dreDDup was formed in 1997 in Novi Sad. The band's first official release was Abnormal Waltz from 1998 the soundtrack for the movie Noir that was never finished. Following this the band wrote music for movies and theater plays (Poslednja Krapova Traka, Footfalls, U malom dvorcu, Hronika Sterijinog pozorja, and others) and recorded ambient sounds for TV shows at the Radio Television of Serbia. They recorded their first official studio album Mr Borndeads Feast in 2004 released for MoocSound. Album release was followed by a Serbian tour.
After Mr Borndeads Feast and positive reviews from the press, the band started making their second album changing the sound and making it more crossoveer. Future Porn Machine was released in 2007 for Insurrection Records from Belgrade. This album dealt with "pornographic future". Another tour took place and the band visited more than 40 cities. Almost the complete line-up of the band was changed in the beginning of 2008 and the band started working on the new sound. In late 2008 they also remixed some of Nine Inch Nails songs and did a collaboration album with Japanese spoken word artist Kenji Siratori and recorded a DIY cover album 'Into the Monolith' for their friends and fans.
dreDDup played at numerous music festivals from 2006 to 2009 including the EXIT Festival, String, Refuse Resist 6 Samhain, Go Fest, Determination and D:S. At the end of the year the band filmed a 'Industrial Renaissance' DVD, a 45 minute long movie about the band containing the complete video clip collection and some rare live video footage which was previously unreleased. It was released in February 2009 and was selected to be a bonus DVD for their 2009 album El Conquistadors.
El Conquistadors was released for Insurrection Records from Belgrade. Album dealt with dark present tense and the darkness of mankind completing the Time trilogy in dreDDup releases showing the new sound of the band and much more industrial approach. This album changed the sound of the band making it darker. Album was pronounced the second best Balkan album of the year 2009 by the Croatian webzine Terapija and also went up to third place in Macedonian Okno magazine article about best acts in 2009. In 2010 their album El Conquistadors was re-mastered and re-released for Beast of Prey Records from Poland. The same album was re-released in 2011 for dPulse Recordings from USA.
Their new forth self-titled album is released for dPulse Recordings from USA also. This album contains 16 totally new dreDDup songs and is the darkest one yet. This was also announced as the last dreDDup studio album. The band will continue to perform live but stated that they are not sure if there will be another album. The next project of dreDDup is re-recording of their first official album 'Mr. Borndeads Feast'. Collection of their demo recordings called 219_demos was released for Dark:Scene records. These recordings go back to their period 1997-2001.
After Mr Borndeads Feast and positive reviews from the press, the band started making their second album changing the
