Sleepers' Reign is a Belgian

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band from

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History

Sleepers' Reign was founded in 2010 by childhood friends Lukas Hermans, Ruben Mertens, Orson Wouters and Jasper Verdonck. They started out producing their first demo's in their bedroom studio. In 2012 they played their first live shows competing in

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, a biennial music contest, in which they finished second and won the audience prize. The following year, the band released their first single ''Four Dots'', together with a cover of

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's ''

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'', whereupon they opened for

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and played

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festival in

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, South Africa. From 2014 to 2016, the band supported

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and

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in Belgium and played at

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. On 4 March 2016 Sleepers' Reign released their debut album ''King Into Delight'' (recorded and mixed by Justin Gerrish), along with an interactive mobile app that allows fans to listen to the album, read the lyrics and customize the album artwork. After their release concert in the

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, the band showcased their album at

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, opened for

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in Belgium and The Netherlands, and played

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festival.

Discography

* '' Four Dots / Like A Rolling Stone'' (2013) * '' King Into Delight'' (2016)

References

External links

* Belgian indie pop groups Belgian rock music groups Belgian electronic music groups English-language musical groups from Belgium {{Belgium-band-stub