Year : 2025
Style : Metalcore , Alternative Metal , Nu-Metal
Country: Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 109 mb
Bio:
Avatar is a metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden.The band was formed in 2001 by drummer John Alfredsson and singer Johannes Eckerström. After a turbulent start, the line up settled in the fall of 2003 and stayed the same for ten years. In February 2013 guitarist Simon Andersson left the band, being replaced by Tim Öhrström.Avatar has seen several European tours as supporting act for Impaled Nazarene (May 2006), Evergrey (October - November 2006), In Flames (March 2007), Obituary (January - February 2008), Hardcore Superstar (October - November 2009), Warrior Soul (March - April 2010), Dark Tranquillity (October - November 2010), Helloween (December 2010 - January 2011) and Avenged Sevenfold/Five Finger Death Punch (November 2013) as well as an American tour with Lacuna Coil/Sevendust (February 2013). The band has performed on several of the larger music festivals in Sweden, e.g. Sweden Rock Festival,Arvikafestivalen and Storsjöyran.Schlacht, the second album by Avatar was released in October 2007, reaching spot 27 on the Swedish album chart.Björn Gelotte from In Flames contributed a guitar solo on the track Letters From Neverend.The band's third album, the self-titled Avatar, was released in Sweden in November 2009 reaching the 36th position on the national album chart.Most of the year up until the release of the album was spent in the studio. In January 2010 the band signed with Sony Music for the German and Swiss release of the latest album on March 26, 2010.[4] In April of the same year a deal was signed with the Japanese label Art Union, for a May 19 launch of the album.On January 25, 2012 the album Black Waltz was released in Europe. It reached position 25 on the album list in Avatar's native Sweden.The album was released in the US on February 14.In the fall of 2013 the band spent a month in Thailand recording for a new album, planned for release in March 2014.In 2013, after the wife of the singer of the band Device had pregnancy problems, they had to back down from the tour and Avatar was picked by Avenged Sevenfold to replace Device and continue to tour with them and Five Finger Death Punch.On March 11, 2014 it was announced that Avatar's fifth album would be titled Hail the Apocalypse and will be released May 13, 2014 via eOne Music. The album's first single, the title track, will be released March 17, 2014 and will be accompanied by a video according to a March 10 interview with vocalist Johannes Eckerström. The new album is produced by Tobias Lindell and mixed by Jay Ruston.In January 2010 the music video for the song Queen of Blades was released on the band's website. Blizzard Entertainment mentioned this on their Facebook and Twitter pages, since the song is about the character Sarah Kerrigan from their game Starcraft,giving the band much attention among the game's many fans.
Album:
Swedish metallers AVATAR will release their tenth studio album, "Don't Go In The Forest", on October 31.Two decades into their tenure as metal’s resident ringmasters, Avatar have rarely sounded this sure-footed. Their last outing, 2023’s Dance Devil Dance, showed flashes of mainstream bite with the slow-burning success of The Dirt I’m Buried In. Now Don’t Go In The Forest pushes further, twisting their carnival metal into a set of huge, sticky choruses and sharpening their misfit DNA into songs built to go the distance.We get our first taste on Tonight We Must Be Warriors, a rousing anthem with the widescreen lift of Welcome To The Black Parade. Barely a beat passes before In The Airwaves muscles through, Jonas Jarlsby’s hulking riffs and Johannes Eckerström’s rasp slammed against an 80s-tinted chorus, a reminder that with Avatar you should always expect the unexpected.That unpredictability runs riot through the record. Captain Goat lurches like a sea shanty; Dead And Gone And Back Again dances like a dark folk shuffle shot through with tremolo and Johannes’s madman cackle. It’s classic Avatar. Even Abduction Song, with its skittering percussion and sideways storytelling, finds room for a wink amid the creepiness. Yet stepping away from that mischief, the title track dives headlong into glossy 80s AOR, showing how easily they can park the sideshow for a straight-up singalong. And that’s really the point.For all its stylistic detours, what’s striking is how unashamedly hook-driven this record is. From the impish swing of Abduction Song to the storm-lit pull of Magic Lantern in all its Ozzy-esque grandeur, this is their most accessible outing in years, and a reminder that beneath the greasepaint lies a band intent on outdoing itself. With European dates alongside Iron Maiden under their belts and a UK arena run with Metallica ahead, Avatar seem poised for one of the most buoyant periods of their career.
Line-Up:
Johannes Michael Gustaf Eckerström - Vocals (?-2003, 2003-present) - See also: ex-Trivium (live)
Tim Öhrström - Guitars (2012-present) - See also: ex-Eternity Remains
Jonas Jarlsby - Guitars (2001-present) - See also: ex-Lost Soul
Henrik Sandelin - Bass (2003-present)
John Alfredsson - Drums (2001-present)
Tracklist:
01. Tonight We Must Be Warriors
02. In the Airwaves
03. Captain Goat
04. Don't Go in the Forest
05. Death and Glitz
06. Abduction Song
07. Howling at the Waves
08. Dead and Gone and Back Again
09. Take This Heart and Burn It
10. Magic Lantern
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