Daylight Dies launch album & tour

Critically-acclaimed North Carolina metal band Daylight Dies is preparing for a cross-country tour with the legendary Candlemass in advance of the band's anticipated third album, Lost to the Living. The tour kicks off on May 19th, 2008 and ends just before the June 24th Candlelight Records release of Lost to the Living.

Daylight Dies was formed by drummer Jesse Haff and guitarist Barre Gambling in 1996, the band releasing its first album, No Reply, on Relapse Records in 2002. Candlelight picked up the fledgling doom-metal band in time to release the second Daylight Dies' album, Dismantling Devotion, in 2006. Along with Haff and Gambling, he band includes vocalist Nathan Ellis, bassist Egan O’Rourke and guitarist Charley Shackelford.

"Everyone is taking a little time to catch their breath after working hard on bringing Lost to the Living to life,” says Haff. “We've continued to refine the music up until the last minute it was recorded and we all feel confident this is the strongest album we've made. As stated previously, the material is a mix of beautiful melancholic leads and harsh dissonant rhythms; despair driven hooks and the overall dark atmosphere you've come to expect from us. After an exhausting recording process, the one thing on all of our minds is the upcoming tour. We can't wait."

Daylight Dies tour dates w/Candlemass:

05/19/2008 - Jaxx Nite Club, West Springfield, VA
05/20/2008 - BB King Blues Club, New York, NY
05/22/2008 - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
05/23/2008 - Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland, OH
05/24/2008 - The Pearl Room, Mokena IL
05/25/2008 - Station 4, St. Paul, MN
05/28/2008 - Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
05/29/2008 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
05/30/2008 - Slim’s, San Francisco, CA
05/31/2008 - Jumping Turtle, San Marcos, CA
06/01/2008 - Whiskey A Go Go, W. Hollywood, CA
06/03/2008 - Brickhouse, Phoenix, AZ
06/04/2008 - Launch Pad, Albuquerque, NM
06/05/2008 - Scout Bar, San Antonio, TX
06/06/2008 - Scout Bar, San Antonio, TX
06/07/2008 - Ridglea Theater, Ft. Worth, TX
06/08/2008 - The Muse, Nashville, TN