The lyrical concept of Throes of Dawn is often poetic, reflecting the deeper and darker aspects of the human psyche; solitude, feelings of loss, and the fears and pains of existence.
The band's lyrics are often known as poetic, expressing the darker aspects of solitude, feelings of loss and the fears and pains of life.
On 30 April 2010 the band played their album The Great Fleet of Echoes from start to finish for a special live performance at the Graveyard Party 2010 in Gloria, Helsinki.
The band's second full-length album Dreams of the Black Earth was recorded in the legendary Tico-Tico studio in late 1997.
Only one song from the album, "Dreams of the Black Earth", was issued as a promotional track in 1998 on The Blackened Rainbow MCD.
After the release of Binding of the Spirit, the founders of the band, Henri Koivula and Jani Heinola, moved from their hometown Vaasa to Turku and Helsinki.
[5] After several years of songwriting, Throes of Dawn started recording their fourth album Quicksilver Clouds in 2003 at Sonic-pump studios in Helsinki.
During the promotion of the new album, Throes of Dawn performed numerous successful live shows with bands like Anathema, Orphaned Land and Green Carnation.
The Great Fleet of Echoes also expanded the band's foray into songwriting, including adding progressive elements.
A few days after the great feedback for the album, between 10 and 12 January 2011, the band's training facility was broken into and almost all of their equipment was stolen.
[10] The band posted a statement on their official on 24 April 2014, speaking after a nearly three-year silence to announce the impending arrival of a new album.
The statement read, in part: "OK folks, Time to breach the long silence and see what's happening in the TOD land: We are soon entering studio to record the drums and some miscellaneous instruments for the upcoming sixth album.
"[12] On 30 March 2015 they announced that Henri, their vocalist had finalized the vocal tracks for the remaining songs on the album in D-studio, Klaukkala, Finland.
In September 2009 Throes of Dawn signed to Firebox Records, with whom they released their 2010 effort The Great Fleet of Echoes.