taking dawn

Taking Dawn are very much a new entity, but the Las Vegas band has been owning big stages and grabbing fans like veterans of the game. Often mislabeled as a throwback band -- which frontman/guitarist Chris Babbitt will be quick to correct if you say 'glam' -- the foursome's big melodies and soaring guitars by way of a dual lead guitarist attack put them in their own field...

Chris Babbitt is frontman of the new band Taking Dawn. His band is out on the road right now and somehow he found time to pen a humorous blog for Metal Hammer. Titled 'Airbourne, Girls, Hangover, Getting Locked Out and the Whore's A--hole,'' Babbitt gives his readers a little taste of real life on the road...

As we march ahead to May and concert season, festival lineups are taking their final form. Sevendust, Fuel (featuring original lead singer Brett Scallions), Lacuna Coil, the Last Vegas, Gypsy Pistoleros, the Nigel Dupree Band, O'Dette, Problem Child, Black Tora, Mad Max and Bad Things have all been added to the Rocklahoma 2010 lineup...

Another week down and another week of decent sales! Story of the Year scanned 14,000 records with 'Constant,' while Carnifex moved over 3,000 units in just a week on the shelves. Brand newbians Chelsea Grin also moved 1,500 pieces in their first week, which is very healthy for a brand new buzz band on the scene...

Gamers and metalheads, rejoice! Today Noisecreep is happy to premiere 'My Obsession,' a brand new track from Killswitch Engage, off the EP 'God of War: Blood & Metal.' The album is a digital soundtrack to the 'God of War III' video game. In...

Alesana -- 'The Emptiness' (Fearless): Androgynous, concept-driven metalcore that's ripe for every single date of Warped Tour. That's 'The Emptiness' in a nutshell. High-pitched, sometimes femme vocals live alongside some guttural growls, layered harmonies and metal riffage...

Tattoos and metal -- they go together like milk and cookies; or bandoliers and devil horns. They go together, that is, unless you're Taking Dawn. The Las Vegas band wants nothing to do with the whole tattoo scene, and the band's lead singer even joked that getting inked would be grounds for dismissal from the band...

"We're not clubber dudes. We don't do strip clubs. A lot of the people we grew up with ended up being bad into drugs, and we don't gamble," Taking Dawn frontman Chris Babbitt admits to Noisecreep. "We're the anti-Vegas guys, but we love it because it's our home...

Newcomers Taking Dawn are not glam. Even if you think their sound is throwback or '80s or melodic, they are not glam. If you think they are glam, you are wrong. Just ask lead guitarist and vocalist Chris Babbitt. "If anyone put us as a glam band, I'd have to jump off a roof...

We've made it to another Friday. And today, a bunch of us will be getting together in one of AOL's recording studios to do our very first podcast. Pretty soon, you'll be able to not only read our words, but hear our unusual voices. Unusual because we're sure we sound nothing like you might imagine...