snart, mycket snart dyker det upp ett livstecken från oss.

soon, very soon there will be a sign of life from us.

/joakim hilda

Hey!

As you see we gave the myspace page an overhaul and now it should function smoothly.

The songs from the split records with Hiro are now all up in the player for you to listen. We decided to remove the old songs since our sound have evolved so much since the early stuff and we just want to move forward.

Speaking of moving forward, we are really working hard on our new songs and are very much alive as a band. We won't do any shows for a while since the new amalthea-sound is what we will be focusing on and we will first and foremost play the songs which we are working on at the moment, and we want to have all new material for our next show. 

We will  keep you updated on our progress and maybe give you a sneek-peek once we think that it's appropriate.

We are really looking forward to record our next album and tour so we can meet all of you again and again and again. 

But until then...

Until we are ready to get out on the road again...

we just want to say that we appreciate all of you who has been a part of  our positive experience as a band. Love to you all, and see you soon!

/Per

Hey! If you want to get your hands on an Amalthea CD or T-shirt then check out the home of the cool label Moment of collapse, they have our CD and some amalthea-shirts in stock! www.momentofcollapse.com have a nice day!

Hey!

 

So I'm finally back writing on our myspace-blog after our tour. The went very well and we met a lot of awesome people and thx to all the venues and bands we played with! We had a great time and felt it all was a good experience, although we had some really rough times, Erik and I (Per) got sick for a few days and we still did the shows planned and slept a lot. On top of it all our car we were suppose to drive from Germany to Sweden in after the tour was over broke down. We had to stay another night, got a ride from me and Eriks older brother Jens, who drove all the way down to pick us up, although Jeremias who owned the car stayed behind until it was fixed and drove back in it. A big thanks to Jens for doing this so we could get home to our beds =)

 

But we had a blast on the tour, we had a RELEASEPARTY in france with Hiro. So our split with Hiro from france is out on a 12" LP and soon it will also be out on a digipak CD (as soon as the pressing plant delivers it to the labels).

Check out www.impuremuzik.com/ if you want to get a copy.

The sampler for the newly started german label Moment of Collapse is also out and has 6 bands on it contributing 2 songs each, one of the bands are us =). It's a 12" LP with amazing artwork and can soon be bought through Moment of Collapse's webshop, but go to their page and send them an email if you want the record now. www.momentofcollapse.com

So the new releases areout for your listening pleasure...

 

Maybe you want to know what AMALTHEA plans on doing next? Well as of yesterday the work on our new songs for a new album started, we are really excited and all I can say at this point is that it seems very promising and the new stuff will take the next step in evolving our sound. If you listen to our album and then listen to our 3 songs on the amalthea/hiro split on impure muzik you will probably figure out that we are always looking to renew ourselves and keeping our sound interesting and innovative.

 

 

That's all for now, greetings from everyone in AMALTHEA

 

 

/// Per

So...we are leaving for Germany now,....a long drive....but tomorrow our tour starts!!!!


We hope to see many of you at the shows, we are soooooo excited about this!!


Drop by a show and you get a listen to new material and the good old stuff as well =), and maybe pick up a shirt or a record..hehe.

and btw,,,,,we still haven't found places to rock for the 18th and the 22nd of july..if you know someone or want us in your town/kitchen/bedroom whatever =) feel free to write us as soon as possible, we will be checking in here on myspace while on tour...


now we are off...see you in europe!!!



// AMALTHEA

HEy!


The summertour with only for the sake of aching is coming closer and almost all dates are confirmed.

Hope to see you at one of the shows =)
It will also be a releaseparty for the split with HIRO from france on the 18th of July in Bensancon, if you want to have a fresh copy on LP or CD that is the place to be!




PS. There are still some dates we haven't filled, we need some help with that and if you can get us a show we would be real happy =). Write us if you can help in any way!

The open dates:

16th of July
17th of July
20th of July
22nd of July



Have a nice day!

///Amalthea

Hey!



AMALTHEA will play on the 10th of may at Sockebruket in Lidköping with the bands The Legacy and Gold Kids and PDT


Hope to see you there =)

Hey!

it has been a long time since we gave everybody who reads our blog on myspace an update, so I thought I would write a little something about what is going on.


First of all we have all been very busy with personal stuff besides AMALTHEA, school, work, moving to new cities, so we are a little spread out geographically but it's only a small obstacle =).

We haven't rehearsed that much lately because of everything else going on but we got around on changing that fact recently and it felt good and we are still very creative and in tune with each other so new songs are on the way, and we hope to record some of the new stuff sometime soon.

And speaking of recordings, we are on a split with Hiro, Mr Willis of Ohio and another band (to be announced) which will be released soon by some labels (don't remember which exactly atm) amongst them is Impure Muzik.
We are going to contribute two songs with a total running time of approximately 14 minutes.

We are also going to put two b-side songs off the "Decsion should be..."-album on a sampler for the newly started label MOMENT OF COLLAPSE by the wonderful Jens and Basti from ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF ACHING.


What's more...eh...we are planning on touring with ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF ACHING this summer and dates will be coming around as soon as they are confirmed..but it will be around the first two weeks of july 2008 and we will drive to locations around europe.


We also hope all of you had a nice time during the holidays and hope the new year has something good in store for all of us...


DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.AMALTHEA.CC


I'll get back to you when I have the time to write more =).


cheers!


///Per

Here is two different reviews of our new album, both are in swedish but I have translated them to english so everyon can enjoy them. /Per


First one is from the Morning Newspaper HALLANDSPOSTEN (who also did a interview with us which you can fin here, only in swedish though =( , http://www.hallandsposten.se/artikel.asp?oid=247189 )

HALLANDSPOSTEN
"Inte en tråkig sekund"

Poäng: 4/5 ("Mycket Bra")
Amalthea:
"Decision Should Be A Desert, Bright And Clear"
(Ape Must Not Kill Ape Records)

HARDCORE. Det roligaste med att recensera skivor är när det dimper ner något jag aldrig hört talas om, som visar sig vara exakt det jag vill höra. Amalthea från Gislaved är precis en sådan kul upptäckt. De spelar en variationsrik form av hardcore.
Musiken bygger inte så mycket på hårdhet utan mer på en atmosfär som byggs upp och övergår i långa utbrott av bångstyriga skrikigare partier (eller tvärtom). "Decision..." känns mer som ett enda långt spår med en myriad av passager än som ett gäng låtar på samma platta. Det hindrar inte "The king takes the queen" att sticka ut som albumets höjdpunkt. Skönt rå sång som ändå blottar något mer i sin imperfektion, ett långt mässande parti, tokutbrott...Det blir inte tråkigt för en sekund.
"Decision..." är 38 händelserika minuter och det känns som att det finns väldigt mycket att upptäcka på varje genomlyssning.

Olof Hänel



"Not one second of boredom"

Rating: 4/5 (Very Good)
Amalthea:
"Decisions should be a desert, bright and clear"
(Ape Must Not Kill Ape Records)

HARDCORE. The most enjoyable thing about reviewing records is when something I've never heard of falls in my lap, and it turns out to be exactly the thing I wanted to hear. Amalthea from Gislaved is one of those discoveries. They play a varied form of hardcore. The music isn't based on that much heavyness but rather on an atmosphere that builds up and transcends in long outbursts of wild and louder parts (or the other way around).
"Decisions..." feels more like one long track with a myriad of passages than a couple of songs on a record. But this doesn't stop "The king takes the queen" from stiking out as the highlight of the album. Nice raw vocals that yet expose something more than it's imperfection, a long chanting part, a crazy outburst...Not one second of boredom.
"Decisions..." is 38 eventful minutes och it feels like there is a lot to discover every time you listen it through.

Olof Hänel






The second one is from a swedish netzine called THE SOUND MAGAZINE (and you can find the review here, but in swedish, http://www.thesound.se/?view=viewArticle&cat=recension&ID=85 )


THE SOUND MAGAZINE??År: 2007?Bolag: Ape Must not Kill Ape?Betyg: 6/10??1. Intro?2. Econ?3. The King Takes the Queen?4. A Valued Landscape?5. Gslvd?6. Feather?7. A World Captured in Slow Motion?8. I'll See You Again Tomorrow??Spår att kolla in extra noga: Econ, I'll See You Again Tomorrow??Amalthea från Småland skriver att de spelar screamo/emo/post-rock, vilket är ?ganska korrekt. Men här handlar det om riktig screamo och emo, inte någon ?fjoll-screamo/emo med förvirrade tonåringar som sjunger om kärlek och brustna ?hjärtan.??Att (riktig) screamo/emo-scenen är stor inom de "rätta kretsarna" i Sverige är ?det inga som helst tvivel om. Tyvärr får inte de bra banden mycket ?uppmärksamhet i media. Vilket kanske är bra, då hela scenen är ganska ?underground, och skulle förlora sin charm om den blev allt för kommersiell.??är du trött på Funeral Dinner och City Of Caterpillar och vill ha något svenskt? Kolla då ?in Amalthea!???THE SOUND MAGAZINE
?Year: 2007?Label: Ape Must Not Kill Ape?Rating: 6/10???1. Intro?2. Econ?3. The King Takes the Queen?4. A Valued Landscape?5. Gslvd?6. Feather?7. A World Captured in Slow Motion?8. I'll See You Again Tomorrow??Tracks to check out especially: Econ, I'll See You Again Tomorrow??Amalthea from Småland (a region in south of sweden) write that they play screamo/emo/post-rock, which is rather accurate. But here it's about real screamo and emo, not some wuss-screamo/emo by confused teenagers who sing about love and broken hearts.??There is no doubt that the (real) screamo/emo-scene is big in sweden among the "right crowd". Sadly enough the good bands don't get that much attention in the media, which may be a good thing, since the whole scene is pretty underground and would lose it's charm if it would become too commercial.??If you're tired of Funeral Dinner and City Of Caterpillar and want some something swedish, then check out AMALTHEA.

Hey!

So I thought I would post some links to sites which sell our latest record...there are quite alot so I guess if you search for it you will find it otherwise here are some places where to get it:


Where to get the amalthea cd:

europe shops/distros:
http://www.apemustnotkillaperecords.com/news.htm
http://www.heartonfire.be/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3
http://denovali.com/

us shops/distros:
http://www.ebullition.com/
http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=149509&


asian shops/distros:
http://www.hyper-enough-records.com/chaotic-a1.htm
http://www.recordshopbase.com/
http://shop2.genesis-ec.com/search/item.asp?shopcd=17263&item=400751
http://sundayworstenemy.blog25.fc2.com/




//Per