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amplifiertheband
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Armed with choruses more akin to detonations and an album joyous in its darkness AMPLIFIER are British rock reborn, post-classic rock if you will.

A band that didn't so much form as gravitate together at the beginning of the new century in Manchester, coalescing from DNA strands of Celtic spark & Byzantine motive. Ready to roll. Evolving from an arsenal of treasured teenage records; AMPLIFIER take Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Police, Mogwai, Massive Attack, Bowie and Brad -- in fact just about anything of any quality, and exhale it through a cloudburst of guitar pickups and distortion pedals.
The Amplifier story began nine years ago when Sel Balamir (guitar, vocals, London), armed with the spoils of another, ill-fated rock mission and high on ideas, invited Neil Mahony (bass, Dublin) and Matt Brobin (drums, Cardiff) to join him on an adventure that would take them to the outer reaches of the UK, then Europe and finally the universe.

Back then, with Neil working in a music store and Matt teaching drums, they knew where it could all go. All three had arrived in Manchester, now their adopted home, for their own reasons, living their separate storylines, but as soon as they met, they were united by a shared intention to make things bigger than they already are: to amplify.

Equipped with a philosophy that questions existence, Amplifier create grand, audacious music of gargantuan riffs sailing swollen serpentine bass spines, powered along on kerosene drums.

Fresh from explosive performances at this year's festivals, including taking the prestigious position of opening the main stage at the UK's Download festival and following Tool at Denmark's Roskilde, Amplifier are due to embark on live dates this Autumn across Europe in support of 'Insider', spreading their sound and vision wider with each release.

Revisiting the success of their debut, Amplifier recorded 'Insider' with the help of Steve Lyon (The Cure, Depeche Mode) with Sel Balamir taking the role of producer whilst Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro) was once again recruited to mix the album


In every moment I dismiss
And every metamorphosis
For from a bud the flowers bloom
A butterfly from each cocoon
It's all inside...

Band Members: Sel Balamir, Neil Mahony, Matt Brobin
City: Manchester
Hometown: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
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Channel Comments (7)
DNAction (4 months ago)
great music! respect from croatia!
countcant (5 months ago)
the new Zeppelin in every way....but with a better singer :)
thespacehopper (6 months ago)
See you when you hit Japan..(?).
From a fellow Mancunian.
fuzzbuzz2000 (11 months ago)
You guys are fuckin amazing!Hope you make it to portugal one day!!



Cheers
drhappyface (1 year ago)
aaaahhh i want to buy some of this music!! it's not on itunes. i guess i'll have to use amazon then.
animaldodeserto (1 year ago)
You guys are simply amazing! Just popped from out of nowhere to become one of my favorite bands!

I'll continue to follow your career closely, and i'm looking forward to buy your records online soon, because i think there hasn't been a release here in Portugal.

By the way, i heard you've had (or have) a portuguese sound technician called Rui, isn't it? I met his girlfriend here and she told me all about it, she was amazed there were Amplifier fans here in Portugal. At least one, there is!

Keep up the good/great/amazing work, i'm looking forward to see more of you guys!

Best regards from Portugal!
bastman (1 year ago)
You guys are great, I enjoyed your trip with Opeth through Germany.

Please don't stop making awesome music like this!