Dawn Of Solace was an unborn twin to Before The Dawn until Tuomas Saukkonen started the writing process for the third Before The Dawn album "The Ghost" in 2005. With over 30 written songs, it was clear that one normal album would not be enough. The first plan was to make a double album for Before The Dawn, but some of the material was slower, more melodic and darker than the songs chosen for The Ghost and Saukkonen wanted to take that a bit further