a.k.a. Avalanche
Country Sweden
Formed 2008, Göteborg, Västra Götalands län
Genres Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal
Labels Spinefarm Records, Nuclear Blast
Years active 2008-2009 (Avalanche), 2009-present
Swedish dance metal masters Amaranthe offer a surprising blend of power metal and melodic death metal. Catchy songs, first-rate production and the unusual vocal mix made ‘Amaranthe’ (2011) a very interesting self-titled debut. Follow-up ‘The Nexus’ (2013) has a very futuristic feel to it and cemented their reputation as one of the hottest young melodic metal bands around.
Just one year later they released ‘Massive Addictive’ and apart from recruiting new growler Henrik Englund, they chose to amplify what works in terms of appeal: chugging rhythms, ripping solos, lightning-fast drums, synthesizers and female vocalist Elize Ryd (also Kamelot) take centre stage. On ‘Maximalism’ (2016) they dialled back the heaviness some more to explore the radio-oriented side of their sound. The addition of Nils Molin on clean vocals has given Amaranthe an amazing vocal range: just listen to ‘Helix’ (2018), another classic dance metal album with a harder
Amaranthe是一支由瑞典及丹麦成员组成的瑞典力量/旋死金属乐队.乐队是由Jake E Lundberg 及Olof Morck发起。随着主唱Elize Ryd,Andy Slovestorm,鼓手Morten Lowe Sorensen,贝斯手Johan Andressan加入,乐队最终成型。他们的音乐融合了传统死金与大量键盘、效果器等电子乐器,风格律动多样,富有传统死金的冲击力与电子音乐的现代感,使人耳目一新。迄今为止,他们共发布了6张录音室专辑:他们自己的同名专辑(2011)、The Nexus(2013)、Massive Addictive(2014)、MAXIMALISM(2016)、HELIX(2018)、Manifest(2020),曾多次参加德国Wacken音乐节与日本Loud Park,是一支十分优秀的年轻乐队
Line-up (members)
Olof Mörck : Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers (2008-present), Bass (2008-2009)
Elize Ryd : Female Clean Vocals (2008-present)
Morten Løwe Sørensen : Drums (2008-present)
Johan Andreassen : Bass (2010-present)
Nils Molin : Male Clean Vocals (2017-present)
Mikael Sehlin : Harsh Vocals (2023-present)
Former members
Andreas Solveström : Harsh Vocals (2008-2013)
Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg : Male Clean Vocals (2008-2017)
Henrik "GG6" Englund Wilhelmsson : Harsh Vocals (2013-2022)