Dead by April (Album)

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Dead by April
Studio album by Dead by April

Publication
(s)

May 13, 2009

admission

2007-2008

Label (s) Universal Music Group

Genre (s)

Post-hardcore , alternative metal

Title (number)

13 (14 including bonus track)

running time

47:48

occupation
  • Johan Olsson: electric guitar
  • Alexander Svenningson: drums

production

Henrik Edenhed

Studio (s)

Universal Music Group

chronology
- Dead by April Stronger
(2011)
Single releases
March 6, 2009 Losing you
September 16, 2009 What Can I Say
September 28, 2009 Angels of Clarity

Dead by April is the debut album by Swedish post-hardcore band Dead by April . It was released by Universal on May 13, 2009 and reached number 2 on the Swedish album charts.

background

The songs were written by singer Jimmie Strimell and guitarist Pontus Hjelm and some of them were already several years old at the time the album was recorded. The No. 1 single Losing You came about three years before the album was recorded and before the band was founded, and Pontus Hjelm wrote the oldest track, Found Myself in You , seven years earlier. Guitarist Olsson attributes a significant influence on the music production to the producer of the album Henrik Edenhed, as he is actually at home in pop and rock and has provided ideas that the band would never have come up with.

publication

The album was released on May 13, 2009 in Sweden by Universal and reached number 2 on the Swedish album charts. It was released in Great Britain on August 3, 2009 via Spinefarm Records , and worldwide on September 18, 2009. The pre-released single Losing You became a number one hit in Sweden, followed by the singles What Can I Say and Angel of Clarity after the album was released . In addition to the regular CD , a limited edition with a bonus track and a DVD was released .

Track list

  1. Trapped - 3:08
  2. Angels of Clarity - 3:42
  3. Losing You - 3:56
  4. What Can I Say - 3:08
  5. Erased - 3:26
  6. Promise Me - 3:55
  7. Falling Behind - 3:27
  8. Sorry for Everything - 3:45
  9. In My Arms - 4:25
  10. Stronger - 4:01
  11. Carry Me - 3:49
  12. A Promise - 3:37
  13. I Made It - 3:49
  14. Leaves Falling - 3:24 (Limited Edition Bonus Title)

Reviews

Frank Trojan from Rock Hard describes the music on the album as a mixture of “poppy rock and tough metalcore” and compares it with Sonic Syndicate , My Chemical Romance and Killswitch Engage , the catchy pieces have catchy tunes like those of their colleagues from Billy Talent . Alexey Eremenko from Allmusic, on the other hand, sees the album as an intersection of the Metalcore from Sevendust and the Melodic Death Metal from Dark Tranquility . He writes that the album fully meets the expectations that could be placed on it: Powerful and catchy melodies paired with groovy rhythms. For him the album is uniform, but still full of energy.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Timo Winter: DEAD BY APRIL: Newcomers who aren't anymore! In Your Face, September 22, 2009; archived from the original on September 27, 2009 ; Retrieved April 14, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Chart placements: SE , accessed on April 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ DEAD BY APRIL: Berlin Interview, Pro-Shot Performance Footage Available. (No longer available online.) Blabbermouth.net, October 28, 2009, archived from the original September 9, 2012 ; accessed on April 14, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.roadrunnerrecords.com
  4. ^ Frank Trojan: Dead by April: Review . In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , August 2009.

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