Hopes Die Last is a post-hardcore band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2004. The band is currently signed to Standby Records. Their line-up currently consists of Daniele Tofani (lead vocals), Marco "Becko" Calanca (clean vocals & bass), Marco Mantovani (guitar/backing vocals), Luigi Magliocca (guitar) and Ivan Panella (drums). To date the band has released two studio albums and two EPs. History edit: Early years and EPs (2005-2009) edit: The band formed in 2004 from Ladispoli near Rome, as a group of teenage friends. The band played shows in Rome and, after, in the whole Italy. Hopes Die Last released Aim For Tomorrow in 2005, an EP that contains six songs. The genre of this EP is much different respect to their actual post-hardcore. Aim for Tomorrow was a pop-punk/emo-pop album just with signs of screaming. Aim For Tommorow had their original line-up but, instead of "Becko" singing cleans, it was Marco Mantovani who sang the cleans at the time and of course with Nicolò "Nick" with some cleans and screams. In 2008, they were able to break into the emocore scene with the release of the EP Your Face Down Now. Thanks to their new album, the band sang in Germany, England, France, USA and Japan. The EP is considered the most influenced by Emo sound work of the band and contains six songs and an acoustic bonustrack for Japan. One of track ("Call Me Sick Boy") is still one of the most popular song of the band and was re-recorded for Hopes Die Last's next album. The EP is the first record by Hopes Die Last to include Marco "Becko" Calanca for the clean voices but also the last to include former screaming vocalist Nick and former guitarist Jacopo. The band signed with Standby Records in order to release the next work (Six Years Home) as a major record release, after being signed to Wynona Records, an Italian record company that mainly produces post-hardcore records. Departure of Nick and Six Years Home (2009-2011) edit: After their tour in United States and some dates in Europe, Nick (former un-clean vocalist) decided to leave the band. He posted on Hopes Die Last Myspace page the following message : Ehy guys what's up? this is Nick... after months thinking about it i just realized i didn't want to be the singer/screamer of Hopes Die Last anymore so here i am, to tell you i left the band. I still love the other guys in the band and we're still friends like before. I'm leaving the band just because i'm not happy to play this kind of music anymore. I'm sorry. Keep on supporting Hopes Die Last. I'll be back with a new project in some months so don't forget about me - Nick. After being the screamer for some months for the post-hardcore band Helia,vocals for the pop band Broken heart college.In 2011 he started producing electronic music under the name of "Razihel". In August 2009, the band released the first full-length album, called Six Years Home, the record contains ten songs. Six Years Home is also the first by the group to include Daniele Tofani, the current un-clean vocalist of Hopes Die Last. One music video for Some Like it Cold was released in promotion of the album in November, the second video was Johnny's Light Sucks, released in October 2011. This album is usually considered more oriented on post-hardcore respect the precedent. In 2010, the band was in a Tour for Italy and other countries. The cover of the Katy Perry's song, Firework was released in March 3, 2011, on MySpace. The second Hopes Die Last's full album contains this song. Trust No One (2011-present) edit: Calanca (vocals/guitar) and Tofani (bass/vocals) started an alternative rock side project called Everland, releasing its debut album Once Upon A Time in December 2011. Hopes Die Last are recording a new album coming out in 2012. In October, the band leaves for the UK tour with Attack Attack!, then proceed with further dates in Europe, East Europe and Russia. On November 14, 2011, exactly 3 months prior, Standby Records posted a song trailer for the upcoming single/video for a new song and revealed the album title. The singles Unleash Hell and Never Trust the Hazel Eyed were released on January 2012, followed in few months by the third single Keep Your Hands Off. The new album was finally announced with the name Trust No One and was released on February 14, 2012. Band members edit: Current members Daniele Tofani -- lead vocals (since 2009), Marco "Becko" Calanca -- bass guitar, clean vocals (since 2004), Marco Mantovani -- lead guitar (since 2004), Luigi Magliocca -- rhythm guitar (since 2008), Ivan Panella -- drums, percussion (since 2004), Former members Nicolò Arquilla -- lead vocals (2004-2008), Jacopo Iannariello -- rhythm guitar (2004-2008)

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