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BORN FROM THE UNDERBELLY OF LOS ANGELES, DEAD POSEY ARE A ROCK BAND THAT THRIVES WHERE TABOO LIVES. FRONTED BY DAHLIA DREAD (AKA DANYELL SOUZA) ALONGSIDE GUITARIST/PRODUCER TONY NOVA (FORMERLY OF EVE 6), THE BAND HAS SPENT NEARLY A DECADE CARVING OUT A WORLD THAT FUSES GOTH SPIRIT, PUNK AND METAL REBELLION, ’80S SYNTH-POP ATMOSPHERE, AND ’90S ALT-ROCK GRIT - UNAFRAID TO STARE DOWN DARKNESS AND TURN IT INTO CATHARSIS FOR THEIR LOYAL FANS.
SINCE FORMING IN 2016, DEAD POSEY HAVE BUILT A FIERCELY LOYAL, RIDE-OR-DIE FOLLOWING BY TACKLING THEMES MANY ARTISTS AVOID: SEXISM, POWER, OBSESSION, CONTROL, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SHADOWS OF SOCIETY & THE HUMAN MIND. THEIR MUSIC - TOUTING NEARLY 75 MILLION STREAMS TO DATE - IS VISCERAL YET CINEMATIC, HOOK-DRIVEN YET DANGEROUS. IT IS POWERED BY DAHLIA DREAD’S COMMANDING VOCAL PRESENCE AND UNFLINCHING LYRICISM DRENCHED IN A DISTINCTIVE SONIC PALETTE ALL THEIR OWN, ANCHORED BY NOVA’S MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL TALENTS.
IN 2024, THE BAND RELEASED THEIR LONG-AWAITED, SELF-PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM ‘ARE YOU IN A CULT?’, CEMENTING DEAD POSEY AS MORE THAN MERE PROVOCATEURS - IT MARKED THEM AS SHARP CULTURAL OBSERVERS WITH GRAND AMBITIONS. THE ALBUM’S FIERCE ENERGY WAS LED BY POWERHOUSE SINGLES “WELCOME TO THE NIGHTMARE” AND “SHE WENT BAD,” BOTH RECEIVING STRONG SUPPORT FROM UK ROCK RADIO AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS, AS WELL AS AN EXPLOSIVE TAKE ON NEW ORDER’S SYNTH POP CLASSIC ‘BLUE MONDAY’. THE RECORD EXPLORED THE RISE OF MODERN CULT MENTALITY - POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CELEBRITY-DRIVEN - ASKING LISTENERS TO QUESTION WHERE DEVOTION ENDS AND SYCOPHANTIC OBSESSION BEGINS.
THE BAND’S LIVE SHOW - EQUAL PARTS MENACE AND COMMUNION - HAS BECOME A DEFINING PILLAR OF THE DEAD POSEY UNIVERSE. COMPLETING HEADLINE TOURS IN BOTH THE US & UK/EU IN 2025, DEAD POSEY PROVED THEIR ABILITY TO DRAW AND COMMAND ROOMS ON THEIR OWN TERMS. STEPPING INTO ARENAS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS DIRECT SUPPORT FOR MARILYN MANSON IN THE UK AND EU, THE BAND WAS EXPOSED TO A WIDER GLOBAL AUDIENCE PRIMED FOR THEIR DARK, THEATRICAL EDGE.
ACROSS THEIR CAREER, DEAD POSEY HAS BEEN FEATURED ON TOP EDITORIAL PLAYLISTS, EARNED PRAISE FROM ROCK TASTEMAKERS LIKE KERRANG! AND LOUDWIRE, AND APPEARED ON MAJOR FESTIVALS INCLUDING DOWNLOAD (UK), MAD COOL (SPAIN), AND AFTERSHOCK (US). THEIR MUSIC HAS FOUND A HOME ACROSS FILM, TELEVISION, AND GAMING, WITH PLACEMENTS SPANNING WWE, EA GAMES, NETFLIX, FOX’S ‘LUCIFER’, MTV’S ‘TEEN WOLF’, MARVEL’S ‘CLOAK & DAGGER’, AND CBS’ ‘FIRE COUNTRY’.
INFLUENCED BY VISIONARIES LIKE DEPECHE MODE, NINE INCH NAILS, MARILYN MANSON, AND TYPE O NEGATIVE, AS WELL AS TRUE CRIME AND GOTHIC LITERATURE, DEAD POSEY CREATE SONGS THAT FEEL BOTH INTIMATE AND CONFRONTATIONAL, MEANT TO LINGER LONG AFTER THE LIGHTS GO OUT. WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM FIRMLY POSITIONING THEM AS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, DEAD POSEY ARE FOCUSED ON PREPARING THEIR NEXT ACT, SIGNALING THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA - ONE SHARPENED BY LIVED EXPERIENCE, INDEPENDENCE, AND A REFUSAL TO BE CONTAINED BY THE INDUSTRY, GENRE, OR EXPECTATION.
DEAD POSEY DOESN'T OFFER ESCAPE… THEY OFFER A MIRROR - AND DARE YOU TO LOOK.
