Back on June 6th, 2014, Amaranthe vocalist Elize Ryd had the rare chance to perform with Kamelot, something she hasn't done since 2012 when she was on tour with them as a guest singer. Ground zero was the Sweden Rock festival in Solvesborg and it was a return that was long overdue according to many fans, Kamelot’s current guest vocalist Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) included.

“I was very nervous to be honest,” Elize admits. “I was wondering if I would still know the songs (laughs). Alissa has been on tour with them a lot, so I only went out for ‘Sacrimony’ and two other tracks that I know really well. It was amazing but it felt very strange because it had been such a long time since I was on stage with them. It was a good feeling to be up there, though, because I love working with Kamelot and I love their music. It was a lot of fun and it was very refreshing for me, too.”

Go to this location for the complete interview. Check out footage of Elize performing with Kamelot at Summer Breeze 2014 below:

Amaranthe kicked of their North American tour supporting Within Temptation on September 25th in San Francisco, CA at  The Regency Ballroom. Fan-filmed video is available below.

The band's setlist on the night was as follows:

"Digital World" (new song)

"Hunger"
"Invincible"
"Massive Addictive" (new song)

"Amaranthine"
"Call Out My Name"
"Afterlife"
"Drop Dead Cynical" (new song)

"The Nexus"

Amaramthe's schedule is now as follows:

September (w/ Within Temptation)

30 - First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN

October (w/ Within Temptation)

1 - Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL 
2 - Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI 
3 - The Sound Academy – Toronto, ON 
5 - Metropolis – Montreal, QC 
7 - Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD 
9 - Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA 
10 - Terminal 5 – New York, NY 
11 - The Palladium – Worcester, MA

October (headline)

25 - Gas Monkey - Dallas, TX
26 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
27 - House of Blues - New Orleans
29 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
30 - State Theater - St. Petersburg, FL
31 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

Amaranthe released their new single "Drop Dead Cynical", taken from their forthcoming album Massive Addictive, last week. The band has checked in with the following update:

"35,000 plays in the first day! This makes 'Drop Dead Cynical' the strongest single release in Amaranthe history by a large margin, thank you!  Of course, a video is soon to follow...!"

The song jumped immediately to #4 on the Swedish iTunes charts.

Massive Addictive tracklisting:

"Dynamite"
"Drop Dead Cynical"
"Trinity"
"Massive Addictive"
"Digital World"
"True"
"Unreal"
"Over and Done"
"Danger Zone"
"Skyline"
"An Ordinary Abnormality"
"Exhale"