Amaranthe is a Swedish-Danish modern metal / power metal band founded in 2008 by Jake E. Lundberg ( Dreamland , Dream Evil ) and Olof Merk ( Dragonland , Nightrage ). The project began to take shape when vocalists Elise Ryud and Andy Sulvestreem, as well as drummer Morten Loewe joined the group. After the release of the first demo album, the group was replenished with bassist Johan Andreassen [1] .
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 Amaranthe 2012 | |
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| Genres | melodic death metal , power metal |
| Years | from 2008 to the present |
| A country |  Sweden |
| City | Gothenburg Sweden |
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| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | Spinefarm records Universal |
| Composition | Elise Ryud Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson Olof Merck Morten Loew Sørensen Johan Andreassen Nils Moline |
| Former the participants | Jake E. Lundberg Andy Sulvestrem |
| amaranthe.se | |
History
Initially, the team was called Avalanche , but in May 2009 the group was forced to change its name in order to avoid copyright issues [2] . Under the new name, the group debuted with the release of their first demo album, Leave Everything Behind , in 2009.
In the summer of 2010, the band entered into an agreement with Spinefarm Records to release their debut album. Before the release of the debut album, the single Hunger was released, on which the group, together with director Patrick Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company, made a video clip.
The band's debut album, Amaranthe, was released in April 2011. The second video clip of the group was shot for Amaranthine from this album.
After a successful debut album, the group released a single entitled Rain , and also prepared a special version of the Amaranthe album, which included two bonus tracks, video clips, as well as video from performances and video diaries of the album. The group also released another single - Amaranthine , recording an acoustic version of the song of the same name.
Vocalist Elise Ryud took part in the European tour of Kamelot in the summer of 2010, and also in January 2012, together with the Dreamstate project, recorded the song Evolution .
In August 2012, it became known that the group plans in early 2013 to release their second album. The recording of the new album began on September 24, 2012.
The new album The Nexus was released March 13 in Japan, from March 20-25 in Europe, and March 26 in the United States . Video clips from The Nexus and Burn with Me were released for songs from this album.
On November 26, 2013, a video for the single Invincible was also released.
In the spring of 2014, the recording of the new Massive Addictive album began, and on October 21 its world release took place.
Their fourth album, Maximalism, was released on October 21, 2016.
On February 9, 2017, Jake E. Lundberg announced his departure from the group.
Composition
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Timeline
Discography
- Singles
- Hunger (2011)
- Rain (2011)
- Amaranthine (2011)
- 1,000,000 Lightyears (2012)
- The Nexus (2013)
- Burn with Me (2013)
- Invincible (2013)
- Drop Dead Cynical (2014)
- Trinity (2014)
- Digital World (2015)
- True (2015)
- That Song (2016)
- Fury (2016)
- Maximize (2016)
- 365 (2018)
- Albums
- Leave Everything Behind ( demo ) (2009)
- Amaranthe (2011)
- The Nexus (2013)
- Massive Addictive (2014)
- Maximalism (2016)
- Helix (2018)
Videography
- Video clips
- Hunger (2011)
- Amaranthine (2011)
- 1,000,000 Lightyears (2012)
- The Nexus (video clip) (2013)
- Burn With Me (2013)
- Invincible (2013)
- Drop Dead Cynical (2014)
- Digital World (2015)
- True (2015)
- That Song (2016)
- Boomerang (2017)
- Maximize (2017)
- 365 (2018)
- Countdown (2018)
Notes
Links
- amaranthe.se - official Amaranthe website
- Amaranthe on MySpace
- Amaranthe at Encyclopaedia Metallum
- Report and photos from the Moscow concert on April 27, 2013