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AMARANTHE ST

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 01. Leave Everything Behind
02. Hunger
03. 1.000.000 Lightyears
04. Automatic
05. My Transition
06. Amaranthine
07. Rain
08. Call Out My Name
09. Enter The Maze
10. Director´s Cut
11. Act Of Desperation
12. Serendipity

Verdict: 5

AMARANTHE ST Review

CdReviewAmaranthe has a lot going for them, over the last three years they haven't released anything but a self-financed EP. Now the big wheels spin like never before.

It has been said that Jake E. Lundberg and Olof Mörck set out to do a Swedish Avantasia morph with the project Amaranthe but truly Amaranthe is absolutely nothing like Avantasia. In fact Amaranthe resemble Avantasia as much as Phenomena or Les Schtroumpfs for that one. Amaranthe is a highly commercial band that mixes just anything that is easy to digest for a teenage audience.

Amaranthe has gone one step further with the vocal duties. The standard two singer recipe has been extended to a third singer. The production is polished to the max and the overall performance is great. It is a huge benefit to have three singers and the different flavors are used richly throughout. The mix is tight but not overcrowded with sounds.

It is no secret that Amaranthe is highly dependant of the female singer Elize Ryd. Elize has studied at the Performance Art School in Gothenburg and worked at the Cabaret Lorensberg were she has forged her style singing in Musicals. She was also tapped as support vocalist on the American power metal band Kamelot's latest tour which is quite an honor. The two singers that usually help Kamelot out is no less than Simone Simons and Amanda Somerville.

But as far as it goes for Amaranthe, this is nothing but and easy digestible average stew with a few nice twists. There is a distinct lack of own grips. It simply is impossible to distinguish Amaranthe from any other band out there.

There are a few decent tracks on the album and with a little bit of luck they might end up on the mainstream radio in a few nations.

But this is just too much Eurovision song contest for our taste.

Newsflash

ACCEPT New album Stalingrad

ACCEPT have set "Stalingrad" as the title of their next album, due in April 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is once again being helmed by British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY), who worked on the band's critically acclaimed comeback effort, "Blood Of The Nations".

Symphorce call it quits

SYMPHORCE, who feature in their ranks guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont and singer Andy B. Franck, have officially called it quits.

Commented Franck: "Seven albums, 12 years and thousands of enthusiastic fans don't make that decision easy, but after long thoughts and lots of talks we decided together to call it a day and dissolve SYMPHORCE. The heads are dead, the timetables of our main bands packed with dates, so we feel a lack of inspiration and no possibility to record more albums, play more shows with the passion and commintment needed therefore.

"SYMPHORCE will always stand for an absolute independent type of metal, but with our latest (and last) album, 'Unrestricted', we had to recognize that we have said everything we wanted musically. It was an unbelievable, intense and fantastic time!

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KISS Zin Fire is a bold and fruity 2010 California Zinfandel — the result of a cool, long growing season that promoted fantastic flavor, acidity, and color.

KISS Destroyer Beer is an easy-to-drink beer in the best German tradition. A careful brewing process creates its great head of foam and a balanced flavor, like an original "Pils."

AMARANTINE changes name to CLOCKWORK SPIRIT

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