Dead by April is a Swedish metalcore band from Gothenburg, formed in 2007 by Pontus Hjelm and Jimmie Strimell.

Despite many line up changes throughout their career, both Markus Wesslén and Pontus Hjelm have remained consistent since their debut album.

The replacement for Hjelm became Zandro Santiago who only provided vocals as the band felt that it did not change much of the sound to continue with only one guitarist.

Besides that, "Love Like Blood" is a Killing Joke cover; it marks the very first track recorded by Dead by April with their new singer, Zandro Santiago.

[4] On 22 October 2010, it was announced that Olsson would be leaving the band, citing "personal issues", as well as focusing on his clothing range.

[7] However, they later revealed on their Facebook page that Pontus would act as a "session" player on their upcoming album and whilst on tour.

The center shows a Japanese girl with blood and a black substance coming out of her mouth, similar to scenes from The Grudge.

[8] Zandro Santiago commented on the band's genre, stating that, "[Dead by April is a] metal and boyband pop.

The album was outsold only by Melissa Horn's Innan jag kände dig, which was in its second week of release and had already reached gold status in Sweden.

[citation needed] On 25 February 2013, Dead by April gained the number of pledges required for them to fund a live DVD release set for 13 March.

It was announced in November 2013 that the band's new album, Let the World Know, was scheduled for release in mid-February 2014, and would be published by Spinefarm Records.

[20] Shortly after the release of Let the World Know, Alexander Svenningson announced he had left the band and had been quickly replaced by Marcus Rosell, current member of Ends with a Bullet.

[23] They also will have a European "Breaking Tour" from 7–22 December 2016 in different places (Germany, Spain, Italy...) supported by ATHEENA and Beyond All Recognition.

On 9 February 2018, the band posted on their Facebook page a picture of Strimell recording in the Studio PH Sweden having the description "Working on new songs #deadbyapril #2018".

Shortly afterwards, Hjelm released a statement announcing dEMOTIONAL's lead growler Christopher Kristensen would replace Strimell on their current tour, explaining his position within the band as 'a trial run'.

Since then, the band has produced five new original songs with Kristensen on scream vocals; "Memory",[27] "Bulletproof" (both released in 2020), "Heartbeat Failing", "Collapsing", and "Anything At All" in 2021.

Often called the "Swedish metal Backstreet Boys",[29] Dead by April has mainly been considered metalcore[30] and post-hardcore.