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Igor and Alisa met at the EXIT festival in 2005 while attending a Slayer concert and two months later they were married. They both loved Death Metal music and, since Alisa had previous experience with vocals and Igor with guitar, it was only natural that they form a Death Metal band. Since most of their friends are in the music industry, it wasn’t hard to find fanatics for Death Metal and in the summer of 2007 Awaiting Fear was born.

The band is under the influence of old school Death Metal bands like Obituary, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Deicide, Sepultura (old albums), and the like. Most of Awaiting Fear’s music revolves around Igor’s, Filip’s and Dejan’s work, hanging out and drinking in their rehearsal studio while hammering out mad and greasy riffs; Alisa and Lazar spend time probing the depths of the minds for lyrical inspiration.

Awaiting Fear took the stage for the first time at Belgrade’s Samhain Festival, held November 1, 2007 at the SKC club. Other performers included Ashen Epitaph, Rain Delay and Through Art. The band then took to the road, first playing at various venues around Belgrade but, through invitations, extended their tour to include other cities in the Balkans (Novi Sad, Mol, Senta, Sarajevo and Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.). All of this served as a great promotion for the band. Awaiting Fear has also played with a number of good bands coming from outside the borders of Serbia, such as Amon Amarth, God Dethroned, Torture Squad (Brazilian winners of Wacken Metal Battle 2008.), Fleshgod Apocalypse, Cilice, Formless Terror, Agonize and great bands from Serbia like Azazel, Sacramental Blood, Ashen Epitaph, Kramp, and many more.

It didn’t take long after completing the line-up to record and release a demo called "Engraved Memories". Live promotion took place in April 2008, when Awaiting Fear was asked to share the stage with a number of great names from the Serbian metal scene. The band took their demo to Dark Revolution’s “Innsurection” label in Belgrade and they were signed immediately. The demo was released as an EP to rave reviews from both music critics and fans alike, and quickly sold out (http://records.darkrevolution.org/sp-latn/index.html). Awaiting Fear also made a split tape with Elegia, a Colombian Death Metal band.

After the success of their self titled EP, Awaiting Fear realized that the make-up of the band, the quality and raw energy of their music and their dedication to ever-improving their sound was something special.

On February 20, 2009 they once again entered the studio to record new material and, on April 6, 2009, the final mix was completed and the album was named “Dead Inside”.

We were approached by NOISEHEAD RECORDS label from Austria and are happy to announce that our debut album called "Dead inside" will see the light of day in September 2009. The album will be available in Europe and also, through Relapse Records, in North America.

Critics and fans agree that Awaiting Fear combines powerful riffs and outstanding leads with furious female growls and high-pitched Black Metal male vocals, all blended together by a skinny monster beating out the drums to create a raw sound that is filled with energy and passion.

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