Amaranth was formed in spring 1999 during the NATO bombing, as acoustic project of Danilo Nikodinovski. Danilo is also known as the singer/guitarist of Consecration.
"Silent" and "Spleen" were recorded during 2001 and 2002 by two Serbian famous producers, Nikola Vranjkovic (songwriter/guitarist of Block Out) who started the recording, and Dragoljub Markovic Bleq (Marcelo, Autopark) who finished it. The two songs were on hold for a while because the tape recorder broke down, and the studio was moving over to another location shortly afterwards. Vranjkovic commented once that "Amaranth was the most beautiful music he had ever recorded."
After those two recordings Danilo dedicated fully to Consecration. Although there were fans already who were constantly asking about the future of Amaranth, it wasn't until the summer of 2007 when Danilo thought about doing some new Amaranth tracks. There was the idea of special Antimatter show in Belgrade, so Danilo asked his friend Nikola Milojevic to help him out supporting them.
Amaranth played live for the first time on December 4th 2007 supporting Antimatter (Eire) and Leafblade (UK). Antimatter asked Danilo to join them to play three Antimatter songs together, which he accepted gladly. The reception from the audience was very warm and supportive, so Amaranth played again - supporting Danny Cavanagh and Duncan Patterson on March 9th, 2008. Danny is Anathema's songwriter/lead guitarist and needless to say he has been a great influence on Amaranth, so the show was real success and a great honour for the band.
Amaranth had a special solo performance on June 26th 2008 with some special guests from their musical soulmates Rain Delay. Amaranth also did some unusual yet interesting covers of Katatonia ("Rainroom"), My Dying Bride ("The Cry Of Mankind"), Jesu ("Friends Are Evil") and Black ("Everything Is Coming Up Roses"), which might show up on the long awaited Amaranth studio debut.
The band played again supporting Antimatter on February 18th 2009. There are no plans yet for future live shows. Amaranth debut is expected for mid-2009.
You can download "Silent" and "Spleen" on this address:
http://users.pandora.be/cmb/amaranth
You can download "You Shine, Beyond Dawn" EP on http://www.podroom.org/amaranth
Amaranth played a special "half-cover" of "Najduzi Je Poslednji Sat" on December 4th 2007, with singer Milutin Mita Jovancic (Block Out) himself as a special guest:
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