History
Formation
Amaran started out as a band in the spring of 2000, in"Promo" (2001)
Before they had even found a drummer Amaran recorded their first "Promo" using a drum machine and sent it to various zines, magazines and record labels. It received excellent reviews in many well-acclaimed contexts, and also ended up landing them a record deal with the French record label, Listenable Records.''A World Depraved'' (2002)
The band set out to record their debut album ''A World Depraved'' in February 2002 in Aabenraa Studio in'' Pristine In Bondage'' (2004)
Amaran was eager to write new songs after the release of the debut and developed a whole lot in this process and as a band during 2002. Since the band was pretty young when they landed the record deal they went through a whole lot both on a personal and professional level, and became tighter as a band. The band finished about 14 songs that they wanted to record and agreed with Listenable to record the follow-up in April 2003. The new material was oriented in a heavier direction as to accentuate the dynamics between the instrumental and the vocals further. The album was recorded in Studio Underground, Sweden with Pelle Saether and was entitled ''Pristine in Bondage''. Shortly after finishing the recording of the second album, bass player Mikael decided that he wanted to leave the band due to personal reasons. Fortunately they quickly found someone to replace him in Ronnie Bergerståhl, an experienced bass player and drummer who was a personal friend and had filled in for Mikael before. ''Pristine in Bondage'' was set to be released through Listenable Records on 17 December in Japan (containing three bonus tracks) and, in January, in Europe and the US containing 11 tracks. Amaran has also recorded a video for the song "Inflict" on the new album, and was set to go on promotion tours in the fall and in January connected the release of the album.Break up
Drummer Robin Bergh left the band for personal reasons in 2004, he was replaced with Pär Hjulström. 2005 saw a parade of new members pass through Amaran, culminating in December with the dissolution of the band. Primary among the reasons for this is the departure of lead singer Johanna DePierre, and the band's inability to find a suitable replacement (Amaran's sole focus as a band was heavy riffs with clean female vocals). Amaran officially broke up on December 28, 2005.Members
Final line-up
*Ronnie Backlund - Guitar (2000–2005) *Gunnar Hammar - Guitar (2005) *Niklas Sandi - Bass (2005) *Robin Bergh - Drums (2001–2003, 2004–2005)Former members
*Kari Kainulainen - Guitar (2000–2004) *Mikael Andersson - Bass (2000–2003) *Ronnie Bergerståhl - Bass (2003–2004) *Johanna DePierre - Vocals (2000–2005) *Pär Hjulström - Drums (2004; live 2004)Live members
*Ronnie Bergerståhl - Bass (2002) *Esa Orjatsalo - Guitars (2004) (played live as a replacement for Ronnie Backlund while he was recovering from an arm fracture)Timeline
The following is a visual summary of theDiscography
* "Promo" (April, 2001) * ''A World Depraved'' (May 20, 2002) * ''Pristine in Bondage'' (January 20, 2004)References
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