Elize Ryd

Add to favorites

Edit page

Search at Amazon

Stats

Birth Name: Elize Ryd

Age: 41, born 15 October 1984

Country of origin: Sweden

Height: 5' 6"

Relationship Status: Single

Lists

64 votes

Sweet Female Rockers (45 items)
list by Bubs

Published 14 years, 8 months ago

7 comments

34 votes

My Rock|Metal Girl's (UPDATED) (14 items)
list by Sarah Raquel

Published 13 years ago

2 comments

31 votes

born in year 1987 (293 items)
list by evvie

Published 13 years ago

1 comment

27 votes

Beautiful Female Singers/Vocalists (20 items)
list by 4crazyweldermen

Published 15 years, 11 months ago

8 comments

20 votes

Gorgeous Singers (239 items)
list by logymw

Published 6 years, 8 months ago

View all Elize Ryd lists

Elize Ryd Videos

Elize Ryd Dance Training

178 Views

Added 12 years ago

Dreamstate Feat. Elize Ryd - Evolution

127 Views

Added 12 years ago

Nightwish feat. Elize Ryd - Nemo

107 Views

Added 12 years ago

View all Elize Ryd videos

Photos

8 votes

6 votes

5 votes

4 votes

View all Elize Ryd pictures

Description: Elize Ryd is a Swedish singer, dancer, composer and show artist. Most famous for being the female vocalist for the band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to the band's inception by performing guest vocals for the symphonic metal band Kamelot both on tour and in the studio. She sings in the soprano range. Elize started out her singing career when she recorded backing vocals for power metal band Falconer's third and fourth albums in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Some years later she met Jake E. in a club in Gothenburg, who requested she record vocals for a song with his band Dreamland titled "Fade Away". Elize Ryd is a Swedish singer, dancer, composer and show artist. Most famous for being the female vocalist for the band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to the band's inception by performing guest vocals for the symphonic metal band Kamelot both on tour and in the studio. She sings in the soprano range.

Elize started out her singing career when she recorded backing vocals for power metal band Falconer's third and fourth albums in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Some years later 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 Mörck, who proposed a collaboration with his band Dragonland to which she agreed, and went on to record vocals for three songs on Dragonland's fourth album Astronomy. 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 had a lack of experience and was unfamiliar with the industry. After graduating from a 3 year education at Gothenburg Performing Arts School however, Olof and Jake invited her to join their new band Avalanche as the lead singer and composer, 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 single "Hunger" before releasing their debut album Amaranthe. 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.
On January 25, 2013, Amaranthe released a new single titled "The Nexus" and a music video for it, announcing that they would be releasing a new album titled The Nexus on various dates in March 2013, starting with Japan on March 13.

Since Amaranthe's explosion in popularity, Elize has featured on songs by several different artists she had not previously collaborated with. In 2011 she had three notable collaborations that were all released commercially. These consisted of guest vocals for Swedish rock band Takida's fourth album The Burning Heart and Renegade Five's September 2011 EP Life Is Already Fading.
Beside fellow Amaranthe vocalists Jake E. and Andreas Solveström, Elize once again featured on a Dragonland album - this time the band's fifth album Under the Grey Banner.

... (more)