n January 2005, Lothar Keller was working on his first solo album when a vision of a union between hard rock, progressive, and heavy metal musical styles was conceived. The groundwork was then assembled for what would become SACRED DAWN.

After a few stops and starts in a quest for the right players in the band, along came John Vitale. John saw the band play as a three-piece on New Year's Eve, 2005. As the former guitarist of Chicago's Megadeth tribute favorite, Highspeedirt, he recognized talent and was very impressed with Sacred Dawn's original music and wanted to be a part of the growth of the band.

John, however, wasn't the only one looking for a new project. In May, 2006 Sacred Dawn was faced with finding a new bass player. Experience, stability and excellent chops were the requirements and so enter Joey Vega. Lothar and Joey Vega, members of a Chicago based music alliance, met and fortunate for Sacred Dawn, Joey enthusiastically agreed to be a part of Sacred Dawn.

Finally, Sacred Dawn was ready to begin their journey when the drummer made a personal decision to leave the band. In June, 2006 Sacred Dawn's newest search began for a drummer who is prepared to join a band ready to make their assault on the metal music world. Though they have a fill-in drummer for their upcoming shows, the search for a permanent drummer continues.

Sacred Dawn pulls their influence from bands such as Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Nevermore, Queensryche, Savatage, Fates Warning and many others. Through these influences, Sacred Dawn combines musical styles reminiscent of “old school metal” and molds them together with today's “harsh, driving metal” to get a sound with a progressive feel, leading Sacred Dawn in the pursuit to bring guitar solos and true musicianship back into the metal music scene

Source : Official Website