Wake The Dead

Marseille, France

Wake The Dead is a Hardcore band from Marseille (France) created in 2010.

Like many self-produced / DIY bands, the band since his beginning emphasized his will to progress through live music with the motto « Driving for hours, playing half an hour ».

After more than 14 years, WTD played more than 350 shows over 30 different countries between Europe, Asia and Cuba .

They had the chance to share the stage with bands with an international reputation in Punk and Hardcore such as Sick Of It All, Propagandhi, Counterparts, No Use For A Name, More Than Life, Get The Shot, Nasty, No Turning Back, Landmvrks, Death By Stereo, etc …

Musically, the band has developed an heartleft and passioned modern hardcore universe with melodic keys, inspired by all the encounters and musical discoveries made during these past years.

After their debut album « The Things We Can’t Forget » released in February 2011, followed by the release of the EP « Meaningless Expectations » in March 2012, two successive line-up changes brought new inspiration to write the album « Under The Mask » released in May 2016 on the German label Demons Run Amok that worked with Get the shot, Wisdom in Chains, Terror, Take Offense, and many others.

In 2016 and 2018, new singer and drummer changes occur, but still with the same motivation the band stayed the course, keep the shows going and continues to work to produce a new EP « Still Burning » released in March 2020 in co-production with APB Records, Burdigala Records, Engineer Records, Eternalis Records, Shield Recordings, Sleepy Dog Records and We Are Sharks Records.

In 2023, the band releases a new single, « You and Me Against the World », with a decidedly more modern and punchy sound and production, heralding their next album and the recording work undertaken with Florent Salfati of Landmvrks at the helm.

At the beginning of 2024, after a complicated post-Covid period, and despite the band’s participation in numerous festivals and concerts, another singer change take place.
The band takes a fresh start and a new direction, with a female lead vocal and the continuation of the recording and production of its album, again by Florent Salfati, accompanied by a host of new projects.

The band is always keen to defend its music on the road, live, as it has always done.