New Dawn Fades – Lores

by Mark 'Yeti' Richard · April 9, 2026

New Dawn Fades is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based stoner metal/ heavy rock band. The four-piece consists of George Chamberlin (GFA) on vocals and guitars, Corey Shredingill on guitars, Algar on bass, and Steve Roche on drums. The first EP entitled Forever was released in 2023 and was the brainchild of GFA, who played and recorded all of the instruments except the drums. Now armed with a full band, the quartet just released their debut full length album called Lores, on March 25th 2026. It contains eight tracks at thirty eight minutes long.

The album opens with “Villains Come To Light”, a fade in of thrashy riffs with a heavy metal appeal. The chunky rhythms are fuzzy and raw and strikingly smooth too. GFA’s vocals are excellent and soaring with a high register of tonality. The catchy harmonies and powerful execution of his strong voice fits the music perfectly. The sound has a stoner doom elegance at times, like on the second track “Meet Me At Sundown”. The nineties metal influences are in full effect with this one too, with a grooving doom and heavy rock vibe shining through. The vocals make all the difference and the long note holds and strong harmonies are fantastic with all of these songs.

Every so often, I discover a band like New Dawn Fades, who has the total package of styles that I love, all blended together. There’s a strong heavy metal and thrash element with a hard driving rock vibe oozing through their songs. The dynamic and catchy vocals are excellent and enhance the music in a massive way. The album artwork is also terrific and depicts the music nicely, as everything seems to just work and come together brilliantly with New Dawn Fades. Songs like “True Till Death” and “Souls” round out the first half of the record and it doesn’t digress from there. “Dead Vultures” is another banger! Heavy pounding drums with fuzzy rhythms are joined with electrifying guitar leads and engaging vocal harmonies. The stomping power and groove of “Leave My Loneliness Unbroken” is matched with a mellow dropping verse structure. The soothing flow is reminiscent of the heavy grunge era of the nineties with some classic eighties metal too.

The last couple of tracks “The Night” and the closer, “New Evil” are not surprisingly excellent songs also. Lores is one solid banger of a record from start to finish. There are no filler songs on this raging debut! Every time I listen to it, it just keeps getting better, as the music is a captivating experience of exceptional heavy metal and hard rock. Another amazing debut album to end the first quarter of 2026. The heavy underground music scene is bursting at the seems with such high quality bands like New Dawn Fades.