Jake E (voz) deja definitivamente AMARANTHEDurante la gira europea del disco "Maximalism", el vocalista y co-fundador Jake E. se tomo un
descanso de la banda. Pero en una entrevista exclusiva con BraveWords, Jake hace oficial y final su salida de Amaranthe.
Declaraciones del vocalista:"Yo y Olof (Mörck / guitarras) comenzamos la banda hace siete u ocho años, y todo despegó de una manera que no podíamos haber imaginado". "Amaranthe se convirtió en un gran éxito y recorrimos el mundo, y nos divertimos mucho haciendo eso. Los dos primeros álbumes (debut homónimo y The Nexus) eran exactamente como quería que sonara la banda, una mezcla entre guitarras parecidas a Soilwork y las melodias y voces tipo Bon Jovi, combinadas con una voz femenina, combinabos elementos diferentes, pero lo principal en la música era la base metal. En el álbum Massive Addictive empezó a cambiar a otra cosa que yo realmente no controlaba, se puede escuchar en las canciones que yo estaba más involucrado en el trabajo y son muy metal. Cuando empezamos a trabajar en el álbum Maximalism me encontré que no era el Amaranthe que había ayudado a crear al principio. No era del todo mi visión y me di cuenta de que tenía que ser fiel a mí mismo. Eso fue en marzo de 2016. Me encanta viajar, me encantan los fans, pero sentía que no era fiel a mí mismo.
"Mi idea desde el principio es que se suponía que seríamos seis personas en una banda que se esforzaba por el mismo objetivo. Nunca nadie había visto a tres cantantes en una banda de metal antes, y ese era mi punto para vender Amaranthe. Se debía de vender como una banda con tres cantantes y trabajé en los dos primeros álbumes, pero sentí que mi lugar tanto en los discos como en vivo se redujo, sentí como si fuera superfluo."
"Conozco mi potencial como cantante y compositor, pero en los últimos dos años sentí que no estaba alcanzando ese potencial", dice Jake. "Difícilmente puedes escucharme en el nuevo álbum de Amaranthe. Tengo una pequeña parte aquí y una pequeña parte allí, así que empecé a sentirme más como un cantante de apoyo. Tengo 35 años, y decidí que tengo que continuar con la música que me hace feliz. Estar con los fans me hace feliz y estar de gira es lo mejor que he hecho, pero no puedo estar en el escenario si no creo en lo que estoy haciendo. Esa es la razón principal por la que dejé Amaranthe".
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By Carl Begai
Since the October 2016 release of Amaranthe's fourth album, Maximalism, vocalist and co-founder Jake E. has been conspicuous in his absence from the touring trail and in the press. The band's triple vocalist attack remained intact for the band's 2016 European tour, however, thanks to Smash Into Pieces singer Chris Adams, who had stepped in for Jake on previous tours when he was honouring other commitments. In November 2016, Jake issued a statement hinting that he had run out of steam, announcing that he was taking a break from the band for an unknown amount of time. In an exclusive interview with BraveWords, Jake makes his departure from Amaranthe official and final. Read on...
"Me and Olof (Mörck / guitars) started the band seven or eight years ago, and everything took off in a way we couldn't have imagined," Jake begins. "Amaranthe became a huge success and we toured the world, and we had a lot of fun doing that. The first two albums (self-titled debut and The Nexus) were exactly what I wanted the band to sound like; a mix between those Soilwork-like guitars and melodic Bon Jovi-type vocals combined with a female voice. Different elements combined, but the main thing in the music was the metal base. On the Massive Addictive album it started to change into something else that I didn't really control, and you can hear the songs that I was more involved in working on are very metal. When we started working on the Maximalism album I found that it wasn't the Amaranthe I had helped create at the start. It wasn't my vision at all and I realized that I had to be true to myself. That was back in March 2016. I love to tour, I love the fans, but I felt that if I wasn't true to myself."
"My idea from the beginning is that we were supposed to be six people in a band striving for the same goal. Nobody had ever seen three singers in a metal band in that formation before, and that was my whole selling point for Amaranthe. We should be marketed as a band with three singers and it worked on the first two albums, but I felt that my place both on the albums and live was reduced; I felt like I was superfluous."
Truth be told, it becomes clear upon repeated listens to the Maximalism album that, by accident or design, Jake does indeed play a reduced role in the songs compared to Amaranthe's previous three records. More often than not he can be heard harmonizing rather than offering stand-alone performances.
"I know my potential as a singer and a songwriter, but over the last couple years I felt I wasn't reaching that potential," says Jake. "You can hardly hear me on the new Amaranthe album. I have a small part here and a small part there, so I started to feel more like a backing singer. I'm 35 years old, and I decided I have to continue with music that makes me happy. Meeting the fans makes me happy and touring is the best thing I've ever done, but I can't stand on stage not believing in what I'm doing. That's the main reason I left Amaranthe."
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