Band:

Amaran

Biografie

Amaran started out as a band in the spring of 2000 and has since then developed a dynamic and original way of writing songs, combining heavy metalguitarrs with clear female vocals. Guitarrists Kari Kainulainen and Ronnie Backlund started writing some music together and decided to form a band. They found the rest of the members in bassplayer Mikael Andersson, vocalist Johanna DePierre and drummer Robin Bergh. All of the members came from different musical backgrounds and were eager to put some good music together.



Before they had even found a drummer Amaran recorded their first "promo 2000" and sent it to various zines, magazines and recordlabels. It recieved excellent reviews in many well- acclaimed contexts and also ended up landing them a record deal with French label Listenable Records.



The band set out to record their debutalbum A World Depraved in february 2002 in Aabenra Studio in Denmark. The album was released over Europe and was highly recommended by critics and fans all over. The album was often described as somewhat original in the sense that the combination of heavy guitarrs and intense drums and the clear female vocals was not something that people were used to hearing.



Amaran was eager to write new songs after the realease of the debut and developed a whole lot in this process and as a band during 2002. Since the band was pretty young when they landed the recorddeal they went through a whole lot both on a personal and professional level, and became tighter as a band. The band finished about 14 songs that they wanted to record and agreed with Listenable to record the follow-up in april 2003. The new material was oriented in a heavier direction as to accentuate the dynamics between the instrumental and the vocals further. The album was recorded in Studio Underground, Sweden and was entitled Pristine in Bondage.



Shortly after finishing the recording of the second album, bassplayer Mikael decided that he wanted to leave the band due to personal reasons. Fortunately they quickly found someone to replace him in Ronnie Bergstål, an experienced bassplayer and drummer who was a personal friend and had filled in for Mikael before.



Pristine in Bondage is set to be released through Listenable Records the 17th of december in Japan (containing 3 bonus tracks) and in January in Europe and the US containing 11 tracks. Amaran has also recorded a video for a song on the new album and is set to go on promotion tours in the fall and in january after the realease of the album.

Quelle: http://www.amaran.netDiscografie2004 Pristine In Bondage

2002 A World Depraved
2001 Promo 2001 www