Elize Ryd
| Elize Ryd | |
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Ryd live with Amaranthe at the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd |
| Born |
15 October 1984 Värnamo, Småland  Sweden
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| Genres |
Power metal Metalcore Melodic death metal Symphonic metal Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer musician composer songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels |
Spinefarm Records Universal Music Group |
| Associated acts |
Amaranthe Kamelot Falconer Dragonland Avalon Docker's Guild |
| Website | elizeryd |
Elize Ryd (born 15 October 1984) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, dancer, composer and show artist, best known as one of the three vocalists in the melodic metalcore/power metal band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to the band's inception by performing guest vocals for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot, both on tour and in the studio. She sings in the soprano range.
Elize started out her singing career, after graduating from a 3-year education at Performing Arts School, as a cabaret performer at the Cabaret Lorensberg in Gothenburg. She also did some chorus for different local bands such as Falconer. When she met Jake E in a club in Gothenburg, who requested she record vocals for a song with his band Dreamland titled "Fade Away". Jake E later introduced her to Olof Morck, who proposed a collaboration with his band Dragonland to which she agreed. It was around this time that symphonic metal band Nightwish took interest in Elize as a replacement for their previous singer Tarja Turunen, although she was ultimately not chosen for the role. She has stated in an interview that this was because she was a little too young, had a lack of experience and was unfamiliar with the industry. At the same time she, Olof and Jake talked about starting their own band with her as a lead singer and composer. The band was named Avalanche which was later renamed to Amaranthe for legal reasons.
In early 2009, Amaranthe released their debut EP, Leave Everything Behind. In early 2011 they released their first two singles, "Hunger" and "Rain" before releasing their debut album Amaranthe, which reached a peak position of 35th on Swedish charts and 16th on Finnish Charts. With this album the band released two music videos, one for the aforementioned song "Hunger" and another for the song "Amaranthine". Both were directed by Patric Ullaeus for Revolver Films. There was also a video shot for '1.000.000 Lightyears', the fourth single from their debut album.
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