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, formed in 2009. The band released two EPs and three albums. The first EP ''Set Sail, Armada'' was released on 3 July 2009. Almost a year later, Dream On, Dreamer published the second EP called ''Hope'' on Boomtown Records and

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. After signing contracts with Rise Records and UNFD the band released the debut album '' Heartbound'' in August 2011. It was charted in the Australian Albums Charts and was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. Their second album ''Loveless'' followed in 2013. The third record, ''Songs of Soulitude'' was released on 13 November 2015 as an independent release and peaked on no. 26 in the official Australian Albums Charts. The band toured North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia several times and played at the Soundwave Festival in 2012 and 2014. The band shared stage with bands like The Color Morale, Pierce the Veil,

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and Silverstein. On 9 February 2020, the band announced on social media that they would be parting ways after 11 years together. They cited the need to focus on their personal lives at this time.

History

2009–2010: Formation and beginning

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, lead guitarist Callan Orr, drummer Aaron Fiocca, bassist and clean vocalist Michael McLeod and keyboarder Daniel Jungwirth in the original line-up. After some time, Marcel Gadacz, Michael McLeod, Callan Orr, and Daniel Jungwirth started working on their debut EP which is called ''Set Sail, Armada''. The EP was released on 3 July 2009. Their second EP, ''Hope'', was released almost a year later, via Boomtown Records. The band supported Pierce the Veil between 9–19 September 2010, in

and New Zealand. Before forming Dream On, Dreamer, the musicians were members of several bands such as Francis Dolarhyde,

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2011–2012: ''Heartbound''

After signing a record deal with Rise Records and UNFD the band released their debut album '' Heartbound'' on 21 August 2011 which was produced by Cameron Mizell who worked for acts like This Romantic Tragedy, Sleeping with Sirens and

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In July 2011, the band was invited to be part of the ''Welcome to the Family Tour'' by Avenged Sevenfold which performed throughout

. Dream On, Dreamer replaced Sevendust which cancelled several weeks before the tour start. In October 2011, the band toured together with We Came as Romans and The Devil Wears Prada on the ''Dead Throne Australia Tour''. In New Zealand, the bands toured together with Saving Grace. Before that tour the band shared stage with

and The Color Morale which led throughout Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy and the Netherlands. In January and February 2012, Dream On, Dreamer toured throughout the United States as support for

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, Sleeping with Sirens, The Ghost Inside and Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!. They had to jump off this tour a week early, to see them head to Japan for the first time with We Came As Romans and Crossfaith, as well as a bunch of locals on the Scream Out Festival in Osaka in late February Early March, the band, toured Soundwave Festival for the first time. The band played two side-shows with Underoath during the festival. In August and September 2012, the band toured their ''Homebound Tour'' with In Hearts Wake, Like Moths To Flames and Hand of Mercy as support acts. The debut album was re-released as a ''Tour Edition'' including some bonus songs and a documentary DVD. In November, Michael McLeod announced he would be finishing up at the end of the year due to him being announced a father to be. In November and December 2012, Dream On, Dreamer were part of the Mayhem Tour. This was Michael McLeod's last tour as the bassist and clean vocalist. The band shared the stage with In Fear and Faith, Make Them Suffer and

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. Daniel Jungwirth replaced him as bassist and so the six-piece band became a quintet.

2013: ''Loveless''

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and For the Fallen Dreams. Their second album entitled ''Loveless'' was released worldwide on 28 June 2013 via UNFD. The album got peaked at #29 at the ARIA Albums Charts for one week. Between 12 and 18 July 2013, the band supported

and The Devil Wears Prada in

. In September, the band played in Japan for the second time. The band had to play some of their gigs without their original drummer Aaron Fiocca, due to him being diagnosed with cancer. At the end of October 2013, the band toured Australia on their ''Loveless Tour'' with support of

and Hellions. The band was support alongside Palisades for Silverstein during their Europe tour in the End of 2013.

2014–2017: ''Songs of Soulitude''

In the middle of January 2014, the band stated they were working on new songs for their third record "Songs of Soulitude" which was released in 2015. In February and March 2014, the band were part of the Soundwave Festival. In April 2014, the band announced their split-up with Daniel Jungwirth and shortly after, they found their replacement; former guitarist of House vs. Hurricane, Chris Shaw. Between 4–15 June 2014, the band toured Australia alongside Being as an Ocean as support band for In Hearts Wake during their ''Earthwalker Tour''. On 8 August 2014, the band released a new song called "Darkness Brought Me Here". On 15 June 2015, the song "Don't Lose Your Heart" was released. Dream On Dreamer has announced upcoming Australian shows alongside various artists from 31 May to 30 June 2018 on their headlining "It Comes And Goes" tour.

2018–2019: ''It Comes And Goes''

On 25 May 2018, the band released their new album ''It Comes And Goes''.

2020–2022: ''What if i told you it doesn't get better''

On 10 April 2020, the band released its final album, ''What if i told you it doesn't get better''. The ban
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they would be postponing their farewell tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The shows were eventually rescheduled in 2022. They also released a new song on May 31 titled "Hurricane" as a swan song to the band.

Musical style

Dream On, Dreamer are considered an "Australian alternative/hardcore sextet". The British magazine '' Rock Sound'' describes their debut album as "rooted in metalcore but packed with a heaving mass of ideas born out of the intricate arrangements, use of melody and electronics." On their second album, ''Loveless'', the sound of Dream On, Dreamer is described as being more melodic than their previous records. One of the reasons explaining this change was that Daniel Jungwirth had changed instruments from keyboard to bass guitar, and electronic passages on the album were arranged with backtracking. In comparison with their debut record, Dream On, Dreamer used less electronic samples on ''Loveless''. The music on ''Loveless'' was primarily written by Callan Orr. The band has extensively worked together to create their new album. The songs' lyrics are all written by vocalist

Band members

Final Line-up * Marcel Gadacz – unclean vocals (2008–2022), clean vocals (2014–2022), drums (2018–2022) * Callan Orr – lead guitar (2008–2022), backing vocals (2013-2022) * Zachary Britt – rhythm guitar, clean vocals, piano, keyboards (2013–2022) * Chris Shaw – bass (2014–2022) Former members * Michael "McCoy" McLeod – bass, clean vocals (2008–2012) * Luke Domic – rhythm guitar (2008–2013) * Daniel "Deej" Jungwirth – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, samples (2008–2013); bass (2012–2014) * Aaron Fiocca – drums (2008–2015) * Dylan Kuiper – drums (2015–2018) Timeline

Discography

Albums

EPs

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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Music Victoria Awards

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Australian alternative metal musical groups Australian metalcore musical groups Musical groups established in 2009 Musical groups disestablished in 2020 Rise Records artists