AWS (band)
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{{short description|Hungarian post-hardcore band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = AWS
| image = ESC2018 - Hungary 04 (cropped).jpg
| image_upright = 1.25
| caption = AWS performing at Eurovision Song Contest 2018
| origin = Budakeszi, Hungary
| genre = {{Flatlist|
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| years_active = 2006–present
| label = EDGE Records
| current_members = Bence Brucker
Dániel Kökényes
Áron Veress
Soma Schiszler
Tamás Stefán
| past_members = Marcell Varga
Gergő Varga
Bence Petrik
Ákos Lukács
Örs Siklósi
}}
AWS (pronounced ah-vi-esh) is a Hungarian post-hardcore band formed in early November 2006 by Örs Siklósi (September 4, 1991 – February 5, 2021), Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes, Soma Schiszler and Áron Veress. Their music is characterized by diversity, powerful performances, and sudden changes, which utilizes metal, psychedelic rock, alternative and post-rock styles. Up to now, they have released five studio albums, two live albums and fourteen video clips. Their music videos often have juxtapositions of images of violence and celebrities in order to bring light to problems that the world faces, exhibiting what they call being "anti-celebrity".{{cite web|url=http://antropos.hu/aws-talan-segitunk-gondolatot-ebreszteni-interju/|title=AWS: Talán segítünk gondolatot ébreszteni! [interjú]|publisher=Antropos.hu|date=11 October 2015|access-date=27 January 2018|language=hu|archive-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303152558/http://antropos.hu/aws-talan-segitunk-gondolatot-ebreszteni-interju/|url-status=live}} They represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with the song "Viszlát nyár".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6unRU5ZHbqY AWS – Viszlát Nyár – Hungary – Official Music Video – Eurovision 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604191708/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6unRU5ZHbqY |date=4 June 2018 }}. Official Eurovision Song Contest on YouTube. Published 9 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Career
File:A Dal 2018 AWS 2018-02-17.jpg
The band played Sziget Festival in 2010{{cite web|url=http://szigetnews.com/sziget-2010-line-up/|title=Sziget 2010 line-up|publisher=Sziget News|access-date=10 March 2018|archive-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214150817/http://szigetnews.com/sziget-2010-line-up/|url-status=dead}} and have toured across Europe, in Austria, England, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain. They won the MTV Brand award for New Winning Band.{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaklikk.hu/cikk/2017/12/15/uj-formaciok-uj-lehetosegek-a-dal-2018-ban/|title=Új formációk, új lehetőségek a Dal 2018-ban|publisher=Mediaklikk.hu|date=15 December 2017|access-date=27 January 2018|language=hu}} They have toured with Blind Myself.
At the beginning of 2017, Soma Schiszler joined the team. On 6 December 2017, it was announced that AWS would compete in A Dal 2018, the Hungarian national selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.hirado.hu/kultura-eletmod/zene/cikk/2017/12/06/ok-lettek-a-dal-2018-elodontosei/|title=Új zsűritagokkal és műsorvezetőkkel jön a Dal 2018|publisher=Híradó|date=6 December 2017|access-date=27 January 2018|language=hu|archive-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207034709/https://www.hirado.hu/kultura-eletmod/zene/cikk/2017/12/06/ok-lettek-a-dal-2018-elodontosei/|url-status=live}} Their song "Viszlát Nyár" (Goodbye Summer) won the competition and as a result, represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.{{cite news|last1=Mercereau|first1=Damien|title=Eurovision 2018 : le rock musclé du groupe AWS pour la Hongrie|url=http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/eurovision-2018-le-rock-muscle-du-groupe-aws-pour-la-hongrie_0859fcaa-238a-11e8-8a65-70e85706a163/|access-date=10 March 2018|publisher=Le Figaro|date=9 March 2018|language=fr|archive-date=10 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201037/http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/eurovision-2018-le-rock-muscle-du-groupe-aws-pour-la-hongrie_0859fcaa-238a-11e8-8a65-70e85706a163/|url-status=live}} They qualified from the 2nd semifinal, and ended in 21st place in the final with 93 points.
During their stint at Eurovision Song Contest it was announced that AWS were invited to play at Wacken Open Air in August 2018.Frank Jaeger: Powermetal.de: [http://powermetal.de/news/news-AWS_wird_in_Wacken_spielen_und_heute_Abend_im_TV_-_mitwaehlen_,42065.html AWS wird in Wacken spielen und heute Abend im TV – mitwählen!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152511/http://powermetal.de/news/news-AWS_wird_in_Wacken_spielen_und_heute_Abend_im_TV_-_mitwaehlen_,42065.html |date=13 May 2018 }} (German)Jan Feddersen: Taz.de: [http://www.taz.de/!5501948/ 63. Eurovision Song Contest in Lissabon – Engtanz und Extensions] (German) In October the same year AWS released their fourth full-length studio record called Fekete Részem which charted at no. 2 at Hungarian Albums Charts a week later.
On 6 February 2021, the band announced on Instagram that lead singer Örs Siklósi had passed away on 5 February from leukaemia at the age of 29.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/aws-lead-singer-ors-siklosi-died|title=AWS lead singer Örs Siklósi has died|website=eurovision.tv|date=6 February 2021|accessdate=6 February 2021|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224183233/https://eurovision.tv/story/aws-lead-singer-ors-siklosi-died|url-status=live}}
On 16 January 2023, the band introduced the new vocalist, Tamás Stefán.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CneT2Quott_/?hl=es|title=AWS Official en Instagram: '🐜🖤 #odaát'|website=eurovision.tv|date=16 February 2021|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
Musical style
According to an interview with the German-language Hungarian newspaper Budapester Zeitung the musicians came in contact with rock and metal music during their childhoods. Bands like Nirvana, Metallica and several Hungarian metal bands were the first ones they listened to. The musicians named Linkin Park, Pantera, System of a Down, and Korn, as well as Hungarian acts Superbutt, Subscribe and Isten Háta Mögött as their personal musical influences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.budapester.hu/2018/04/19/ein-grosser-moment-fur-ungarns-metal-szene|title=Interview mit den Mitgliedern des ESC-Kandidaten AWS: Ein großer Moment für Ungarns Metal-Szene|first=Bianca|last=Härtzsch|publisher=Budapester Zeitung|date=19 April 2018|access-date=11 December 2018|language=de|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023050011/http://www.budapester.hu/2018/04/19/ein-grosser-moment-fur-ungarns-metal-szene|url-status=dead}}
The band's lyrics on their debut record Fata Morgana were mostly written in English but they decided to write song lyrics in Hungarian for future songs. For Fata Morgana, the band wrote the lyrics in Hungarian first and later translated them into English. The lyrical themes deal with personal experiences as well as societal and economic themes.
Their sound has been described as having catchy melodies, a clear Hungarian character, vocal harmonies and a decent groove. Some songs were described to be mass appealing, modern metal.{{Cite web|url=https://powermetal.de/review/review-AWS/Kint_A_V_zboel,33979,33875.html|title=Nett und brav: Der ESC-Vertreter Ungarns.|first=Björn|last=Backes|publisher=Powermetal.de|date=15 October 2018|access-date=11 December 2018|language=de}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="1"| Peak positionsCharts: [http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista/2018/42 HUN] ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
|---|
| width="30"| HUN{{efn|The Hungarian Albums Chart doesn't have a personal artist archive, only overall chart rankings archive instead. If you want look up on how long a song or an album lasted in the Charts you have to check it manually.}} |
| 2011
| Fata Morgana | align="center"| 27{{efn|The album charted in the week of 18 October 2018.}} | | |
| 2014
| Égésföld | align="center"| 6{{efn|The album reached its peak position on 13 April 2014 and re-entered the charts at no 21 on 18 October 2018.}} | | |
| 2016
| Kint a vizből | align="center"| 7{{efn|The album reached its peak position on 9 September 2016 and re-entered the charts at no 20 on 18 October 2018.}} | | |
| 2018
| Fekete részem | align="center"| 2 | HUN: 12.000 | |
| 2024
| Innen szép nyerni | align="center"| 3 | | |
= Live albums =
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="1"| Peak positionsCharts: [http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista HUN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194809/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista |date=16 January 2013 }} |
|---|
| width="30"| HUN{{efn|The Hungarian Albums Chart doesn't have a personal artist archive, only a overall chart rankings archive instead. If you want look up on how long a song or an album lasted in the Charts you have to check it manually.}} |
| 2018
| Madách | align="center"| 9 |
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Világposztolás
|
|
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| HUN |
| Takard el
| 2011 | — | Fata Morgana |
| Válaszút
| rowspan="2"|2012 | — | rowspan="4"|Égésföld |
| Világposztolás
| — |
| Ha nem tűnsz el
| 2013 | — |
| Nem fáj
| 2014 | — |
| Te is félsz
| 2015 | — | rowspan="2"|Kint a vízből |
| Hajnali járat
| 2016 | — |
| Viszlát nyár
| 2017 | rowspan="4"| Fekete Részem |
| Hol voltál?
| rowspan="3"| 2018 |
| X/0
| — |
| Fekete Részem
| — |
| Még Lélegzem
| rowspan="2"|2019 | — |
| Engedd el (feat. Cloud 9+) | — |
| Emlékszem (Hivatalos videó) | 2021 | — |
| Útvesztő
| 2022 | — |
| Odaát
| 2023 | — |rowspan="6"|Innen szép nyerni |
| 2359
| 2023 | — |
| Ketten képzeletben
| 2023 | — |
| Fények nélkül
| 2024 | — |
| Nincs Árnyék
| 2024 | — |
| Senki nincs már ébren
| 2024 | — |
Notes
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References
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External links
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Category:Musical groups established in 2006
Category:Hungarian alternative rock groups
Category:Hungarian heavy metal musical groups
Category:English-language musical groups from Hungary