Amaranthe - The Nexus

Well it's about time this 6 piece group came out with a sophomore album.  I got hooked on their debut album and listening to it from start to finish almost every time.  Sweden's Amaranthe has announced the upcoming release for their new album, "The Nexus", will be in stores end of March. See the following regional release dates below.

March:

18 - Japan | 20 - Sweden | 22 - Finland | 22 - Germany | 25 - UK | 26 - US

Amaranthe is a Swedish/Danish power/melodic death metal band that originates from Sweden and Denmark. Formed by Jake E. and Olof Morck, the project began taking shape when singers Elize Ryd and Andy Solvestrom signed on, as did drummer Morten Lowe. In April 2011 their debut album "Amaranthe" was released to worldwide acclaim, charting high in Sweden and Finland, and was the 84th most played album on Spotify in the whole world, all genres!

In Spring of 2011 they did a full on European tour with Kamelot and Evergrey, and now they set their sights on the world!

Amaranthe is:

Olof Mörck - Guitar, Keyboards | Elize Ryd - Vocals | Jake E - Clean Vocals | Andy Solveström - Scream Vocals | Morten Lowe Sorensen - Drums | Johan Andreassen - Bass

"The moment has come to let loose 'The Nexus' on an unsuspecting world! This time we went all the way with our futuristic dream-nightmare — a no-compromise vision steeped in deep contrast between the mechanically ultra-heavy and shimmering serene melody. 'The Nexus' is everything we dreamed about doing with our debut album; we laboured to make this offering as diverse as it is direct and catchy… and remember, no-one can be told what 'The Nexus' is — you have to hear it for yourself!" -Olof Mörck

("Hunger" is taken from their self titled debut album, 2011)

The album artwork was created by Gustavo Sazes.



"The Nexus" track listing:

1. Afterlife 
2. Invincible 
3. The Nexus
4. Theory Of Everything 
5. Stardust 
6. Burn With Me 
7. Mechanical Illusion 
8. Razorblade 
9. Future On Hold 
10. Electroheart 
11. Transhuman 
12. Infinity

"We have lived and breathed the same 12 songs from the first album every day for a year now, and to introduce a number of completely fresh tracks will really lift AMARANTHE to the next level!" -Olof Mörck

So far the band has released a music video for their first single, the album title song "The Nexus":



More info on the way!