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Amaranthe
Amaranthe is a Swedish metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formed by Olof Mörck (Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg (Dreamland, Dream Evil) in 2008, the project began taking shape when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot) and Andreas Solveström (Cipher System, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing, Koldborn, Mercenary). Bassist Johan Andreassen ( Engel) joined after the photoshoot for the ''Leave Everything Behind'' demo but before the recording of the first album ''Amaranthe''. The band was originally called Avalanche until May 2009, when they were forced to change their name due to legal issues. The members chose to rename the band Amaranthe. They later released their first demo, ''Leave Everything Behind''. The band's debut album, ''Amaranthe'', was released in April 2011 and reached a peak position of 35th ...
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Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, known for their unique combination of pop rock and death metal. Their discography consists of five studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, fourteen singles, and eleven music videos. To date, the band has sold 500,000 album copies worldwide. The band was formed in 2008, under the original name Avalanche. After signing a recording contract with Spinefarm Records, they changed their name to Amaranthe, and released the extended play ''Leave Everything Behind'' (2009). The band's debut studio album, ''Amaranthe'' (2011), achieved moderate chart success in Sweden, Finland, and Japan. Their second album, '' The Nexus'' (2013), peaked within the top ten in both Sweden and Finland, and sold 1,700 copies in its first week. ''Massive Addictive'' (2014), Amaranthe's third album, found chart success in new territories, including Germany and the United States. The album featured the single "Drop Dead Cynical", which rea ...
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Leave Everything Behind
Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, known for their unique combination of pop rock and death metal. Their discography consists of five studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, fourteen singles, and eleven music videos. To date, the band has sold 500,000 album copies worldwide. The band was formed in 2008, under the original name Avalanche. After signing a recording contract with Spinefarm Records, they changed their name to Amaranthe, and released the extended play ''Leave Everything Behind'' (2009). The band's debut studio album, ''Amaranthe'' (2011), achieved moderate chart success in Sweden, Finland, and Japan. Their second album, '' The Nexus'' (2013), peaked within the top ten in both Sweden and Finland, and sold 1,700 copies in its first week. ''Massive Addictive'' (2014), Amaranthe's third album, found chart success in new territories, including Germany and the United States. The album featured the single "Drop Dead Cynical", which rea ...
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Amaranthe is a Swedish metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formed by Olof Mörck (Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg (Dreamland, Dream Evil) in 2008, the project began taking shape when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot) and Andreas Solveström (Cipher System, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing, Koldborn, Mercenary). Bassist Johan Andreassen ( Engel) joined after the photoshoot for the ''Leave Everything Behind'' demo but before the recording of the first album ''Amaranthe''. The band was originally called Avalanche until May 2009, when they were forced to change their name due to legal issues. The members chose to rename the band Amaranthe. They later released their first demo, ''Leave Everything Behind''. The band's debut album, ''Amaranthe'', was released in April 2011 and reached a peak position of 35th ...
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Elize Ryd
Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd (born 15 October 1984), known professionally as Elize Ryd, is a Swedish singer, best known as one of the three vocalists and co-lyricist in the metal band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to the band's inception by performing guest vocals for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot, both on tour and in the studio. She sings in the soprano range. Early life Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd was born in Värnamo on 15 October 1984, the daughter of a Swedish father and a Finnish mother, both of whom were musicians. She performed in public for the first time when she was four years old. During her childhood, she was influenced by everything from Walt Disney to heavy metal. At the age of 13, she attended and won a 1998 talent show in Gothenburg as the youngest participant. The first prize was a record deal, but since she did not meet the minimum of age of 15, she was ineligible to receive the prize. She received a scholar ...
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Amaranthe (album)
''Amaranthe'' is the debut studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Amaranthe. The album was released April 11, 2011 and reached #35 and #16 on the Swedish and Finnish charts respectively. It also topped the Japanese Import charts beating Lady Gaga. A deluxe edition was released in October 2011, featuring two bonus tracks and a DVD. Track listing Notes * On streaming services and digital stores, "Rain" is alternatively titled "It's All About Me". Personnel Amaranthe *Elize Ryd – clean vocals (female) *Jake E – clean vocals (male) *Andy Solveström – harsh vocals *Olof Mörck – guitars, keyboards, co-producer, mixing *Johan Andreassen – bass *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... Additional musicians *Elias Holml ...
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Maximalism (album)
''Maximalism'' (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by the Swedish-Danish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It is also the final album to feature vocalist and co-founder Jake E. Track listing Personnel Amaranthe *Elize Ryd – clean vocals (female) *Jake E – clean vocals (male) *Olof Mörck – guitars, keyboards, programming, co-producer, mixing *Johan Andreassen – bass *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums *Henrik Englund – harsh vocals Production *Jacob Hansen – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering *Jakob Herrmann – co-producer, engineer Miscellaneous *Mattias Bylund – strings on "Endlessly" *Michael Bohlin – mixing of Japanese bonus tracks *Gustavo Sazes – artwork *Patric Ullaeus Patric Ullaeus is a Swedish director and photographer. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company, based in Gothenburg. With his music video "The Serpentine Offering" for Dimmu Borgir he won the "Norwegian Grammy" award Spellemannsprisen in the ... – photograph ...
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The Nexus (album)
''The Nexus'' is the second studio album by Swedish-Danish heavy metal band Amaranthe. The album was released on varying dates in March 2013, starting on the 13th in Japan and concluding on the 26th in the US. ''The Nexus'' is a development of the sound and ideas Amaranthe introduced on their first record. The band stated that they felt "the contrasts are greater, the mix and blends of genres is more controversial, and more creative freedoms were taken in this album." It was the last album with harsh vocalist Andy Solveström. Track listing Personnel Amaranthe *Elize Ryd – clean vocals (female) *Jake E – clean vocals (male) *Andy Solveström – harsh vocals *Olof Mörck – guitars, keyboards *Johan Andreassen – bass *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums Production * Jacob Hansen – production, engineer, mixing, mastering * Olof Mörck Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the metal band Amara ...
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Massive Addictive
''Massive Addictive'' (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It is also the first album with Henrik Englund on harsh vocals, replacing former growling vocalist Andy Solveström, who left the band in 2013. Track listing Personnel Amaranthe *Jake E – clean vocals (male) *Elize Ryd – clean vocals (female) *Olof Mörck – guitars, keyboards, programming *Johan Andreassen – bass *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums *Henrik Englund – harsh vocals Production *Jacob Hansen – production, engineering, mixing, mastering *Olof Mörck – co-producetion, mixing *Jake E – mixing Guest musicians * Elias Holmlid – keyboards on "Over and Done" *Michael Vahl – additional vocals on "An Ordinary Abnormality" Miscellaneous *Gustavo Sazes – artwork, cover art *Jonas Haagensen – studio assistant *Daniel Antonsson ( Dimension Zero, ex- Dark Tranquillity, ex- Soilwork) – recording (guitars) *Patric Ullaeus Patric ...
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Helix (Amaranthe Album)
''Helix'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by the Swedish-Danish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It is also the first album featuring the band's new clean male vocalist Nils Molin (Dynazty Dynazty is a Swedish power metal band from Stockholm. History Dynazty was established by Love Magnusson and John Berg in 2007. Soon members Georg Härnsten Egg and Joel Fox Apelgren joined in. After a few gigs with various vocalists, they found ...), since the departure of the band's former clean male vocalist Jake E. Track listing Personnel *Olof Mörck – guitars, keyboards, synthesizers *Elize Ryd – female clean vocals *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums *Johan Andreassen – bass *Henrik "GG6" Englund – harsh vocals *Nils Molin – male clean vocals Charts References 2018 albums Amaranthe albums Spinefarm Records albums Albums produced by Jacob Hansen {{2010s-metal-album-stub ...
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Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the metal band Amaranthe, as well as guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. He was also a member of Nightrage between 2006 and 2011 as a guitarist. Notably, he has provided two guitar solos for the 2009 album '' The Isolation Game'' by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi. In 2010, My Darling Dismay released a video of a song with the same title. The song is more of a rock style than his previous metal projects. Mörck appears on the 2010 album ''The History of Saints'' by the North Carolina band Vanisher, performing the solo for the song "Oceans." Mörck provided a guest solo for Australian melodic death metal band Universum on the track, "Sum of the Universe," from their 2011 release '' Mortuus Machina''. Mörck also provides a guest solo for Australian power metal band Lord on an instrumental song from their 2009 release '' Set in Stone''. Mö ...
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Dynazty
Dynazty is a Swedish power metal band from Stockholm. History Dynazty was established by Love Magnusson and John Berg in 2007. Soon members Georg Härnsten Egg and Joel Fox Apelgren joined in. After a few gigs with various vocalists, they found the singer and frontman Nils Molin through Myspace in Spring of 2008. Since then, Dynazty has released eight full-length albums and has toured in Sweden and internationally. The band took part in Melodifestivalen 2011 with the song " This Is My Life", a metal cover of the previous winner (Melodifestivalen 2010) Anna Bergendahl. The band also competed in Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Land of Broken Dreams" in the fourth round in Malmö on 25 February 2012. The song went on to "second chance" round but failed to make it to the Final 10. The band released its third album ''Sultans of Sin'' on 29 February 2012. According to the bassist of the band, Joel Fox Apelgren, the album was produced by Peter Tägtgren and they have also co-w ...
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Cyhra
Cyhra is a Swedish heavy metal supergroup formed in 2017. The band is made up of lead vocalist Joacim "Jake E" Keelyn (ex-Amaranthe), rhythm guitarist Jesper Strömblad (ex-In Flames), the German drummer Alex Landenburg (Kamelot, ex- Annihilator, ex-Axxis), and the Finnish lead guitarist Euge Valovirta (ex- Shining). Members Current members * Jake E – lead vocals (2017–present) * Jesper Strömblad – rhythm guitar, keyboards (2017–present), bass (2018–present) * Alex Landenburg – drums (2017–present) * Euge Valovirta – lead guitar, backing vocals (2017–present), bass (2018–present) Live members * "Mr. ASUS" – bass (2019–present) * Marcus Sunesson – guitar (2019-present) Former members * Peter Iwers Peter Iwers (born on 15 May 1975) is a Swedish musician and the current bass player of The Halo Effect. He was a member of Swedish heavy metal band In Flames from their 1999 album ''Colony'', up until their 2016 album ''Battles'', originally ... †...
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