Dream Evil
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Background information | |
Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Century Media |
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Website | www |
Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.
History
The first person asked to join the new band was
Vocalist
Up until the moment the first promotional photos were shot, the entire band had never been in the same place at the same time before. Some members did not even know each other.
The band soon got a deal with
Dream Evil's debut album was released in April 2002, and received positive feedback from the metal press. At one point the album, titled
The band members found that they got along well as a unit despite the somewhat random manner by which they had been brought together and Snowy Shaw decided to join the band permanently. Dream Evil went on their first Japanese tour. During their stay in Japan, the band was invited by HammerFall to support their 2003 European tour. Their label manager hinted that it would be a good idea to have a new album out by then.
With little time on their hands, the band wrote the basis of several songs on the flight back to Europe, and on the day of their arrival entered the studio in order to record a new album. They took two weeks in total to record
For their third album, the band actually took time to write the songs and fine-tune them in the studio. The Book of Heavy Metal took two months to be recorded, and was released in May 2004.
Guitarist Gus G left the band in late 2004 in order to dedicate more time to Firewind, being replaced by
Niklas Isfeldt and Peter Stålfors briefly left in 2005 to be replaced by Jake E. Berg (aka Jake Steel, of Dreamland) and Tommy Larsson. However, a few months later, Niklas and Pater returned before recordings or live shows were done.[2] At the start of 2006, Snowy Shaw abruptly quit Dream Evil. After a period of silence for several months, Dream Evil announced Pat Power (Patrik Jerksten), a co-worker of Fredrik Nordström from Studio Fredman, as Snowy's replacement.
The first album featuring the new line-up, United, was released on 13 October 2006.
Dream Evil announced on 7 December 2007 on the website that Mark Black would be leaving the band and will be replaced by
On 3 March 2008 the band announced that they had begun work on a new studio album, tentatively titled In the Night. The album was released on 25 January 2010 in Europe and 26 January 2010 in North America.
On 23 July 2008 the band announced that their first live DVD/CD set,
On 28 December 2013 Dream Evil announced that Dannee Demon left the band and was replaced by Mark Black. Upon contact in 2015, Dream Evil informed that they were not on hiatus, just very busy with other commitments, and had eighteen tracks prepared for a future album.[3] On 7 March 2017 the album titled Six was finally announced to be released on 26 May 2017.[4]
Members
Current members
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Former members
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Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
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SWE [5] |
JPN [6] |
GRC [5] | |||||||
Dragonslayer |
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Evilized |
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55 | 70 | — | |||||
The Book of Heavy Metal |
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45 | 47 | — | |||||
United |
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24 | 74 | — | |||||
In the Night |
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53 | 116 | 19 | |||||
Six |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
EPs
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Children of the Night
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The First Chapter |
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Live
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Gold Medal in Metal[12] |
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References
- ^ "Dream Evil Guitarist Leaves". metalunderground.com. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "DREAM EVIL Rejoined By Singer, Bassist". blabbermouth.net. 21 September 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Status Update from Dream Evil". Reddit.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "SWEDEN'S DREAM EVIL TO RELEASE SIX ALBUM IN MAY; VIDEO TRAILER STREAMING". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "ドリーム・イーヴルのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON STYLE.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – Dragonslayer by Dream Evil". iTunes. 25 June 2002.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – Evilized by Dream Evil". iTunes. January 2003.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – The Book of Heavy Metal by Dream Evil". iTunes. 24 May 2004.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – United by Dream Evil". iTunes. 31 October 2006.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – In the Night by Dream Evil". iTunes. January 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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External links
- Official website
- Dream Evil at AllMusic