April Weeps Explained

April Weeps
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Origin:Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Genre:Post-metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, groove metal
Years Active:2004–2010 (as April Weeds)
2010–present (as April Weeps)
Current Members:
  • Miloš "Stronghold" Dupal (keyboards)
  • Matúš Novanský (guitars)
  • Norbert "N" Frick (growl/scream)
  • Marta Somogyi (vocals/scream)
  • Peter "Pítrs" Vavra (drums)
  • Mário Turis (guitars)
  • Thomas Csibri (guitars)
Past Members:
  • Michal Borbély (bass)
  • Tomáš Opavský (bass)
  • Pál Horváth (guitar)
  • Roland Danics (drums)
  • Zoltán "Dexter" Cséfalvay (guitars)

April Weeps is a Slovak post-metal band, based in Dunajská Streda.[1] They are known for their heavy riffs, atmospheric melodies, and intense and energetic performances.[2] The band released its first album titled Outer Calm, Pain Within in 2013 and played with such bands as Epica, Novembre, Draconian, In Mourning, Saturnus and Tristania[3] since then.[4]

April Weeds era

The band originally formed in 2004 under the name April Weeds. In 2007, they released an unofficial, home recorded demo album titled Songs from the Old House. After playing a few gigs, the constant line-up changes caused the band to go dormant. In 2010, the band went through a reboot and because of their name's similarity with marijuana,[5] changed their name to April Weeps.[6]

Outer Calm, Pain Within

From the original line up, only 2 band members remained: Miloš Dupal (keyboards) and Zoltán Cséfalvay (rhythm guitar). The new members who joined the band were Roland Danics (drums), Pál Horváth (guitar), Norbert Frick (growl, screams) and Michal Borbély (bass). Later in 2012, Marta Somogyi (vocals) joined the band. In 2013, the band released their debut album titled Outer Calm, Pain Within,[7] featuring 11 tracks. The public reception was mixed at first, considered as frantic in places,[8] but later the reviews were more accepting.[9] [10] The same year, they qualified to attend the Wacken Metal Battle Semi Finals[11] for Slovakia, but were not selected to continue to the finals.

In 2014, the band made it into Spark magazine's "Spark Fresh Blood" contest finals.[12] [13]

In 2015, the band started its first tour through Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.[14] [15]

Tribute recordings

In 2016, the band was asked to participate on a Paradise Lost tribute album, The Plague Inside by the label Fono Records, Ltd[16] (Russia) and recorded the song "Shine".[17] In December of the same year, the band recorded the song "She Is the Dark" for the My Dying Bride tribute album titled Long Stay in the Darkness.[18]

Comma

In February 2018, the band announced they were to release the song "Palingenesis", from their second album named Comma.[19]

Cataclastic

The band released the album named Catalclastic on 4 June 2022, including 8 tracks with 45 minutes and 19 seconds runtime.[20]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Band April Weeps. Weeps. April. aprilweeps.com. 20 September 2016.
  2. Web site: DAVIDE STRACCIONE: Turné s Novembre si užívame a na Slovensko sa teším. www.musicborders.com. 20 September 2016.
  3. Web site: APRIL WEEPS – Battle Helm. battlehelm.com. 21 September 2016.
  4. Web site: DAVIDE STRACCIONE: Turné s Novembre si užívame a na Slovensko sa teším. www.musicborders.com. 20 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Fobia zine » APRIL WEEPS – "Deset otázek". Fobiazine. Fobiazine. 21 September 2016.
  6. Web site: INTERVIEW: April Weeps. www.femetalism.co.uk. 21 September 2016.
  7. Štraub. Jirka. 2014. Spark Fresh Blood. Rock Magazine: Spark. SPARK Rock s.r.o.. 10. 1211-5223.
  8. Web site: ALBUM REVIEW: April Weeps. DoomMetalHeaven. 2 April 2014. DoomMetalHeaven. 21 September 2016.
  9. Web site: METAL FOREVER & METAL MAN Web Zine - recenze - APRIL WEEPS - Outer Calm, Pain Within. metalforever.info. 21 September 2016.
  10. Web site: [Dark Metal] April Weeps - Outer Calm, Pain Within]. 27 March 2014. de-DE. 21 September 2016.
  11. Web site: WACKEN METAL BATTLE 2013 – SEMIFINÁLE DIVÍZIA ZÁPAD Valhalla.sk. 7 April 2013. 21 September 2016.
  12. Web site: April Weeps - Artist Directory TeamRock. TeamRock. 21 September 2016.
  13. News: SPARK FRESH BLOOD 2014: Finálový koncert OLOMOUC. Štraub. Jiří. 13 October 2014. magazine. 21 September 2016. www.spark-rockmagazine.cz/.
  14. Web site: APRIL WEEPS: Hráme tak, ako sa cítime. Paulovská. Anita. 10 October 2015. SME.sk. Petit Press, a.s.. 21 September 2016.
  15. Web site: VOX FEMINI: DEMENCIA MORTALIS A APRIL WEEPS NA TURNÉ Valhalla.sk. 11 November 2014. 21 September 2016.
  16. Web site: Various - The Plague Inside: A Tribute To Paradise Lost. Discogs. 21 September 2016.
  17. Web site: April Weeps. Discogs. 21 September 2016.
  18. Web site: Трибьют My Dying Bride: участники - Группа Dissector. dissectorband.ru. 3 January 2017.
  19. Web site: Prvá lastovička z nadchádzajúceho albumu APRIL WEEPS!. www.musicborders.com. sk-SK. 28 February 2018.
  20. Web site: April Weeps prichádzajú s novým koncepčným albumom Cataclastic . 6 June 2022 . hudba.zoznam.sk . sk.

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