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Dead By April is a melodic metalcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden. On their MySpace page, they describe themselves as a "pop metal explosion".

Their first single "Losing You" was released 6 March, 2009 at their MySpace page. The song gained attention to the band by being background music to Expedition Robinson 2009.

The band released a demo in 2007 and another in 2008, and they both leaked out to several peer-to-peer-sites. During this time they also played local venues, such as Sticky Fingers, around Gothenburg.

In 2008, the band received two awards, both for Best Newcomer, on "Swedish Metal Awards" and "Bandit Rock Awards".^[1]

On the 13 May 2009, the band released their debut album Dead by April, which contains 13 songs, eleven of which are remastered demo songs, with the other two being new ones.

Contents 1 Members 2 Discography 2.1 Singles 3 References 4 External links

Members

• Jimmie Strimell – scream, vocals
• Pontus Hjelm – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitars, programming
• Johan Olsson – guitars, screams
• Marcus Wesslén – bass guitar
• Alexander Svenningson – drums

Discography

• "Dead by April" (demo) (2007)
• "Dead by April" (demo II) (2008)
• Dead by April (2009)

Singles

• "Falling Behind" (2007)
• "Losing You" (2009)

References

External links

• Interview on Up Load UK 2009

Dead By April is a [[Metal/Post-hardcore/Experimental band currently located in Sweden. They also have sounds Death Metal influences. They are currently unsigned and have released 8 songs.

About

Jimmie Strimell, who is the lead vocalist for th band Nightrage, had been wanting to write music with his good freind, Pontus Hjelm for a long period of time, but it had never happened. It wasn't untill his freind gave in, that they gave it a try. The project soon turned into a fulltime band, releasing 8 songs. They are in the process of creating a full-length album.

Band line-up

Current members

Jimmie Strimell - Screaming/Clean Vocals<br>
Pontus Hjelm - Guitar/Keyboard<br>
Alex Sveningsson -Drums<br>
Henric Carlsson - Bass<br>
Johan Eskilsson - Guitar<br>

External Links

[http://www.myspace.com/dbaswe The Band's Myspace]

The Band's Trig Page