Escape the Day is a Swedish

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band from

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, formed in 2007 as Mindscape, by Sebastian Westman and Patrick Möhlenbrock.

History

Escape the Day began their journey in 2007, as Mindscape. They released a self-titled EP in 2008, which received immediate recognition over the internet and included songs like ''Derailed'' and ''As We Were Once''. After the departure of the screamer Sebastian Jarfelt, the band looked for a new screamer, but never found anyone suitable for their music. In the process of looking for a screamer, they recruited a vocalist, Maria Petersèn. They changed the name of the band to Escape the Day. Whilst no albums or extended plays were made by this 6-member line-up, they recorded and released some full songs, demos and teasers via

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between 2009-2011 including songs like ''Turn Back Time''. In 2011, they recruited Jonas Jenelin as screaming vocalist, allowing them to blend their current 90s-trance influenced metal sound with their earlier metalcore style of Mindscape. They released a teaser for a new song titled ''Rain'' that featured Jenelin. However, Escape the Day went on hiatus and eventually revealed that both Maria Petersèn and Niklas Jonsson had left the band. Escape the Day returned in early-2012 as a 7-piece, with Angeline Stenbock on vocals and Neil Grant on drums. They remade two songs, ''Turn Back Time'' and ''As We Were Once'', which were both recorded for the

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. In 2013, both Stenbock and Grant were replaced by Jennifer Jarnek and Nidas Richmount respectively. This line-up released the song ''The Way That I Am''. In 2014, Jarnek, Richmount and founding bassist Johan Weicht left the band. Weicht was replaced by Kristian Forsell. Escape the Day released the EP titled ''Confessions'' in 2014, which included a remake of their first song ''Derailed''. In 2015, the band released some singles before they released their first full length album ''

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'' in 2016, which saw a continuation in the bands tradition of releasing an extended play or album every two years. However, before the release of their debut album, founding member Patrick Möhlenbrock decided to leave the band. On 31 December 2017, the band announced, through their Facebook page, that new music was on its way. On 26 February 2018, new single ''Breaking the Tide'' was released, their first single in three years. In August, an acoustic rendition of their latest single was released, which was followed with the release of the ''Acoustic Sessions'' EP, including the acoustic version of ''Breaking the Tide'' and ''Undone''. On 5 April 2019, the band released their new single ''An Ocean Between Us''. On 28 May 2021, and two years after their last release, the band released the single ''Hollow''. The band announced that they will release several collections of old demos. In 2021, ''Demo Collection #1'' and ''Demo Collection #2'' were published.

Musical Style

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, and

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. Their sound is modern

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music. The band has described their sound as "90's

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and a slight touch of

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Band members

Current members

* Sebastian Westman –

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, programming (2007–present),

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(2014–present) * Sebastian Ekstrand –

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, programming (2008–present) * Jonas Jenelin – screams (2012–present) * Kristian Forsell –

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(2014–present)

Past members

* Patrick Möhlenbrock –

, programming (2007–2016) * Niklas Jonsson –

(2007–2011) * Sebastian Jarfelt – screams (2008–2009) * Johan Weicht –

(2008–2014) * Maria Petersen –

(2009–2011) * Neil Grant –

(2012) * Angeline Stenbock –

(2012–2013) * Nidas Richmount –

(2012–2013) * Jennifer Jarnek –

(2013)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

* 2016: ''

EPs

* 2008: ''Mindscape'' * 2014: ''Confessions'' * 2018: ''Acoustic Sessions''

Singles

* 2013: ''The Way That I Am'' * 2014: ''A Beautiful Lie'' * 2015: ''Undone'' * 2015: '' Love Me Like U Do'' (

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Cover) * 2015: ''Breathe'' (feat. Mathilda Ferm) * 2015: ''Here I Am'' * 2018: ''Breaking the Tide'' * 2018: ''Breaking the Tide (Acoustic)'' * 2019: ''An Ocean Between Us'' * 2021: ''Hollow'' * 2021: ''Riot''

Demos

* 2021: ''Demo Collection #1'' * 2021: ''Demo Collection #2''

References

{{Reflist Musical groups established in 2007 Musical groups from Gothenburg Swedish metalcore musical groups Electronicore musical groups