Amaran started out as a band in the spring of 2000 and has since then
developed a dynamic and original way of writing songs, combining heavy
metalguitarrs with clear female vocals. Guitarrists Kari Kainulainen
and Ronnie Backlund started writing some music together and decided to
form a band. They found the rest of the members in bassplayer Mikael
Andersson, vocalist Johanna DePierre and drummer Robin Bergh. All of
the members came from different musical backgrounds and were eager to
put some good music together.



Before they had even found a drummer Amaran recorded their first
"promo 2000" and sent it to various zines, magazines and recordlabels.
It recieved excellent reviews in many well-acclaimed contexts and also
ended up landing them a record deal with Listenable Records.



The band set out to record their debutalbum A World Depraved in
February 2002 in Aabenra Studio in Denmark. The album was released over
Europe and was highly recommended by critics and fans all over. The
album was often described as somewhat original in the sense that the
combination of heavy guitars and intense drums and the clear female
vocals was not something that people were used to hearing. Promo
results were very encouraging : METAL HAMMER (IT) 8,5 /10, PERKELE(Fin)
(9,5/10), ROCK HARD (Ger) 9/10, METALLIAN (FR) 5/6, AARDSHOCK 80/100,
ROCK HARD(It)9/10.



Amaran was eager to write new songs after the realease of the debut
and developed a whole lot in this process and as a band during 2002.
Since the band was pretty young when they landed the recorddeal they
went through a whole lot both on a personal and professional level, and
became tighter as a band. The band finished about 14 songs that they
wanted to record and agreed with Listenable to record the follow-up in
April 2003. The new material was oriented in a heavier direction as to
accentuate the dynamics between the instrumental and the vocals
further. The album was recorded in Studio Underground, Sweden and is
entitled Pristine in Bondage.


Shortly after finishing the recording of the second album,
bassplayer Mikael decided that he wanted to leave the band due to
personal reasons. Fortunately they quickly found someone to replace him
in Ronnie Bergstål, an experienced bassplayer and drummer who was a
personal friend and had filled in for Mikael before.


Pristine in Bondage is set to be released through Listenable
Records on January 27 in a limited edition slipcase with bonus track,
and on the 17th of December 2003 in Japan (containing 3 bonus tracks).
Amaran has also recorded a video for the song ’Inflict’ (downloadable
on label and band sites) of the new album and is set to go on tour in
Benelux with SUN CAGED in Nov 2003 and with AFTER FOREVER in Jan 2004.