Before The Dawn share new single and video ‘Fatal Design’

With “Fatal Design”, Finnish melodic death metal giants BEFORE THE DAWN present another dark and powerful glimpse into their upcoming studio album Cold Flare Eternal, set to be released on September 5th, 2025 via Reaper Entertainment. The official music video is out now on YouTube – an intense and atmospheric visual that perfectly captures the essence of the song.

“Fatal Design” captures the album’s central theme: the inner conflict between light and shadow, the urge for control in a world seemingly built from chaos. Band mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen delivers a dark reflection on the cost of one’s own choices — composed with surgical precision, driven by heavy melancholy, and powered by a relentless sense of dynamics.

Tuomas Saukkonen comments:

“Fatal Design shows the heavier side of the album and is absolute no-brainer as an setlist song for the fall EU tour. Catchy, heavy like a ten ton hammer and pushes forward like a freight train”

Following the release of their acclaimed comeback album Stormbringers and a successful tour alongside Wolfheart and numerous festival appearances in 2024, BEFORE THE DAWN continue their unstoppable rise — now backed by their new label Reaper Entertainment and ready to redefine the genre with Cold Flare Eternal.

“Fatal Design” stands as further proof of BEFORE THE DAWN’s masterful balance between melody and brutality — a dark anthem for those who find beauty in pain.

In September, the band will go on tour with WOLFHEART:

Support: SUOTANA, FULL HOUSE BREW CREW

20.09. Koba Live, Abadiño, ES *
21.09. Revi Live, Madrid, ES *
22.09. Wolf, Barcelona, ES *
25.09. De Helling, Utrecht, NL
26.09. Kulturwerk, Herford, DE
27.09. Kubana, Siegburg, DE
29.09. Backstage By The Mill, Paris, FR
01.10. Logo, Hamburg, DE
02.10. Hellraiser, Leipzig, DE
03.10. Turock, Essen, DE
04.10. Café Central, Weinheim, DE
05.10. Analog Music Hall, Budapest, HU
06.10. Klub Zaścianek, Krakow, PL
07.10. Collosseum, Košice, SK
08.10. Rock Café, Prague, CZ
09.10. Orto Bar, Ljubljana SI
10.10. Slaughter Club, Milan, IT
11.10. Chollerhalle, Zug, CH
12.10. Club Vaudeville, Lindau, DE
13.10. Backstage, Munich, DE
* only Wolfheart & Before The Dawn

More live dates: 
20.06. Nummirock Festival, FI

Tickets: https://www.btdmetal.com/

BEFORE THE DAWN are:
Tuomas Saukkonen – Guitar
Paavo Laapotti – Vocals
Juho Räihä – Guitar
Pyry Hanski – Bass