AWS (band)
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Background information | |
Origin | Budakeszi, Hungary |
Genres | |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | EDGE Records |
Members | Bence Brucker Dániel Kökényes Áron Veress Soma Schiszler Tamás Stefán |
Past members | Marcell Varga Gergő Varga Bence Petrik Ákos Lukács Örs Siklósi |
AWS (pronounced ah-vi-esh) is a Hungarian post-hardcore band formed in 2006 by Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes, Örs Siklósi and Áron Veress. Their music is characterized by diversity, powerful performances, and sudden changes, which utilizes metal, psychedelic rock, alternative and post-rock styles. Up to now, they have released four studio albums, two live albums and fourteen video clips. Their music videos often have juxtapositions of images of violence and celebrities in order to bring light to problems that the world faces, exhibiting what they call being "anti-celebrity".[1] They represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with the song Viszlát nyár.[2]
Career
Since the formation of their band, they have played in festivals such as Sziget Festival in 2010[3] and have even toured beyond Hungary in places such as Austria, England, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain. They won the MTV Brand award for New Winning Band.[4] They have toured with Blind Myself.
On 6 December 2017, it was announced that AWS would compete in
During their stint at Eurovision Song Contest it was announced that AWS were invited to play at
On 6 February 2021, the band announced on Instagram that lead singer Örs Siklósi had died on 5 February from leukaemia at the age of 29.[9]
On 16 January 2023, the band introduced the new vocalist of the band, Stefán Tamás.[10]
Musical style
According to an interview with the German-language Hungarian newspaper
The band's lyrics on their debut record Fata Morgana were mostly written in English but they decided to write song lyrics in Hungarian for future songs. For Fata Morgana, the band wrote the lyrics in Hungarian first and later translated them into English. The lyrical themes deal with personal experiences as well as societal and economic themes.[11]
Their sound was attested to have catchy melodies, a clear Hungarian character, vocal harmonies and a decent groove which takes away the emo influences the band uses. Some songs were described to be mass appealing, modern metal.[12]
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Title (Details) |
Peak positions[13] |
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HUN[a]
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2011 | Fata Morgana * Label: CD, DL
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27[b] (1 w) |
2014 | Égésföld * Label: EDGE Records * Released: 7 April 2014 * Format: CD, DL |
6[c] (2 w) |
2016 | Kint a vizből * Label: EDGE Records * Released: 5 September 2016 * Format: CD, DL |
7[d] (2 w) |
2018 | Fekete részem * Label: EDGE Records * Released: 1 October 2018 * Format: CD, DL |
2 (3 w) |
Live albums
Year | Title (Details) |
Peak positions[14] |
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HUN[e]
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2018 | 9 |
Extended plays
Title | Details |
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Világposztolás |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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HUN | |||
Takard el | 2011 | — | Fata Morgana |
Válaszút | 2012 | — | Égésföld |
Világposztolás | — | ||
Ha nem tűnsz el | 2013 | — | |
Nem fáj | 2014 | — | |
Te is félsz | 2015 | — | Kint a vízből |
Hajnali járat | 2016 | — | |
Viszlát nyár | 2017 | 1[15] | Fekete Részem |
Hol voltál? | 2018 | 30[16] | |
X/0 | — | ||
Fekete Részem | — | ||
Még Lélegzem | 2019 | — | |
Engedd el (feat. Cloud 9+) |
— | ||
Emlékszem (Hivatalos videó) |
2021 | — | |
Útvesztő | 2022 | — | |
Odaát | 2023 | — | Innen szép nyerni |
2359 | 2023 | — | |
Ketten képzeletben | 2023 | — | |
Fények nélkül | 2024 | — | |
Nincs Árnyék | 2024 | — | |
Senki nincs már ébren | 2024 | — |
Notes
- Hungarian Albums Chartdoesn't have a personal artist archive, only overall chart rankings archive instead. If you want look up on how long a song or an album lasted in the Charts you have to check it manually.
- ^ The album charted in the week of 18 October 2018.
- ^ The album reached its peak position on 13 April 2014 and re-entered the charts at no 21 on 18 October 2018.
- ^ The album reached its peak position on 9 September 2016 and re-entered the charts at no 20 on 18 October 2018.
- Hungarian Albums Chartdoesn't have a personal artist archive, only a overall chart rankings archive instead. If you want look up on how long a song or an album lasted in the Charts you have to check it manually.
References
- ^ "AWS: Talán segítünk gondolatot ébreszteni! [interjú]" (in Hungarian). Antropos.hu. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ AWS – Viszlát Nyár – Hungary – Official Music Video – Eurovision 2018. Official Eurovision Song Contest on YouTube. Published 9 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Sziget 2010 line-up". Sziget News. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Új formációk, új lehetőségek a Dal 2018-ban" (in Hungarian). Mediaklikk.hu. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Új zsűritagokkal és műsorvezetőkkel jön a Dal 2018" (in Hungarian). Híradó. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Mercereau, Damien (9 March 2018). "Eurovision 2018 : le rock musclé du groupe AWS pour la Hongrie" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Frank Jaeger: Powermetal.de: AWS wird in Wacken spielen und heute Abend im TV – mitwählen! (German)
- (German)
- ^ "AWS lead singer Örs Siklósi has died". eurovision.tv. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "AWS Official en Instagram: '🐜🖤 #odaát'". eurovision.tv. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ a b Härtzsch, Bianca (19 April 2018). "Interview mit den Mitgliedern des ESC-Kandidaten AWS: Ein großer Moment für Ungarns Metal-Szene" (in German). Budapester Zeitung. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Backes, Björn (15 October 2018). "Nett und brav: Der ESC-Vertreter Ungarns" (in German). Powermetal.de. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Charts: HUN
- ^ Charts: HUN
- ^ "Single Top 40 slágerlista – Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". Slagerlistak.hu. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Single (track) Top 40 lista – Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". Zene.slagerlistak.hu.
External links
- Media related to AWS (band) at Wikimedia Commons