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Dead by April - Self Deception - Awake the dreamer

DEAD BY APRIL

DEAD BY APRIL are back on tour in United Kingdom and Europe in May for the first time since 2017 together with fellow Swedish Metal acts and special guests SELF DECEPTION and AWAKE THE DREAMER doing exclusive shows across the continent and they are already teasing about new music that will come in the near future.

- " This could be the most excited I've ever been going back on tour. Our stage production, our crew and the preparations have never been t his good. The setlist on this tour will contain both old favorites and brand new songs as well, so you don't want to miss this. See you out there!" says vocalist Christopher Kristensen.

With over 300 million streams on Spotify, 70 million streams on YouTube, multiple platinum and gold and Grammy Awards, Dead By April is one of Sweden's biggest electronic rock exports in modern times.

After the breakthrough with the international hit single "Losing You" (2009), which topped rock charts worldwide and today has sold platinum more than six times, the band's path has been lined with success both in and outside of Sweden.

Members:
Christopher Kristensen - Vocals
Pontus Hjelm - Guitar / Vocals
Marcus Wesslén - Bass
Markus Rosell - Drums

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SELF DECEPTION

THE BEGINING
Singer Andreas Clark sent a message to the wrong person in 2004. The person who received the message was drummer Erik Eklund, and it turned out that they both loved the same type of music and both were currently looking for new band members. In early 2005, Andreas and Erik started the project that they decided to call Self Deception. The name came from discussing that they both previously played music in various projects that did not truly represent them, and the words Self Deception came up. Through common friends, Erik found guitarist Gabriel Rauhofer and bassist Nicklas Wester. The band recorded their first demo and began to spread their music through various online music forums.

FIRST LABEL
Self Deception signed their first record deal in 2007 with the label Rooster and recorded the album "Restitution". The first single from the album was "Relationship Redrum, " and the video was recorded at the old abandoned Beckomberga mental hospital in Stockholm. After extensive touring and writing of much new material, bassist Nicklas Wester left the band because of personal issues. After searching for a musician that could grow with the band, bassist Patrik Hallgren chosen to become a new member of Self Deception.
Self Deception signed a new contract with Ayam Music Group and started working with manager Linnea Sundquvist. The band was now ready to record new music and decided to work with the Swedish pop producer Joy Deb, who is now more known as songwriter for the Eurovision Song Contest winner, "Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes".

OVER THE THRESHOLD
Summer 2011, the band recorded their second album entitled "Over the Threshold" at the famous Studio 301 in Stockholm. The album included "Can't Have it All," a duet with Linnea Deb, who is also a well-known songwriter from the Eurovision Song Contest. The single "Over the Treshold" became the radio debut for the band. The album also included one of the band's most played songs, "The Shift." Self Deception toured around Scandinavia and played with bands like Takida, Young Guns and Lower than Atlantis.

THESE WALLS
In 2012, Gabriel Rauhofer announced that he wanted to leave the band and guitarist Ronny Westphal became a new permanent bandmember of Self Deception. In 2013, Self Deception went separate ways with the Ayam Music Group and decided to lock themselves into the studio to work on new material. They started working with Erik Eklund's brother, - Pop producer Nicklas Eklund, who became a major part of the band’s writing process. Self Deception would also work with producer Dino Medanhodzic (Smash in Pieces, Normandie, Hardcore Superstars, Adept, Guy the King). The EP "These Walls" was recorded in early 2014 at Studio Radionika with Dino Medanhodzic producing.
Shortly after "These Walls" was recorded, Self Deception signed a contract with the record label Ninetone. "Killed Our Love" was released as the first single from “TheseWalls” and reached many milestones, including first place on iTunes "Rock Top List," and entered the Swedish Digilist (P3).
In January 2015, the band made a cover of Alesso & Tove Lo's song “Heroes,” and the song saw great success through various streaming services.

SELF DECEPTION ALBUM
In 2016, Self Deception recorded their third full-length album together with the Swedish producer Patrik Frisk (Takida, Coroded, Plan Three, Yohio). The first single was called "Runaway Train" and released on September 30, 2016. Several of the follow-up singles from the album were added to popular playlists around the world.
In 2018, the band decided that it would end their collaboration with their current record label and agreed to move forward on their own. After writing and recording new material with Nicklas Eklund in the fall, the band decided to "crowdfund" their upcoming album. It only took 4 days for the entire album to be funded , showing that their popularity is still extremely high and growing.

ENDORSE THE ART
Choosing to go toward a harder sound in their music, new songs were recorded as the band returned to collaborate with producer Dino Medanhodzic. Self Deception will release a number of singles in the spring of 2019 which will then followed-up by an EP entitled "Endorse the Art". The EP’s name comes from the fact that it was funded by fans.

VIRUS


 In March of 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic stunned the world, Self Deception released SHAPES. A full length
album that is an extension of Endorse The Art. The album
title came from the work names of the tracks, named after different shapes. Probably influenced of the guitarist Ronny’s studies at the Royal Institute of Technology – KTH. After the release the band locked themselves in the studio focusing on writing due to all live shows being cancelled. As a result of this RESHAPED saw the light of day. A remix album of SHAPES, including an alternative version of Smoke You Out featuring Kee Marcello (Europe) and Gabriel Keyes (Crashdiet) that was highly appreciated showing that the mix of modern rock and 80’s glam was a great fit! Self Deception has always strived to try new things and always evolving in their music. In early 2021 they released their first song in their native languish Swedish, covering Victor Leksell’ Svag.
The song hit right in the hearts of the Scandinavian fans and was played on Swedish radio P4 among other places

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AWAKE THE DREAMER

Swedish Melodic Post-Hardcore sensation Awake The Dreamer have reached a global critical acclaim in the world of Alternative Metal/Rock since they formed in late 2015. A band consisting of school-mates, childhood friends and cousins, took their musical wizardery to the next level in 2017 when they presented ‘Vigilant’ to the world of Metalcore via Dreambound.

After the recent success with the songs “Believe” in 2018 and the collaboration with Adept‘s Robert Ljung in “Vigilant” ( back in 2017). On 20th of September 2019 the debut album ‘Damaged Souls’ was finally released via Germany based record label Arising Empire.
The album includes the singles “Atmosphere” featuring Japanese Metalcore outfit Crystal Lake‘s frontman Ryo Kinoshita, “Your Mind” and “Far Away” presenting a diverse, new and interesting style of modern catchy mix between Post-Hardcore and Metalcore.

Despite the band’s late formation, Awake The Dreamer led by frontman and vocalist Max Andrén and Bassist/Vocalist Benjamin Turesson have already been touring across Scandinavia, Europe, UK and Asia multiple times. Sharing stages and with some of the biggest names in the scene including Northlane, Adept, Crystal Lake, Betraying The Martyrs and more.

Awake The Dreamer is:
Max Andrén – Vocals
Victor Sandberg – Guitar

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