Manifest (Amaranthe album)

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Manifest
Amaranthe - Manifest.png
Studio album by
Amaranthe
Released2 October 2020 (2020-10-02)
Recorded16 March – 18 May 2020 (2020-03-16 – 2020-05-18)
Studio
Genre
Length40:13
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jacob Hansen
Amaranthe chronology
Helix
(2018)		Manifest
(2020)		 The Catalyst
(2024)
Singles from Manifest
  1. "Viral"
    Released: 26 June 2020 [5]
  2. "Strong"
    Released: 14 August 2020
  3. "Archangel"
    Released: 18 September 2020
  4. "Fearless"
    Released: 2 October 2020
  5. "Boom!1"
    Released: 5 November 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About the Rock7/10 [3]
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [1]
Hysteria Magazine7/10 [6]
Kerrang! 4/5 [4]
Metal Hammer (UK)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Metal Injection8/10 [7]

Manifest is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It was released on 2 October 2020 via Nuclear Blast. [8]

Contents

The album features guest appearances from Noora Louhimo of Battle Beast, Perttu Kivilaakso of Apocalyptica, Elias Holmlid of Dragonland, and Heidi Shepherd of Butcher Babies.

In an interview with HeadBangers Lifestyle, the band's guitarist and keyboardist Olof Mörck revealed that the album version of "Do or Die" will only contain Nils Molin's male clean vocals and Henrik Englund Wilhemsson's unclean vocals, while the single version of the song, which will appear as a bonus track on the album, only contains Elize Ryd's female clean vocals and Angela Gossow's harsh vocals. The guitar solo by Jeff Loomis appears on both versions of the song. [9] It is also the final album to feature Wilhemsson before his departure from the band on June 8, 2022.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Olof Mörck and Elize Ryd, except where noted

Manifest– Standard edition
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fearless" 3:31
2."Make It Better" 3:50
3."Scream My Name" 3:03
4."Viral" 3:01
5."Adrenaline" 3:09
6."Strong" (featuring Noora Louhimo) 3:06
7."The Game" 3:01
8."Crystalline" 3:20
9."Archangel" 3:23
10."Boom!1"
  • Mörck
  • Ryd
  • Henrik Englund
4:13
11."Die and Wake Up" 3:08
12."Do or Die" 3:28
Total length:40:13
Manifest– Japanese edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
13."Strong" (cinematic version)3:13
Total length:43:26
Manifest– Limited edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."82nd All the Way" (Sabaton cover)
  • Brodén
  • Chris Rörland
3:21
14."Do or Die" (single version, featuring Angela Gossow)  3:28
15."Adrenaline" (Spanglish acoustic version)  2:53
16."Crystalline" (orchestral version)  3:19
Total length:53:13
Manifest– Japanese deluxe edition (DVD)
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Do or Die" (music video)Marcus Overbeck4:39
2."Viral" (music video)Overbeck3:16
3."Manifest Studio Documentary" 15:02
Total length:22:57

Notes

Personnel

Amaranthe

Guest musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Manifest
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 56
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [14] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 82
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 4
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 152
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [19] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 43
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [21] 55
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 14

Notes

  1. ↑ Backing vocals only on "Boom!1" and "Do or Die" (album version).
  2. ↑ Except "Strong", "Crystalline", "Strong" (cinematic version), "Do or Die" (single version), "Adrenalina" (acoustic version) and "Crystalline" (orchestral version).
  3. ↑ Except "Strong" and "Do or Die" (single version).

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