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Elize Ryd (born 15th October 1984) is a Swedish singer in the Power Metal band Amaranthe.

Career
Elize started out her singing career when she Jake E. from the band Dreamland where she recorded the song "Fade Away". She was then asked to do a collaboration with Olof Mörck's band Dragonland, where she recorded vocals on their album Cassiopeja. It was around this time that Symphonic Metal band Nightwish took interest in Elize as a replacement from their singer Tarja Turunen although Elize turned down the position as she had just graduated from a 3 year education at Gothernburg Performing Arts School and instead wanted to join Olof and Jake's band Avalanche, later renamed to Amaranthe.

They released their debut EP, (Leave Everything Behind), in 2009. In early 2011 they released their first single, (Hunger) before releasing their first album (Amaranthe). With this album she released two music videos for the songs Hunger and Amaranthine directed by Patric Ullaeus and Revolver Films.

In 2012 she recorded guest vocals for Kamelot's new album Silverthorn where she featured on 4 tracks and one music video.

On January 27th, 2013, Amaranthe announced that they will be releasing a new album (The Nexus) in March 2013, starting with Japan on March 13th.

Singles

 * "Leave Everything Behind" (2009)
 * "Hunger" (2011)
 * "Rain" (2011)
 * "Amarathine" (2011)
 * "1.000.000" Lightyears (2012)
 * "The Nexus" (2013)

Albums

 * Amaranthe (2011)
 * The Nexus (2013)

Music Videos

 * "Hunger" (2011)
 * "Amaranthine" (2011)
 * "1.000.000 Lightyears" (2012)
 * "The Nexus" (2013)