Formed in 2006, Las Vegas-based heavy metal outfit Taking Dawn specialize in rousing, riff-heavy, harmony-laden retro-metal that owes as much to the heydays of the Sunset Strip as it does to Sin City. Vocalist/guitarist Chris Babbitt, guitarist Mikey Cross, bass player Andrew Cushing, and drummer Alan Doucette released their Roadrunner debut, Time to Burn, in January 2010. ~ James Christopher Monger