April Weeps

April Weeps is a Slovak atmospheric metal band, based in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia.[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[3] and played with such bands as Epica, Novembre, Draconian, In Mourning, Saturnus and Tristania[4] since then.[5]

April Weeps
OriginDunajská Streda, Slovakia
GenresAtmospheric metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, groove metal
Years active2004–2010 (as April Weeds)
2010–present (as April Weeps)
Websitewww.aprilweeps.com .
Members
  • Miloš "Stronghold" Dupal (keyboards)
  • Zoltán "Dexter" Cséfalvay (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)

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.[6] 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,[7] changed their name to April Weeps.[8]

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 first debut album titled Outer Calm, Pain Within,[9] featuring 11 tracks.[10] The public reception was mixed at first, considered as frantic in places,[11] but later the reviews were more accepting.[12][13] The same year, they qualified to attend the Wacken Metal Battle Semi Finals[14] 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.[15][16]

In 2015, the band started its first tour through Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.[17][18]

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[19] (Russia) and recorded the song "Shine".[20] 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.[21]

Comma

In February 2018, the band announced they were to release the song "Palingenesis", from their second album named Comma.[22]

Discography

References
  1. Weeps, April. "The Band | April Weeps". aprilweeps.com. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  2. "DAVIDE STRACCIONE: Turné s Novembre si užívame a na Slovensko sa teším". www.musicborders.com. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. "April Weeps - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. "APRIL WEEPS – Battle Helm". battlehelm.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  5. "DAVIDE STRACCIONE: Turné s Novembre si užívame a na Slovensko sa teším". www.musicborders.com. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  6. "April Weeps - Demo 2010 - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  7. "Fobia zine » APRIL WEEPS – „Deset otázek"". Fobiazine. Fobiazine. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. "INTERVIEW: April Weeps". www.femetalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  9. Štraub, Jirka (2014). "Spark Fresh Blood". Rock Magazine: Spark. SPARK Rock s.r.o. 10. ISSN 1211-5223.
  10. "April Weeps - Outer Calm, Pain Within - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  11. DoomMetalHeaven (2014-04-02). "ALBUM REVIEW: April Weeps". DoomMetalHeaven. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  12. "METAL FOREVER & METAL MAN Web Zine - recenze - APRIL WEEPS - Outer Calm, Pain Within". metalforever.info. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  13. "[Dark Metal] April Weeps - Outer Calm, Pain Within" (in German). 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  14. "WACKEN METAL BATTLE 2013 – SEMIFINÁLE DIVÍZIA ZÁPAD | Valhalla.sk". 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  15. "April Weeps - Artist Directory | TeamRock". TeamRock. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  16. Štraub, Jiří (13 October 2014). "SPARK FRESH BLOOD 2014: Finálový koncert OLOMOUC". magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2016 – via www.spark-rockmagazine.cz/.
  17. Paulovská, Anita (10 October 2015). "APRIL WEEPS: Hráme tak, ako sa cítime". SME.sk. Petit Press, a.s. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  18. "VOX FEMINI: DEMENCIA MORTALIS A APRIL WEEPS NA TURNÉ | Valhalla.sk". 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  19. "Various - The Plague Inside: A Tribute To Paradise Lost". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  20. "April Weeps". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  21. "Трибьют My Dying Bride: участники - Группа Dissector". dissectorband.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  22. "Prvá lastovička z nadchádzajúceho albumu APRIL WEEPS!". www.musicborders.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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