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Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists.


History


Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013)

Formed by Olof Mörck (
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) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg (Dreamland,
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) in 2008, the project began taking shape when singers
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(toured with
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) and Andreas Solveström (
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, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing, Koldborn,
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). Bassist Johan Andreassen ( Engel) joined after the photoshoot for the ''
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'' demo but before the recording of the first album ''
Amaranthe Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013 ...
''. 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 Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013 ...
'', was released in April 2011 and reached a peak position of 35th on Swedish charts and 16th on Finnish Charts. Their second album, '' The Nexus'', was released in March 2013. Guitarist Olof Mörck described the album as having greater contrasts, a more controversial mix of genres, and featuring more creative freedoms than ''Amaranthe''. According to Olof, the band "took everything pto eleven" in the new album. The album reached 6th on Swedish charts, 4th on Finnish charts, and reached a peak of 12th on the US Heatseekers charts.


''Massive Addictive'' and ''Maximalism'' (2013–2017)

In October 2013, harsh vocalist Solveström left the band and was replaced by Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson (Scarpoint). Their third album, ''
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 unclean vocalist Andy Solveström, who left the band i ...
'', was released on 21 October 2014. A special compilation ''
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'' was released on 30 October 2015. It consists of b-sides and bonus tracks from Amaranthe's career. Their fourth album, ''
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'', was released on 21 October 2016. In November 2016, male clean vocalist Jake E announced that he would take a break from the band. In February 2017, the band confirmed that he was permanently leaving. In March 2017, he joined
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. In July 2017, Amaranthe stated on their Facebook page that Nils Molin of
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would join the band as their permanent vocalist, after filling in for Jake E on tour dates.


''Helix'' and ''Manifest'' (2018–2021)

On 10 August 2018, they released their new single, "365", from their new album ''
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'', which itself was released on 19 October. At that time, they wrote and performed the credits theme song to the 12 oz. Mouse special "INVICTUS". On 16 October 2019, they announced that they had signed with
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. On 3 January 2020, the band released their rendition of
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's "82nd All the Way", originally taken from Sabaton's 2019 studio album ''
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''. On 13 February, the band released the single "Do or Die", which features former
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-vocalist
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on growling vocals and
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-guitarist
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on the guitar solo. The official music video, which was filmed in Spain, was released the next day. In the music video's description, the band's label
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announced that their sixth studio album would be released in September 2020. On 5 March, the band released the music video for "Endlessly", originally from the album ''Maximalism''. The video was directed, filmed and edited b
Duminciuc Bogdan
and is actually the documentation of the Transylvanian wedding between guitarist
Olof Mörck Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the heavy metal band Amaranthe, as well as guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. He was also a member of Nightrage between 200 ...
and his wife Cătălina Popa (the flutist from the German symphonic metal band
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), which took place on 19 July 2019 at Sungarden,
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. Amaranthe released their sixth studio album, titled ''
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'', on 2 October 2020. The first single 'Viral' was released on 26 June 2020, followed by a second single, 'Strong,' on 14 August 2020, and 'Archangel' as the third single on 18 September 2020.


''The Catalyst'' (2021–present)

In December 2021, Amaranthe released a single called "PVP". The track was written as the official anthem for the Swedish
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world cup team at the E-Sports world championship. The single was accompanied by a music video and a
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, hosted on the band's website. On 8 June 2022, Wilhelmsson announced his exit from the band, saying that he wished to spend more time with his family and began to dislike touring over the years. He also said that he was planning on releasing solo material in the near future. The band announced they would be joined by two special guests as his replacements at their summer shows of that year. On 6 October, Amaranthe released the first single "Find Life". On 27 June 2023, Amaranthe released the second single for "Damnation Flame", in which they revealed the identity of their new harsh vocalist, Mikael Sehlin. The band later announced their seventh studio album, ''
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'', which was released on 23 February 2024. On 26 September, the band unveiled the third single "Insatiable". On 16 November, they premiered the fourth single "Outer Dimensions". On 11 January 2024, Amaranthe released the fifth single "Re-Vision". The music video for the title track "The Catalyst" was released 23 February 2024, coinciding with the album release.


Musical style

Even as their body of work grows, where exactly Amaranthe's music fits into the heavy metal sphere remains notoriously undefined. Band members, websites, and critics have referred to the band and their albums as various different genres such as
pop metal Pop metal (sometimes conflated with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses. It became p ...
,
melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...
,
metalcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...
,
power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
,
symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...
,
death metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...
, heavy metal, and
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.


Band members

Current *
Olof Mörck Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the heavy metal band Amaranthe, as well as guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. He was also a member of Nightrage between 200 ...
– guitars, keyboards, synthesizers (2008–present), bass (2008–2009) *
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 Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Amaranthe. She also gai ...
– 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 * Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg – male clean vocals (2008–2017) * Andreas Solveström – harsh vocals (2008–2013) * Henrik "GG6" Englund Wilhelmsson – harsh vocals (2013–2022) Touring * Olle Ekman – harsh vocals (2015) * Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye – clean vocals (2016–2017) * Rob Love Magnusson – guitars (2019) * Samy Elbanna – harsh vocals (2022, 2024) * Richard Sjunnesson – harsh vocals (2022) *
Melissa Bonny Melissa Bonny (born 23 January 1993) is a Swiss heavy metal singer. She is best known for being the founder and vocalist of Ad Infinitum and former vocalist of Evenmore and Rage of Light. She also gained some popularity by recording music as ...
– clean vocals (2025)


Timeline


Discography

* ''
Amaranthe Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013 ...
'' (2011) * '' The Nexus'' (2013) * ''
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 unclean vocalist Andy Solveström, who left the band i ...
'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2018) * ''
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'' (2020) * ''
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'' (2024)


References


External links

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