AMARANTHE Announces New Bassist
December 4, 2009AMARANTHE (formerly AVALANCHE),the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND),Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND),Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM) and Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION),has announced the addition of bassist Johan Andreassen (ex-ENGEL) to the group's ranks.
Commented Mörck: "At last the lineup is completed and rock solid! Johan brings a lot of experience, a great stage performance and an immaculate imitation of drunken Irishmen to the band!"
AMARANTHE recently posted a new song, entitled "Hunger", on the band's MySpace page. Unlike the band's previously released music, this track is professional-album quality and was mixed at Studio Fredman in Västra Frölunda, Sweden.
IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers and EVERGREY keyboardist Rickard Zander are among the guest musicians who will appear on the upcoming AMARANTHE CD.
Mörck previously stated about the band: "AMARANTHE has for long been an idea between me and Jake E to break out of the mold of our past projects and create something new and fresh entirely and to give room for ideas not appropriate for the other acts and projects we are part of. The result is an onslaught of soaring melodies, heavy riffing and guttural screams from the netherworld, a result of having three singers in the band; Jake E on clean vocals, cabaret virtuoso Elize on female vocals and Andy on screams. The result is a quite distinct sound, especially combined with the music itself that draws upon influences from a varied spectrum of genres, all to create a thrilling experience for the listener. Another defining feature of AMARANTHE is the idea of a collective — everyone from superstars of the industry to just generally talented people will lend their unique skills to AMARANTHE on the coming album. This, however, won't stop AMARANTHE from being a tour de force in live shows and tours, since the core of this metal machinery is based primarily on the regular members."
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/amaranthemetal.
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