AMARANTHE
Manifest
NUCLEAR BLAST
Gargantuan-sounding Swedes pull out yet more stops
in a state of perpetual motion since 2014’s experimental juncture, . The Swedes have sometimes found themselves inaccurately lumped in with Europe’s symphonic fare, but other than their penchant for grandiosity, and singer Elize Ryd’s Nightwish connections (she infamously stepped in for ex-Nightwish vocalist Anette Olzon at a gig in 2012), the association is specious. Instead, Amaranthe have spent the last half a decade gradually augmenting a divisive yet vivid blend of power metal, pop and euphoric EDM with every album, eventually.
