The WATCH MY DYING story

- short version -


Watch My Dying was founded in 1999 in Esztergom, Hungary. Their main goal was to mix modern death/thrash metal with progressive elements and spectacular live performances.

Biggest efforts:

- shows with Meshuggah, Dew-Scented, Stampin’ Ground, Opeth, Cradle Of Filth, The Haunted, Katatonia, Apocalyptica, Moonspell, The Ocean, Himsa, 3 Inches Of Blood, S-Core, Testament, My Dying Bride, Korpiklaani, Cadaveres (De Tortugas), Ektomorf, CasketGarden
- two invitation to the Hungarian edition of Metal Mania Festival
- permanent touring all over the country and Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Austria (40 shows in a year)
- in May 2000, the band entered for the Pepsi Generation Nexxt talent spotting where they took the 4th place of the 600 entrants in their category
- five self produced release: Rendszerhiba EP (2000), Húsmágnes EP (2002), Fleshmagnet EP (2003), Klausztrofónia LP (2004), Claustrophony split EP (2005), Fényérzékeny LP (2006)
- four video (Idomtalan, Nich vor dem Kind, Fenyérzékeny, Sztereotip)
- great response from the media in Hungary (Klausztrofónia appeared on the 2nd and Fényérzékeny on the 4th position in the Hammerworld magazine’s soundcheck)
- Watch My Dying after the Opeth show (2004 March) was mentioned by Mikael Akerfeldt as "Watch My Dying is a fuckin’ great band. On tour we got tons of demos, but this band is absolutely ready to release a record and great band, great musicians"
- In November 2005 Watch My Dying won the ABC Talent Contest final in Budapest, and as a result the band will play in the ABC Contest Austrian quarterfinal at Planet Music, Wien in February 2006.
- Stagediving Festivals (2005 November, 2006 April, November, 2007 May, 2008 February) in Budapest with hundreds of WMD fans
- their new full length release, Fényérzékeny were recorded in Audioplanet in Hungary from July till September, mixing and mastering were made by Jocke Skog in Fear And Loathing Studios, Sweden
- 2007 June: video for Fényérzékeny debuted in Viva TV and other regional televisions
- 2007 summer: 17 festival shows all around the country, Slovakia and Serbia
- 2008 February: V. Stagediving Festival in Budapest, in legendary A 38 Ship, recording a video for Sztereotip (Állami Sláger) in front of a nearly packed house
- 2008 May: WMD was requested to be involved in the MTV Icon Tankcsapda show with two songs (Tankcsapda is the biggest rock band in Hungary)
- 2008 June: video for Sztereotip debuted in MTV and other regional televisions

Discography:
Rendszerhiba EP 2000
Húsmágnes EP 2002
Fleshmagnet EP 2003
Klausztrofónia 2004
Claustrophony split with Szeg 2005
Fényérzékeny 2006
WATCH MY DYING’s current line-up:

Veres Gábor - vocal
Eszenyi Imre - bass
Garcia Dávid - drums
Bori Sándor - guitars
Attila Kovács - guitars
Contact:

Peter Kovacs - Powerground Management
Web: www.watchmydying.com / www.powerground.hu / www.myspace.com/watchmydying
E-mail: powerground@gmail.com
Ph: 0036-209-625-429

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