Massive Addictive

Massive Addictive is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Amaranthe. It is also the first album with Henrik Englund on harsh vocals, replacing former growling vocalist Andreas Solveström, who left the band in 2013.[1]

Massive Addictive
Studio album by Amaranthe
Released	October 15, 2014
Recorded	April 27 – June 12, 2014
Studio	Jacob Hansen (Ribe, Denmark) Gothenburg Rock (Gothenburg, Sweden) Amaranthe (Gothenburg)
Genre	Power metal metalcore melodic death metal
Length	41:03
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Jacob Hansen
Amaranthe chronology
The Nexus (2013) Massive Addictive (2014) Maximalism (2016)
Singles from Massive Addictive
"Drop Dead Cynical" Released: September 16, 2014 "Trinity" Released: September 29, 2014 "Dynamite" Released: October 13, 2014 "Digital World" Released: May 11, 2015 "True" Released: October 30, 2015

Track listing

All tracks are written by Olof Mörck, Jake E Lundberg and Elize Ryd; except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dynamite"	3:14
2.	"Drop Dead Cynical"	3:17
3.	"Trinity"	3:11
4.	"Massive Addictive"	3:29
5.	"Digital World"	3:17
6.	"True"	3:30
7.	"Unreal"	3:36
8.	"Over and Done" (Mörck, Jake E)	3:38
9.	"Danger Zone"	3:01
10.	"Skyline"	3:39
11.	"An Ordinary Abnormality" (Mörck, Jake E)	3:28
12.	"Exhale" (Mörck, Jake E)	3:43
Total length:		41:11

Deluxe & Japanese Editions bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Trinity" (Acoustic)	3:20
14.	"True" (Acoustic)	3:23
Total length:		47:53

Spotify bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"1.000.000 Lightyears" (Live)	3:26
Total length:		44:37

Personnel

Amaranthe Jake E. Lundberg - clean vocals (male) Elize Ryd - clean vocals (female) Olof Mörck - guitars, keyboards, programming Johan Andreassen - bass Morten Løwe Sørensen - drums Henrik Englund - unclean vocals Production Jacob Hansen - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering Olof Mörck - production, mixing Jake E. Lundberg - mixing

Guest musicians Elias Holmlid - keyboards on "Over and Done" Michael Vahl - additional vocals on "An Ordinary Abnormality" Miscellaneous Gustavo Sazes - artwork, cover art Jonas Haagensen - studio assistant Daniel Antonsson (Dimension Zero, ex-Dark Tranquillity, ex-Soilwork) - recording (guitars) Patric Ullaeus - photography

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2]	194
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3]	6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	89
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	53
US Billboard 200[8]	105
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9]	25
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[10]	3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11]	1

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/massive-addictive-mw0002724313
2. "Ultratop.be – Amaranthe – Massive Addictive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
3. "Amaranthe: Massive Addictive" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
4. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
5. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2014-10-27" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Amaranthe – Massive Addictive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Amaranthe – Massive Addictive". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
8. "Amaranthe Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
9. "Amaranthe Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
10. "Amaranthe Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
11. "Amaranthe Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2014.