Author Topic: Amaranthe (Read 16625 times)

Gadough · « **on:** February 11, 2013, 06:53:29 PM »

Anyone else like this band? They have three vocalists: two clean and one harsh. It's a combination that works surprisingly well. The songs are simplistic, but very catchy. Definitely worth a listen.

Kamelot fans will recognize Elize Ryd as one of the vocalists. She's also quite easy on the eyes.

A few songs:

The Nexus

Hunger

One Million Lightyears

Zook · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2013, 07:02:09 PM »

It took me a little while to get into them, but me likey now.

bosk1 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2013, 07:02:53 PM »

Started to watch the first video, but saw that the song was only 4:28, and stopped it about :10 seconds in. 4:28 isn't nearly prog enough to justify watching.

Gadough · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2013, 07:06:08 PM »

Not even that, with the full minute of movie trailer BS before the song.

bosk1 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2013, 07:38:10 PM »

In all seriousness, I actually did listen to all three songs. And I went in fully expecting to really like this, and ended up being disappointed. There were definitely things I liked. But overall, these guys do a lot of what annoys me about power metal. Namely, every song sounds like they took a mid-tempo pop song, played it back at double the normal tempo, and then recorded some heavy guitar and fast double kick drum patterns over it. I know that description grossly oversimplifies things, but that's the best way I can describe it. And honestly, I'm not sure what it is about that that I don't like. Given my tastes in music, it seems like I really should like that formula. But I just don't for some reason.

Gadough · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:04:04 PM »

C'mon Bosk. If ZOOK can like it, so can you!

bosk1 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:10:05 PM »

Wait...when did DTF become a Life cereal commercial.

Zook · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2013, 04:20:11 AM »

Quote from: Gadough on February 11, 2013, 08:04:04 PM

C'mon Bosk. If ZOOK can like it, so can you!

Yeah bosk, I hate everything, but Amaranthe made my heart grow three sizes!

RazielSR · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2013, 08:44:39 AM »

I will see them this april in Madrid. They will play in the Stratovarius concert as support band. I was seeing some videos in youtube, I don't like this band, but we'll see.

Dellers · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2013, 09:20:34 AM »

They sound really Swedish with those catchy choruses. You can say whatever you want about the Swedes, but they know how to write melodies that work. It's been a while since I heard melodies like that though, as pop music these days has pretty much no melodic qualities to it.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2013, 01:09:10 PM »

Jingle.boy likes them a lot. The album drags toward the end. It didn't atand up well against other albums in the same haul, so if I ever quit buying albums (lol yeah right) I'll give it another chance.

YtseCullen · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2013, 12:11:32 PM »

I actually enjoy these guys, I really like the girls voice and the drumming!

Peter Wildoer was the one who turned me on to this band

cramx3 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2013, 12:14:16 PM »

I like them a lot but all their songs sound the same. I really like the video for the nexus though. I got into them a couple years ago when Elyze started touring with Kamelot.

adace · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2013, 04:14:35 PM »

So I had a listen to the new album and it's awesome despite the sameness. Really catchy/fun stuff!

YtseCullen · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2013, 06:00:50 PM »

The New Album is awesome! Loving it so far

cramx3 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2013, 07:36:54 AM »

Just saw them headline in NYC last night. They were amazing. Really great live and the crowd was great singing and dancing along. I got to shake Jake E's. Hand, get a picture after the show with Andreas and then I caught the guitarists pic after it hit me in the head and stuck to it from my sweat.

My friend also screamed at Elize "you are very attractive" which lead everyone to laugh and her to smile at him which made him think for the rest of the evening that she had a thing for him

jingle.boy · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM »

They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

cramx3 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2013, 10:42:19 AM »

Yea, its a cheap show and they were great live. Id recommend it.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2013, 10:47:07 AM »

I like this band a lot, it's like extremely friendly and poppy metal

They're very restrained in terms of the genre they play, but they do it well and I enjoy it.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #19 on:** July 18, 2013, 06:52:06 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM

They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

For $16 I'd see anything that I'm slightly interested in.

PetFish · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2013, 08:31:10 PM »

I discovered Amaranthe about two months ago and I'm totally digging them.

I also recently discovered Delain as well, their sound and style is more diverse than Amaranthe, but both groups kick ass.

Zook · « **Reply #21 on:** July 18, 2013, 09:13:20 PM »

Delain is awesome indeed.

cramx3 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2013, 08:19:59 PM »

I should check Delain out since I'm seeing them open for Kamelot in September

PetFish · « **Reply #23 on:** July 21, 2013, 01:34:19 PM »

Is it just me or did the second half of this thread get deleted?

obscure · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2013, 01:41:12 PM »

I'll just leave this here: https://www.ladyobscure.com/portfolio/amaranthe/

It's not my interview.. so you can check it out

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #25 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:45:55 PM »

Checked out a bunch of songs from Amaranthe on Youtube. Not bad, but the harsh vocals kind of killed it for me.

Delain keeps coming up as one of my recommendations on Amazon.com. Guess I should give them a try too.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:52:18 PM »

Oddly enough, the harsh vocals are my favorite part of Amaranthe. Elize is a great singer, but I don't like a lot of the melodies she sings.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #27 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:55:54 PM »

Quote from: kirksnosehair on July 24, 2013, 12:45:55 PM

Checked out a bunch of songs from Amaranthe on Youtube. Not bad, but the harsh vocals kind of killed it for me.

Delain keeps coming up as one of my recommendations on Amazon.com. Guess I should give them a try too.

For me, they're tasteful enough that I (gasp) almost enjoy them.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:58:36 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 24, 2013, 12:55:54 PM

Quote from: kirksnosehair on July 24, 2013, 12:45:55 PM
Checked out a bunch of songs from Amaranthe on Youtube. Not bad, but the harsh vocals kind of killed it for me.

Delain keeps coming up as one of my recommendations on Amazon.com. Guess I should give them a try too.

For me, they're tasteful enough that I (gasp) almost enjoy them.

This is the first step to the Dark Side. We are waiting for you.

Lowdz · « **Reply #29 on:** July 24, 2013, 01:40:10 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM

They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

I'd pay more than that to stare at Elize for a couple of hours.

TheGreatPretender · « **Reply #30 on:** July 24, 2013, 01:43:50 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM

They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

Did you end up going? I would've went, but I had to work. Although, I wanted to go to see Kobra And The Lotus, but it would've ended up being a great show with both of them. Sucks that I missed it.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #31 on:** July 24, 2013, 01:46:59 PM »

Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 24, 2013, 01:43:50 PM

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM
They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

Did you end up going? I would've went, but I had to work. Although, I wanted to go to see Kobra And The Lotus, but it would've ended up being a great show with both of them. Sucks that I missed it.

No, went down to the Falls with the family on Saturday instead. By the time we got home, it was a tad late to head back downtown for the concert.

cramx3 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 24, 2013, 03:14:36 PM »

Quote from: Lowdz on July 24, 2013, 01:40:10 PM

Quote from: jingle.boy on July 18, 2013, 08:04:20 AM
They're playing Toronto on Saturday, and I'm seriously considering going. It's only a $16 price tag.

I'd pay more than that to stare at Elize for a couple of hours.

My pictures from last week.

Zook · « **Reply #33 on:** May 01, 2014, 09:19:44 PM »

I've come to the conclusion that The Nexus is better than the debut.

But Electroheart is slightly terrible.

PetFish · « **Reply #34 on:** May 02, 2014, 02:35:15 AM »

Amaranthe are now in-studio recording the next one.

On a related note, Delain just released The Human Contradiction. I haven't been able to get into it yet to know much about it.

News: Untethered Angel official video: https://youtu.be/gylxuO6dKOw

Author Topic: Amaranthe (Read 16625 times)