Diary of Dreams start ‘Dead End Dreams’ series with Chapter 1 on Accession
Diary of Dreams start 'Dead End Dreams' series with Chapter 1 on Accession
Out on October 31, 2025 via Accession Records is the new Diary of Dreams mini-album “Dead End Dreams – Chapter 1”, the first in a series. Adrian Hates says this about the new series: “The series ends once the story has been fully told.” The title references a line from “Panik?” on the 2002 mini-album “PaniK Manifesto”, with Hates adding that the line had remained unfinished.
The new album will be out in two formats:
- Limited LP – “PEARL/Northern Light” coloured vinyl; includes full-colour inner sleeve.
- Digipak CD – deluxe 8-panel foldout.
The tracklist of the mini-album:
A1 “Kein Allein”
A2 “The Chemistry of Pain”
A3 “Tomorrow’s Past”
B1 “Hurt People Hurt People”
B2 “Dead to Me”
B3 “Iamnowhere”
About Diary of Dreams
Diary of Dreams is a German darkwave project formed by Adrian Hates in 1989. The debut album “Cholymelan” appeared in 1994 on Dion Fortune and was reissued in 1999 on Accession Records, the label Hates founded in 1995.
Subsequent albums established a catalogue that includes “End of Flowers” (1996), “Bird Without Wings” (1997), “Psychoma?” (1998), “One of 18 Angels” (2000), “Freak Perfume” (2002) with companion EP “PaniK Manifesto” (2002), “Nigredo” (2004), “MenschFeind” (EP, 2005), “Nekrolog 43” (2007), “(if)” (2009), “Ego:X” (2011), “Elegies in Darkness” (2014), “Grau im Licht” (2015), “Hell in Eden” (2017), “Melancholin” (2023) and the orchestral set “Under a timeless spell” (2024).
The project performs live with additional musicians; recent line-ups list Gaun:A, Dejan, Torben Wendt and Flex alongside Hates.
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