SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Amantyde was born on February 2006 in Treviso (Veneto, Italy). The genre which they direct themselves is an alternative metal, mainly inspired by bands as Exilia, Black Label Society and Katatonia. Band's members all come from different projects, which made them develop a deep live, studio and composition experience. After the recording of a previous four tracks promo CD called "Aurora" (March 2006), the band records on October 2006 at Majestic Studio (Venice, Italy), a seven tracks full length, called "Leavit all behind" which coming out on January 2007, has been welcomed in a very good way from press and local radios. The band on April 2007 starts to work with the management & promotion metal agency Alkemist Fanatix Europe from Florence, and on October of the same year it signs a contract with indie label Black Fading from Bologna. Amantyde band is now working on composition side and is promoting itself by a lot of live shows.
Amantyde are: Nicky (Lead Vocals), Randy (Guitars), Andrea (Bass, Backing Vocals) and Chad (Drums).
BIOGRAPHY BY MONTH:
FEBRUARY 2006:
After the death of hard rock
band called Mistery Motel, that was active
since 2002, the remaining members, Nicky,
the singer, Randy, guitar player, and Chad,
drummer, made up their mind to radically
change musical style that distinguished
them in the old project, hard & glam & funk
& some metal rock 'n' roll :), and to
concentrate their music creativity into a
more defined genre: alternative crossover
metal, taking inspiration from bands like Exilia,
Flowin Tears and In Flames.
Was fundamental, in this decision the coming
of Andrea (already singer in Swedish death
metal band "The Wood's Silence”) as bass
player and screamin'& growlin' backing vocals.
Tnx to his contribution, the band starts
to rebuild its own new identity, as in music as
in styling choices, and so, from ashes of
mistakes and victories of the past, Amantyde
was born. Amantyde wants to represent the
rebirth, the power of the infinitely little one,
violence of fragility, contradictions of beauty,
strength of weakness...
Amantyde is born to redeem itself from its
mistakes, to get free from guilt’s oppression,
to make a success from its insecurities.
Music, lyrics, all of Amantyde band wants to be
a tangible demonstration of their own war,
their own hope, anger and desperation.
That's why the project is based on the contrast
from an extremely feminine voice that,
although its clear stamp, heads to expression
techniques more than to extension abilities,
and a squared music carpet, inexorable,
with strong sonorous impact, that extremely
marks the rhythm, based on guitar riffs
in typical Black Label Society style.
This contrast is synthetically expressed
when lead vocal and backing male vocals
melt in chorus of songs.
MARCH 2006:
Site of Band is on-line:
www.amantyde.com.
Amantyde make their debut on Sonny Boy'
stage (Treviso).
Amantyde record a four - track promo CD,
at Groove Studio (Treviso), with in mind to
use this promo as an "aperitif" for the coming
full length, that they would have recorded
in the October of the same year.
Promo has been called "Aurora" and is
composed from: 01. Rebirth in ice;
02. Dust childhood; 03. Something to trust in;
04. Spitfire.
All the tracks
(exception made for Dust childhood)
have been Mistery Motel' songs, the only
songs that more approached arrival genre
of the band, above all “Spitfire” that is
considered the song of the definitive passage,
a track in full BLS style, made of warm tones
and locked rhythms, which words Nicky
dedicated to her old guitar player and
companion in misfortune, Ake, founder with
her of Mistery Motel band.
“Something to trust in” has been held in ladder
in spite of its typical love ballad classic rock
formulation, more for one emotional choice
than for a stylistic one. It was the first song
written from Nicky and which gave her greater
satisfactions in the past.
“Dust Childhood” has been the first track
composed by Amantyde plan, a simple and
directed crossover song, that talk about
violence to children.
Aurora, once recorded, it has been distributed
in next concerts. It has been received
with enthusiasm from the public and
Shapeless Zine gives it a positive review.
JULY 2006:
The group closes the season of
concerts momentarily and it is concentrated
on the preparation of the album.
AUGUST 2006:
As a result of some musical
incomprehension, the relationship between
Chad the drummer and the rest of the band
is concluded momentarily. Remaining Amantyde
decide to enter however in studios and to record
using drum programming.
OCTOBER 2006:
Amantyde enter for two weeks
to the Majestic Studios (Venice-Italy), where
they record their first album, entitled
“Leavit' all behind”, containing six tracks,
of which one a bonus track.
Track list is: 01. "Rebirth in ice” (rearranged);
02. “Leavit' all behind”; 03.“Fallen desires”;
04. “Spitfire”; 05. “Dust childhood” ;
06 "Rock'n'Fuckin Roll" as bonus track.
Two songs are opened by an electronic intro,
and the rearranging of first track consists above
all in having replaced the bridge clean of the
previous version with a completely electronic
arrangement, and the clean voice is replaced
by effects vocals.
The choice of introducing in musical picture of
the band an interpretation of the electronics,
was an already caressed idea, widened also
from the will to use a drum machine, and in
this album such experimentations find space
for their first realization.
Beyond to the three songs already in Aurora,
completely re-recorded, in the CD appears the
track that gives name to the album, that is
“Leavit all behind”, a track much beloved to
the band, which lyrics has been written by
Nicky and Andrea to represent the difficulties
that every single member has to face because
of their own chases of changing, as in
professional, as in personal point of view.
Track n.3 is, instead, the new slow one of
Amantyde: “Fallen Desires” is a ballad that
has let go old hard rock memories and is born
in pure Amantyde style.
Bonus track, “Rock'n'Fuckin' Roll”, on the
contrary, has been recorded and intentionally
inserted in the album to represent the essence
of the old plan and that it wants to honour and
not to deny the past: a 70's hard rock song,
which final intention is to de-dramatize, and to
contradict eternally the dark, angry and
sometimes melancholic atmosphere of the rest
of the album.
Beyond to six tracks in the CD, band record
also two unreleased, that will be published in
a second moment.
The official exit of "Leavit all behind" is for Jan 2007.
NOVEMBER 2006:
Fortunately band and Chad
the drummer exceeds the tensions that removed
them to him, and he returns playing with
Amantyde, reconstructing a friendship that
lasts from three years.
JANUARY 2007:
Amantyde start a collaboration
with distribution label No!Records, that will sell
the EP in Portugal and will promote it in whole Europe.
FEBRUARY 2007:
Amantyde sign a contract
with "Top Records" (indie label from Milan, Italy).
A division of this label, "Dive Art Promotion",
will promote the band and their album in Italy
and Europe through radios, zines and live events.
APRIL 2007:
Amantyde starts working with Alkemist Fanatix Europe,(Florence, Italy) one of the biggest metal agencies of the country.
AUGUST 2007:
Amantyde get classified for the 2nd place in SummerMusic Festival in Lonca di Codroipo (UD), that had seen them contest the finals with other 30 bands.
The band wins a bond of 30 hours of recording at Angel's Wings Studios (UD).
Randy classifies himself fifth as best guitar, Chad gets the quarter place as best drummer and Nicky the quarter place as best voice.
NOVEMBER 2007:
Amantyde sign a contract for artistic production with "Black Fading Records" a new label from Bologna directed by Cristiano Santini (ex lead vocal of Disciplinatha) which boasts numerous significant collaborations among which it is worth remembering Franco Battiato, CCCP, CSI. The band is
currently concentrated in composition for the new tracks that will complete 2008's Full-length (which will be recorded at Morphing Studio - Bologna); month of coming out has not been planned yet.
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