acoustic version with Lars Eikind (vocals) and released as a bonus track on the European edition of the 2011 album Deathstar Rising.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Heaven"4:15
2."Seed"4:17
3."Dreamer"3:53
4."Fade Away"4:00
5."Crush"5:21
6."Into You"6:19
7."My Room"5:17
8."The Black"4:34
9."Vengeance"4:19
10."Hiding"4:33

References

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  1. ^ Blum, Tobias (June 2004). "Before the Dawn – 4:17 PM [sic]". Rock Hard (in German). No. 205.
  2. ^ Metal Storm website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  3. ^ Music of the Gothic era Cahrts of 2004. Found at Gotherica website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  4. ^ "Aleksanteri Kuosa" on Beardscratchers. Found at Beardscratchers website. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  5. ^ Stay Heavy Records website Band bio page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  6. ^ Metal from Finland website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Spirit of Metal website 4:17 page. Accessed September 28, 2010.
  8. ^ Before The Dawn official website, Music Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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