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L'album est vraiment excellent.
La chanteuse a une voix magnifique (elle est même merveilleuse sur Moonhorse et Bird Of Prey notamment 
).Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
Thrashos dans la voiture au Rock Am Bach pendant la tempête a écrit :Putain on va crever coincé là-dedans comme un hérisson dans un pot de Mc Fleury
Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-q2ZQi10QFranky a écrit :j'ai voté pour toi, car en plus d'être un crétin (comme Gasp), tu es malfaisant.
Raymond Westland of The Midlands Rocks recently conducted an interview with AVATARIUM singer Jennie-Ann Smith. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
The Midlands Rocks: Can you start by telling how you become involved with AVATARIUM?
Jennie-Ann Smith: AVATARIUM started out as a project from Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS) and Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH). Unfortunately, Mikael wasn't able to really commit himself due to time constraints. Marcus Jidell (EVERGREY) was also involved with the project. He has a studio in Stockholm, so he and Leif started to work on some demos. At some point they needed someone to lay down some vocals and they gave me a call. They liked what I sang for them on "Lady In The Lamb" and "Moonhorse" and they asked me to join the group. At first, they were looking for a male vocalist, but Marcus couldn't think of anyone who would fit the profile, so he approached me and the rest is history, as they say. [laughs]
The Midlands Rocks: They were actively seeking someone with a blues/classic rock background…
Jennie-Ann Smith: Yes, they were really looking for someone with a blues/classic rock background. Leif and Marcus worked with a couple of male vocalists from the metal genre, but they didn't really suit the music for AVATARIUM. I come more from a jazz and blues background, so singing that sort of material comes very natural to me. The marriage of their song material and my musical background is a very harmonious one. I'm really happy about it.
The Midlands Rocks: Most of the material for the album was already written before you came into the picture. How much room did you get to put your mark on the music?
Jennie-Ann Smith: As far as the vocals, I got a lot of freedom from Leif and the others to work with the music as I saw and felt it. In the beginning, I had some preconceived notions of how the music and vocals should sound like, but in order to get the best results, you really need to let all the possible stereotypes about a certain kind of music go and approach it with an open mind. When I got in the right mindset, things went very smooth. Within the band, all members have a very different musical background and taste in music. That really helps us to inspire each other and try out different things. The AVATARIUM record is something that we really wanted to make without any pressure or possible expectations from the outside world. When you're true to yourself and you make the sort of music you like, others will pick it up soon enough.
The Midlands Rocks: Honestly, I'm very surprised you're not well-known, because of your considerable vocal talent. Did you receive any formal training?
Jennie-Ann Smith: Well, I've been singing since early age and I'm active as a freelance musician here in Stockholm from time to time. I've studied music for some years, before I enrolled into university to study psychotherapy. As a dayjob, I work three days in one of the major hospitals here. Otherwise I like to keep myself occupied with music that really makes me feel good and that goes double for AVATARIUM. [laughs]
The Midlands Rocks: There's also an acoustic version of BLACK SABBATH's "War Pigs" on the "Moonhorse" EP. Whose idea was that?
Jennie-Ann Smith: It was actually my idea. We needed a bonus track for the EP. We discussed multiple songs, but we settled for a song by BLACK SABBATH. It made perfect sense to us because BLACK SABBATH is one of the heritage bands for doom metal. With female vocals the track became more interesting, because it hasn't been done that much before. I think our version turned out quite well. The other day I read a review in which the author wrote that he prayed to Tony Iommi that I wouldn't use operatic vocals in that song. I think that's funny, because many people have this preconception that female vocalists only use opera-styled vocals in metal. With AVATARIUM, we do quite something different in that regard. [laughs]
Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/avatar ... Wdhl1vt.99
Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
Thrashos dans la voiture au Rock Am Bach pendant la tempête a écrit :Putain on va crever coincé là-dedans comme un hérisson dans un pot de Mc Fleury
Now Avatarium is working on a follow-up EP, and the band has issued the following brief recording update:
"Today we recorded drums for the new Avatarium EP in Studio Gröndahl run by David Castillo. Rickard Gustavsson assisted and did a great job! Lars Sköld made that vintage Gretsch kit sound amazing!!"
Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, gloomy metal outfit Avatarium have announced the release of their All I Want EP. The vinyl/digital only EP will be out November 14th via Nuclear Blast.
It all began in winter 2012, when Leif Edling (Candlemass) needed help to demo a couple of songs he was working on, and Marcus Jidell (Evergrey) offered to help. Weeks turned into months and a few songs became the first full length album, Avatarium, mixed by well-known Swedish engineer Ronny Lahti.
Enter 2014, Avatarium feel the need to break new grounds musical wise and after listening to some old vinyl records, the desire to get closer to this kind of material was born. With a new demo track at hand, bassist Leif Edling was joined by guitarist Marcus Jidell to work on the song that would be called "All I Want". While the two musicians got deeper into exploring where they want to take the music of Avatarium and how they can keep things interesting for themselves and for the fans, yet another song was created, and the idea to make a new EP was fully set.
The old spirit comes even more alive, with psychedelic percussionist Michael Blair, who has worked with Tom Waits and Lou Reed among others, guesting on "All I Want".
Commented guitarist Marcus Jidell: “He showed up at the studio with a big "bag of tricks" with metals, crashers, shakers and a lot of strange things which he made sound like if you throw in a punkrocker at Woodstock and feed him with psychedelic pills!”
About the new songs, he adds: “We tried to keep things simple and spontaneous during the recordings, something I hope people will be able to hear. Also I think that Jennie-Ann Smith has reached new levels with the way she sings on both of the new songs!”
All I Want EP tracklisting:
10’’
Side A (45 RPM)
"All I Want"
"Deep Well"
Side B (33 RPM)
"Pandora’s Egg" (live)
"Tides Of Telepathy" (live)
"Bird Of Prey" (live)
The three live songs were recorded at the 2013 edition of renowned Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, which was the second ever Avatarium show and the first one outside of Sweden.
Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
Gaëtan au KIT a écrit :Y'a des sites sur internet où tu marques ce que t'as picolé et ça te dit combien de temps il te faut pour dé-saouler. Et ben des fois c'est une semaine...
très proche du récent Candlemass) et aussi, même si ça n'a rien à voir, de l'avant dernier Cathedral "The Guessing Game". Voix sublime, expressive et mystique + savoir faire du père Edling, Candlemass peut dormir en paix s'il continue à vivre sous le nom d'Avatarium.
