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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-02-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.amaranthe.se ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Amaranthe Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Massive Addictive (Jap. Ed.) Label : Spinefarm ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Where to startà? ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ If you have yet to hear the name AMARANTHE, ║ │
│║ there is something terribly amiss. Taking Sweden ║ │
│║ by melodious storm in 2011, they have since ║ │
│║ swept across the rest of Europe, to the ║ │
│║ Americas, and have set their eyes on the rest of ║ │
│║ the world. 2014 sees the release of MASSIVE ║ │
│║ ADDICTIVE, a year-and-a-half later follow-up to ║ │
│║ "The Nexus", once again with one of Metal's ║ │
│║ greatest producers, Jacob Hansen, at the studio ║ │
│║ helm, his trademark work instantly recognisable. ║ │
│║ New to the ranks is new screamer, Henrik, ║ │
│║ replacing previous coarse bellower, Andy; they ║ │
│║ simply could not have made a better choice. Now, ║ │
│║ you have likely already seen or heard press ║ │
│║ statements; there is a developing consensus that ║ │
│║ this is to be their greatest, boldest and most ║ │
│║ dynamic work to date. They are not wrong. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Truth be told, the only other time an album has ║ │
│║ had an affect on my listening habits, and the ║ │
│║ way I approach music, was my initial exposure to ║ │
│║ ANUBIS GATE's "The Detached". MASSIVE ADDICTIVE ║ │
│║ is 12 reasons why that had to happen again. It ║ │
│║ begins with the explosive, jarring, twisted- ║ │
│║ and-shorn metal of "Dynamite", concaving one's ║ │
│║ face with heavy riffs, a similar approach to ║ │
│║ "Hunger", but with a slightly-slower, heavier, ║ │
│║ chuggier approach. This is one of the tracks ║ │
│║ that contains, what I like to call, a "holy ║ │
│║ shit, Elize is here" moment, the others ║ │
│║ belonging on "Unreal" and "Danger Zone". Her ║ │
│║ angelic vocal sirens takes the album by storm ║ │
│║ from the onset, the first verse more powerful ║ │
│║ than anything I have previously heard her ║ │
│║ perform, with a seemingly more unrestrained ║ │
│║ approach to her infinite belts. Of course, this ║ │
│║ is also where you will first hear the new guy. ║ │
│║ His percussive, controlled, deep and rumbling ║ │
│║ approach to growling, will leave scorch marks, ║ │
│║ and certainly brings a new kind of heaviness to ║ │
│║ the music. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Upon relistening to the already-released single, ║ │
│║ "Drop Dead Cynical", I immediately noticed an ║ │
│║ interesting change in approach that the band ║ │
│║ seems to have taken to the vocal layering. ║ │
│║ Jake's vocals were one of my favourite things ║ │
│║ about the band's music, myself coming from a ║ │
│║ Power/Melodic metal listening background, but ║ │
│║ his vocal interactions with Elize are much more ║ │
│║ varied on this album. On tracks like the new ║ │
│║ single and "Over and Done", bar some of his ║ │
│║ trademark verse belts that he performs, he seems ║ │
│║ to take a backing-vocal approach in the ║ │
│║ choruses, allowing Elize's infinite range to ║ │
│║ flourish on the choruses whereas, on previous ║ │
│║ albums, every chorus was a perfectly harmonized ║ │
│║ duet. Both of these arrangement styles I am a ║ │
│║ huge fan of, but the vocal dynamics present on ║ │
│║ the album are a billowing breath of fresh air. ║ │
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│║ I must draw from the rest of the tracks to ║ │
│║ elaborate and better emphasise this difference. ║ │
│║ The title track is perhaps the greatest ║ │
│║ testament to Jake and Elize's symbiotic synergy ║ │
│║ as contrasting vocalists, at certain times ║ │
│║ belting out with individual vocal beltings, but ║ │
│║ contrastingly with one of the best choruses, if ║ │
│║ not THE BEST chorus the band has ever written, ║ │
│║ their voices a perfectly-balanced equilibrium. ║ │
│║ This musical relationship is further emphasised ║ │
│║ on one of the album's two power ballads, "True". ║ │
│║ Along with "Exhale", Jake truly shines on this ║ │
│║ piece, a return to the dualistic evocations of ║ │
│║ the first album."Digital World" is the album's ║ │
│║ "Electroheart", a comparison I lovingly make ║ │
│║ where Elize's voice explodes and cascades at the ║ │
│║ forefront and even more so on "Over And Done", ║ │
│║ but, along with "Danger Zone" is also the best ║ │
│║ showcasing of Henrik's vocal ability. His ║ │
│║ subterranean bellows are perfectly suited to be ║ │
│║ the chisel in front of the hammer of the band's ║ │
│║ ridiculously heavy riffs, whether at the ║ │
│║ forefront of a pummelling breakdown, or a ║ │
│║ shattering, percussive pulse. ║ │
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│║ The riffs, the fucking riffs. The stringsmen, ║ │
│║ Olof and Johan, along with Danish drum virtuoso ║ │
│║ Morten, have once again blown me away. Further ║ │
│║ variation in musical dynamics is shown in the ║ │
│║ more-obviously metallic, technical precision of ║ │
│║ tracks like "Trinity", "Danger Zone" and "An ║ │
│║ Ordinary Abnormality", the latter exuding Olof's ║ │
│║ background of, and love for, Power Metal. These ║ │
│║ tracks perhaps best highlight the ║ │
│║ instrumentalists' technically precise delivery ║ │
│║ of blisteringly melodic, and jarringly rhythmic, ║ │
│║ arrangements. Olof's leads are heard through the ║ │
│║ entire album, but is plainly obvious that the ║ │
│║ man is a stellar guitarist, but not the least ║ │
│║ bit conceited, leaving room for each and every ║ │
│║ one of the band's musicians to shine, both ║ │
│║ individually and as a sextet. The rhythmic ║ │
│║ deliveries of Johan and Morten, both forever ║ │
│║ locked in a battle for "heaviest motherfucker", ║ │
│║ are an integral part of what has caused the ║ │
│║ band's music to transcend even that of the ║ │
│║ previous albums. ║ │
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│║ "Skyline" and "Exhale" were two completely ║ │
│║ unique entities to come out of the AMARANTHE ║ │
│║ discography, and for the bright light and ║ │
│║ brand-new sounds they bring to an AMARANTHE ║ │
│║ record. "Skyline" is more evocative of the ║ │
│║ transient Metalcore-Rock of Swedish bands like ║ │
│║ SONIC SYNDICATE, with a swinging, roller- ║ │
│║ coaster, head-spinning approach to upbeat riffs. ║ │
│║ "Exhale" beautifully closes the album, as I said ║ │
│║ Jake once again returning to the spotlight with ║ │
│║ his solo deliveries, but is special in and of ║ │
│║ itself, for bringing a beautiful, powerful and ║ │
│║ mid-tempo Symphonic-Gothic Metal style to the ║ │
│║ band's music, evocative of WITHIN TEMPTATION and ║ │
│║ DELAIN. Intentional or not, I most welcome these ║ │
│║ sounds. ║ │
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│║ The choice in new screamer, the dynamic vocal ║ │
│║ texturing, the everything; to say that AMARANTHE ║ │
│║ have made a perfect album is too closed a ║ │
│║ statement. MASSIVE ADDICTIVE is infinite. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Olof M÷rck - Guitars ║ │
│║ Johan Andreassen - Bass ║ │
│║ Morten L°we S°rensen - Drums ║ │
│║ Elize Ryd - Vocals ║ │
│║ Jake E. - Vocals ║ │
│║ Henrik Englund - Vocals ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Dynamite [03:14] │
│ 02 - Drop Dead Cynical [03:18] │
│ 03 - Trinity [03:12] │
│ 04 - Massive Addictive [03:29] │
│ 05 - Digital World [03:18] │
│ 06 - True [03:32] │
│ 07 - Unreal [03:36] │
│ 08 - Over And Done [03:39] │
│ 09 - Danger Zone [03:02] │
│ 10 - Skyline [03:40] │
│ 11 - An Ordinary Abnormality [03:29] │
│ 12 - Exhale [03:46] │
│ 13 - Trinity (Acoustic) (Bonus Track) [03:20] │
│ 14 - True (Acoustic) (Bonus Track) [03:23] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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