Diary of Dreams is a German Darkwave band. The lead singer and founding member Adrian Hates has produced most of the albums by himself or with minimal help from others. He rarely uses a full band, except when on tour.

Adrian Hates is a classically trained guitarist and pianist who started out as the guitarist for Garden of Delight. He initiated the Diary of Dreams project in the late 1980s, taking the name from one of his early classical guitar compositions, "Tagebuch der Träume." The first album, Cholymelan, appeared in 1994 on the Dion Fortune label.

Encouraged by this success, Hates formed his own label called Accession Records and released a series of albums over the following years, building a loyal fanbase each step of the way. The second album End of Flowers was released in 1996, expanding on the darkwave sound of the debut. Bird Without Wings followed a year later, whilst the more experimental work Psychoma? arrived in 1998.

The first sign of consolidation came in 1999, when a compilation album Moments of Bloom appeared, containing two reworked tracks from each album. The next two albums One of 18 Angels and Freak Perfume (plus its companion EP PaniK Manifesto) made greater use of electronic rhythms, resulting in greater club play and wider recognition for the band.

Their 2004 Nigredo (a concept album inspired by a mythology the band designed themselves) saw a move back towards the more subtle, sparse concepts of old, but still featuring bursts of their more recent, dance-oriented sound. Songs from the Nigredo tour were later released on the live CD Alive and the companion DVD Nine In Numbers. In 2005, the EP Menschfeind was released. The next full album Nekrolog 43 came in 2007, offering a greater variety of moods and concepts than previous works.

The ninth album entitled (if) was released on 13 March 2009. On March 26, 2010, Hates released A Collection Of... which is a best-of compilation album. On November 12, 2010, the single Echo in Me from the upcoming album Ego:X was released. On August 26, 2011, the album arrived in Europe in four different versions. The US release date was September 11, 2011.

On March 14, 2014, the studio album Elegies in Darkness was released.

Hates has claimed to have been influenced, both lyric wise and artwork wise, by the German 1909-1935 expressionism and the "beauty of ugliness" in the course of his work.

Albums

Cholymelan - Dion Fortune 1994
End Of Flowers - Accession Records 1996
Bird Without Wings - Accession Records 1997
Psychoma? - Accession Records 1998
One Of 18 Angels - Accession Records 2000
Panik Manifesto - Accession Records 2002
Freak Perfume - Accession Records 2002
Nigredo - Accession Records 2004
MenschFeind - Accession Records 2005
Alive - Accession Records 2005
Nekrolog 43 - Accession Records 2007
(If) - Accession Records 2009
Ego:X - Accession Records 2011
The Anatomy Of Silence ‎(CD, Album) Accession Records A 132 2012
Elegies In Darkness - Accession Records 2014
Grau Im Licht - Accession Records 2015

Singles & EPs

O' Brother Sleep - Accession Records 2001
Amok - Accession Records 2002
Giftraum ‎(CD, Maxi) Accession Records A 073 2004
The Plague - Accession Records 2007
King Of Nowhere ‎(CD, Maxi, Enh) Accession Records A 116 2009

Compilations

Moments Of Bloom - Accession Records 1999
Dream Collector - Alter Ego 2003
MP3 Collection II ‎(CD-ROM, Comp, MP3) RMG Records RMG 1782 MP3 2006
MP3 Collection I ‎(CD-ROM, Comp, MP3) RMG Records RMG 1781 МР3 2006
A Collection Of... ‎(15xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Accession Records none 2010
Dream Collector II ‎(CD, Comp) Accession Records A 130 2012

Videos

Nine In Numbers - Accession Records 2006

Miscellaneous

Borderland ‎(File, MP3, RE, 192) Accession Records none 2008
Undividable ‎(File, MP3, VBR) Accession Records none 2011

http://www.diaryofdreams.de/
http://diaryofdreams.bandcamp.com/
http://myspace.com/diaryofdreams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_Dreams
http://www.discogs.com/artist/93801-Diary-Of-Dreams