Amaranthe is a Swedish "melodic death metal" band, though I would scoot them towards the "post-hardcore" genre instead, maybe even "power metal" if I really had to. The group features stylings from three vocalists: clean female, clean male and male throat. Variety is the spice of life, after all. I discovered them during my tour of the world of metal via Youtube, and was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked a handful of their songs. "Hunger" is definitely the best of the bunch (with honorable mention to "Automatic" and "1000000 Light Years").
Why?
Some might say three vocalists in a band is two too many, but here you've got a contrast between the singers and the screamers. It's just fun music. It's easy to tell when a metal or hardcore band take themselves too seriously, and it makes it hard to enjoy the music as I would like to. Amaranthe, I've decided on what genre to put you in..."fun metal!" And the chorus? It's beautiful. I would enjoy metal even more than I already do if more bands had a woman vocalist in contrast to their growler. Maybe the Swedish are on to something...
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