A World Depraved专辑介绍
Recorded and mixed during 16 days in February 2002 at Aabenraa Studio (Denmark) together with engineer Jacob Hansen.
Mastered at Cutting Room (Sweden) by Rickard Monsén.
Artwork design by Daniel Long, booklet design by Sven at Dirge Design
"Amaran was a Swedish band that played an interesting mix of melodic death metal, gothic metal, and power metal on their debut before changing into a power thrash metal band later on. The heavy and agressive riffs and Johanna's (vocalist) voice sound fantastic together. And of coarse a debut is usually never that great, which their debut that was released in 2002 with the title "A World Depraved", really wasn't. I started listening to "Amaran" several years after they broke up, and when I heard music from this album I thought it was pretty bad.
First off, the vocals in their debut sounded heavier, duller, and forced. The guitars sounded blurred and less crisp and the production wasn't that great. At first, I thought the guitars didn't have any leads (or at least close to none) and the sound was very choppy. But as time passed I came to realise several things. The vocals, while being very forced, were still pretty tasteful, but sometimes curved a little flat. The vocals would've also sounded better if there weren't any background vocals, the two notes would sometimes not blend right. The guitars are blurred and the production isn't that great, but the sound is still organized and the riffs are still catchy and agressive. The last thing is that there are actually many leads, but they were very subtle, and created a very good background for the vocals.
So, this album might not do it for some people, but if you listen to it and find out for yourself it might be worth the investment. It's a solid album and I plan to see this album in my collection in the near future.
Highlights: Lullaby
Mastered at Cutting Room (Sweden) by Rickard Monsén.
Artwork design by Daniel Long, booklet design by Sven at Dirge Design
"Amaran was a Swedish band that played an interesting mix of melodic death metal, gothic metal, and power metal on their debut before changing into a power thrash metal band later on. The heavy and agressive riffs and Johanna's (vocalist) voice sound fantastic together. And of coarse a debut is usually never that great, which their debut that was released in 2002 with the title "A World Depraved", really wasn't. I started listening to "Amaran" several years after they broke up, and when I heard music from this album I thought it was pretty bad.
First off, the vocals in their debut sounded heavier, duller, and forced. The guitars sounded blurred and less crisp and the production wasn't that great. At first, I thought the guitars didn't have any leads (or at least close to none) and the sound was very choppy. But as time passed I came to realise several things. The vocals, while being very forced, were still pretty tasteful, but sometimes curved a little flat. The vocals would've also sounded better if there weren't any background vocals, the two notes would sometimes not blend right. The guitars are blurred and the production isn't that great, but the sound is still organized and the riffs are still catchy and agressive. The last thing is that there are actually many leads, but they were very subtle, and created a very good background for the vocals.
So, this album might not do it for some people, but if you listen to it and find out for yourself it might be worth the investment. It's a solid album and I plan to see this album in my collection in the near future.
Highlights: Lullaby