Rising Dream is Croatian

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History

The name Rising Dream has in a short time become a brand in the European metal community when the Croatian scene is talked about. Five years since it was founded, the band became the leader of the scene. On August 8, 2008 Rising Dream issued their debut album '' Failed Apocalypse''. Their concerts are famous for their intensity and spectacle, and they are able to make tens of thousands of people to frantically support them during their shows. Some of the biggest metal and hard rock bands have asked them to be their special guests.

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are just some of the bands Rising Dream have supported during the years.

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has hand-picked Rising Dream to be their special guest at the stadium show in

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, Croatia on August 10, 2008, in front of over 20,000 fans. Rising Dream was the only band on the entire Maiden tour that got the chance to play their full 70-minute show. The debut album's producer Denis Mujadžić ''Denyken'' is the most famous and most awarded Croatian rock and metal producer, and

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and

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Melissa Ferlaak Melissa Marie Ferlaak (born April 26, 1979) is an American soprano, best known as the former singer of symphonic metal bands Aesma Daeva, Visions of Atlantis, and Echoterra. She is the singer of doom/ death metal project Plague of Stars and ...

appears as a special guest. In October 2008, Rising Dream have recorded their live performance in front of the Croatian national television's cameras, thus becoming the first metal performers to get significant treatment from that particular broadcasting company. Beginning the April 23rd, Rising Dream, together with German thrash metal band

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began a special leg of the Destruction world tour ''D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.'', which is also first leg of their ''Failed Tour 2009'', showcasing their album ''Failed Apocalypse'' all around Europe. This leg occupied 12 shows in 8 countries (Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia). In February 2010 the band announced that female singer Ines Tančeva had joined the band.

Members

* Ines Tančeva –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(2010–2013) * Joško Barbir –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(2004–present) * Ivan Kutija –

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

(2004–2013) * Goran Paleka –

(2004–present) * Igor Goić –

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(2004–present) * Filip Letinić –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(2007–present) * Tomislav Šanić –

(2013–present)

Discography

*''The Rising Madness'' (Demo / 2004) *''The Spheres'' (Demo / 2007) *''Failed Apocalypse'' (

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, 2008)

References

External links

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