Dead By April
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Early days
At the bands early days in 2007 and 2008 the band never released any physical media. Though most of the songs that they gave to friends were fast leaked out to several peer-to-peer-sites. During this time they also played in local venues around Gothenburg. Without having released any physical media the band still spawned one radio single, "Falling Behind". In 2008, the band received two awards, both for Best Newcomer, on "Swedish Metal Awards" and "Bandit Rock Awards".
Debut album
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. On the 13 May 2009, the band released their debut album Dead by April through Universal. The album contains 13 songs, eleven of which are remastered demo songs, with the other two being new ones. The album was released in the UK on August 3, 2009 through Spinefarm. Thereby, on July 21, 2009, while turing in the UK tour with Skindred Dead by April announced that the track "Angels of Clarity" would be their next UK single. The band has also announced a second Swedish single, "What Can I Say".
