Within My Heart
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| Studio album by Dead by April | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | July 2010 – August 2011 Big Island Studios |
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| Length | 44:53 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Group, Spinefarm | |||
| Producer | Jacob Hellner, Pontus Hjelm | |||
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Incomparable is the second studio album by Swedish metal band Dead by April. Production for the album took place after a lineup change of guitarists and vocalists for the band following the release of their self-titled debut. Incomparable was released on September 21, 2011 in the United States and most countries, and on September 26 in the United Kingdom, making it the first album by the band to be released in the US in the same time frame as its European release. The album's first official single, "Within My Heart", was released on May 16, 2011 as an EP containing two additional tracks to be featured on the album. The second single, "Calling", was released on September 4 with an accompanying music video released October 6. The third single, "Lost", was released on September 19, 2011, following the delay of the "Calling" music video.
Like the band's debut album, Incomparable included re-recorded demos as well as brand new tracks. On their debut album, only two out of 16 tracks were new, and the 14 others were re-recorded demo songs. Incomparable, however, has only one re-done demo while the other 12 songs on the standard edition are new. Two other songs, "Painting Shadows" and "Unhateable", were also remade during the production of the album; the former was made the bonus track and the latter did not make it on the track list but was featured on the B-side of "Within My Heart". Incomparable charted at number two on the Swedish Albums Charts.
This is the only album not to include Pontus Hjelm as a band member as he left the band between 2010 and 2012. During this time however he stayed on as a songwriter and after Johan Olsson also quit Hjelm returned unofficially, albeit only as guitarist. Like their previous album all songs were written by Hjelm with most co-written by Jimmie Strimell. Additionally, it is the final album to feature Strimmell as vocalist before his departure from the group in March 2013; he would eventually rejoin the band four years later in April 2017.
Following the release of their self-titled debut in 2009, Dead by April toured extensively throughout Europe to promote album sales until mid-2010. On April 23, 2010, it was announced on the band's official MySpace page that founding member Pontus Hjelm had officially left Dead by April because he wanted to focus on his songwriting. Although Pontus would no longer be an official band member, he wanted to continue writing music for Dead by April, telling the fans that "nothing is different in the songwriting department". The replacement for Pontus Hjelm became Zandro Santiago. Although Zandro only provides vocals, the band felt that it did not change much of the sound to continue with only one guitarist. However, the last remaining guitarist, Johan Olsson, would leave the band in late 2010 for personal reasons, wanting to work on his clothing line. During his time in the band, Johan had also worked as an assisting promoter. When he left he stated that he mostly saw that he had worked with Dead by April, as opposed to being the band's guitarist. In an interview he stated: "I loved doing Dead by April, but I haven't really been involved in the songwriting process, and I wanted to do something on my own and that conflicted with the band's style." With the lineup changes, Pontus returned as a "session" player for the album and upcoming promotional tour, though he rejoined officially in 2012.
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