2017 studio album by Dead by April
Worlds Collide is the fourth studio album by Swedish metalcore band Dead by April . It was released on 7 April 2017[ 8] through Spinefarm and Universal . It is the first album to feature guitarist/songwriter Pontus Hjelm on co-lead vocals and the last album to feature former unclean vocalist Christoffer "Stoffe" Andersson as he left the band shortly after the album's release.[ 9] The album debuted at number 8 on the Swedish albums chart.[ 10] On 1 September 2017 the band released an EP titled Worlds Collide (Jimmie Strimell Sessions) , which contains four tracks from Worlds Collide with the original harsh vocals replaced with harsh vocals by returning member Jimmie Strimell .[ 11]
On 20 October another EP, called Worlds Collide (Acoustic Sessions) , was released, containing acoustic versions of 4 songs from the album.[ 12]
All tracks are written by Pontus Hjelm, Christos Dell. (tracks 1,6,10)
Title 1. "Crying Over You" 4:25 2. "I Can't Breathe" 4:02 3. "Playing with Fire" 3:56 4. "Warrior" 3:02 5. "Breaking Point" 3:49 6. "My Heart Is Crushable" 3:15 7. "Can You See the Red" 3:41 8. "Our Worlds Collide" 3:56 9. "This Is My Life" 4:09 10. "Perfect the Way You Are" 3:45 11. "For Every Step" (featuring Tommy Körberg ) 3:53 Total length: 41:45
Worlds Collide (Jimmie Strimell Sessions)Title 1. "Crying Over You" (featuring Jimmie Strimell ) 4:25 2. "Warrior" (featuring Jimmie Strimell) 3:02 3. "This Is My Life" (featuring Jimmie Strimell) 4:09 4. "Playing with Fire" (featuring Jimmie Strimell) 3:56 Total length: 15:32
Worlds Collide (Acoustic Sessions)Title 1. "Breaking Point" (acoustic) 3:41 2. "For Every Step" (acoustic) 3:30 3. "Perfect the Way You Are" (acoustic) 3:37 4. "Our Worlds Collide" (acoustic) 3:15 Total length: 14:03
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Dead by April
Pontus Hjelm – guitars , clean vocals (except track 9 and 11) , additional choirs (track 11) , keyboards
Marcus Rosell – drums
Christoffer Andersson – harsh vocals (except for track 10, 11 and Jimmie Strimell Sessions and Acoustic Sessions )
Marcus Wesslén – bass , additional choirs (track 11)
Additional musicians
Jimmie Strimell - harsh vocals (Jimmie Strimell Sessions only)
Tommy Körberg – lead vocals (track 11)
Nils-Petter Nilsson – additional choirs (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Christopher Kristensen – additional choirs (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Andréa C-a – additional choirs (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Beda Odlöw Nyberg – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Bella Holmudden – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Embla Johansson – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Fina Juslin – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Julia Lindgren – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
My Wegnelius Jarlstedt – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Nelly Jamarani – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Rebecca Tuite – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Tora Kopp – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Viktor Werlenius – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Zelda Ekelun – children choir (tracks 1, 6 and 8)
Production
Pontus Hjelm – producer, recording, engineering
Christian Silver – drum recording, engineering (drums)
Olof Berggren – drum recording, drum engineering (drums)
Ben Grosse – mixing
Paul Pavao – mixing
Henke – mastering
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^ @dbaswe (1 September 2017). "🚨🚨🚨 New EP out TODAY with Jimmie Strimell back on growl!!! 🚨🚨🚨Check it out HERE:" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
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Pontus Hjelm
Marcus Wesslén
Marcus Rosell
Christopher Kristensen
Johan Eskilsson
Henric Liljesand
Johan Olsson
Christoffer Andersson
Alexander Svenningsson
Zandro Santiago
Jimmie Strimell
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