DAWN OF DESTINY - GERMANY

…Begins - 2007 - Shark
Rebellion In Heaven - 2008 - Shark/Marquee
Human Fragility - 2009 - Shark
Praying To The World - 2012 - Phonotraxx Publishing
F.E.A.R. - 2014 - Phonotraxx Publishing
To Hell - 2015 - Phonotraxx Publishing
The Beast Inside - 2019 - Ram It Down
Of Silence - 2022 - El Puerto
IX - 2024 - El Puerto
Ashes Over Tomorrow - 2026 - El Puerto

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Members
Vocals
Black Horizons, Emerald Edge>>Tanja Schneider/Tanja Maul/Svenja Mills>>Emerald Edge, TBC, Dislocated Theory, Nevaria - Temple Of Your Soul>>JEANETTE SCHERFF

Guitar
Black Horizons, Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt, Malefistum, Legions Of The Night>>JENS FABER>>Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt, Malefistum, Legions Of The Night - Dark Ages, Black Leaf, Tequila Sunrise, Grizzly Adams, Storms Of Autumn, Eden, Fairytale>>Veith Offenbächer>>Fairytale, Destiny - Dark Ages, Black Leaf, Tequila Sunrise, Grizzly Adams, Eden, Fairytale, Destiny>>VEITH OFFENBÄCHER>>Fairytale, Destiny

Bass
Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt, Malefistum, Legions Of The Night>>JENS FABER>>Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt, Malefistum, Legions Of The Night - Chinchilla, Social Decay, Custard, DaVidis>>MICHAEL MARQUARDT

Drums
Mind Attack, Supremacy>>Ansgar Ludwig - Zodiac, Exurist, Entophyte, Everflow, Jitterbug, Dorian Gray, Mayze, Scanner>>Matt Bauer>>Another Fine Mess, Javelin, Dracyor, Mayze, Wildheart, Fools Of Rock, The Witches' Dream - Legions Of The Night, Skadika, Dark Light>>PHILIPP BOCK>>Skadika, Dark Light

Keyboard
The Fallen One, Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt>>JENS FABER>>Exos, Ani Lo. Projekt - Merlin's>>DIRK RACZKIEWICZ





History & Biography
The band based in Bochum was founded in late 2005. Jens Faber had a background on piano/synthesisers/keyboards and so the band combined pop and goth into its metal. An Ansgar Ludwig was the drummer. Demo 2006 and Promo 2007 followed. The latter was meant to introduce the debut album …Begins, which was released that summer. The band consisted of singer Tanja Maul, multi-instrumentalist Jens Faber, drummer Ansgar Ludwig and keyboard player Dirk Raczkiewicz (Jens also played keyboards). The group was booked for Metal Inferno Festival and toured in support of House Of Lords. Second guitarist Veith Offenbächer joined for Rebellion In Heaven. Human Fragility featured the same cover character as its predecessor. This was it for Shark Records. The label bit the dust. As such, the label issued a demo in 2011 before bouncing back in 2012. The band toured as support for Axxis in 2011.

Thematically a continuation of the previous releases, Praying To The World featured new frontwoman Jeanette Scherff and drummer Matt Bauer. It was issued on a quasi-label called Phonotraxx Publishing, which was really the publishing house for the members of Axxis. The band toured with Xandria in 2015. Human Fragility had featured additional vocals by Bernhard Weiß Axxis. F.E.A.R. was short for Forgotten, Enslaved, Admired, Released. John Sagias was the guest drummer. Jon Oliva of Savatage contributed vocals. To Hell, which featured drummer Philipp Bock, had a video clip for the title track. The group appeared at Rock Am Stück Festival with Powerwolf and Battle Beast.

There was a four year gap here before The Beast Inside was released. The collaboration with Ram It Down Records lasted one year and the band switched to El Puerto Records for Of Silence. First, however, the band opened for Velvet Viper in Dortmund before COVID-19 closed down the rest of the tour. Veith Offenbächer had returned to the fold after an absence of seven years. Interestingly, he had spent time in a band called Destiny (no, not that Destiny. No, not that one either)! The band opened for Mob Rules in 2023. Germany-based Dawn Of Destiny had an album called Ashes Over Tomorrow through El Puerto Records on October 30th, 2026. Michael Marquardt had arrived on bass as of 2025. The band booked several gigs for Q4 2026 and Q1 2027.


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