We’re back! After some time in the studio, and some days vacation we just started our Non Stop World Wide Tour, begun with supporting Sabaton in Stenungsund, Sweden, then Varberg (see photo). Great weather, and great audience, I feel so happy! 🙂
We will continue with shows every weekend the rest of the summer, then we will travel to USA together with Within Temptation and then we play a headline show in Mexico, then Loud Park in Japan on my 30:th birthday!! Then back to the U.S, and so it continues…. You can follow my journey here on the blog, and on Instagram or Facebook.
I hope you all had a wonderful summer so far! See you! ❤️:)

This Midsummer I got the honor to spend 3 awesome days with my mom. Because of my job we don’t get the chance to meet very often. So when it happens it makes me very happy! I

feel complete with her around me. Thanks to my mom I am alive. My mom made me love music. My mom told me to always follow my dreams. My mom taught me to be strong. Thanks mom for everything you’ve done for me. I love you!

I hope you all doing good and that you had a great weekend, and still have! Yesterday I recorded a song for a new project I will participate in. It’s the second part of a Rock/Metal Musical called “Memorial for a Wish” written by Andreas Nergård. I sing duet with the Swedish singer Andi Kravljaca. The first album was released in April last year and featured Göran Edman, Åge Sten Nilsen, Ralf Scheepers, Andi Kravljaca ++
Tonight I will stay indoor, drink some green tee from Japan and watch Tv. I wish you all a smooth Saturday! 😉

Nu skriver jag på svenska för att Valborg ju är en svensk högtid. 🙂 Igelkottarna älskar att ligga och gosa i majbrasor. Tyvärr vet dom inte om att vi snart kommer att sätta eld på deras nya mysiga hem. Via länken kan ni läsa hur man räddar dessa små utrotningshotade liv.
Glad Valborg. Puss å hej!

http://supermiljobloggen.se/nyheter/2014/04/radda-igelkottarna-under-valborg

Bla bla bla… http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amaranthe-singer-elize-ryd-slams-internet-haters-its-a-shame-how-low-some-people-can-go/

Obviously some people commenting on Blabbermouth doesn’t get the point. See this and face the truth. Discover empathy and Sexism. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism
http://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism
I really recommend you to read about it if you haven’t heard about it before.

To all the people and all the GIRLS out their who need support. I brought up this subject to support you. To make you know your not alone.

Woke up to a brand new day today with new thoughts and new emotions. I still believe that the subject we talked about yesterday is important. When I was a kid and a teenager I never used internet. I didn’t even own a cellphone until I was like 16, haha, no I don’t remember exactly. But my god, I can’t imagine what it would be like, and what would have happened to me if I grew up these days, in this cyber/net environment. I just wish and hope that everyone out there who gets treated bad and bully by trolls, or maybe even people they know, that please don’t let them get you. You are not alone, ok! I’ve actually stopped reading comments on YouTube a loooong time ago because I don’t find it intelligent or stimulating to read crap. It’s sad though cause I also miss out on lots of positive comments. Yesterday someone created what was of course a fake account, liked my FB page only to be able to ruin my day. I want to thank EVERYONE who wrote me back, both here and on my Facebook, thanks for your support. I feel so relieved to know that we stand in this together. Amazing feeling to know that we’re all on the same page. At first I felt it be embarrassing to let you know what that person wrote me, it’s very common that you feel shame, that you don’t want to talk about it, keep it inside. I don’t like that feeling, and I know it’s wrong. So, towards Blåkulla, away with the shame, back again with happiness and strength! 🙂 I’m so glad I got you! And whenever you need me I will be here for you. ❤️ Happy Easter!

I just wrote in my previous post that I love people. BUT I got a reminder today… Sometimes when I wake up in the morning some idiotic, sexistic “hater” have written really bad and disrespectful things on my official Facebook page. Mostly men… I do not in the world understand why?? There must be so many other things and people to hate out there. You have rapists, murderers, those who bully other people (like I experience once in a while), people who abuses children and animals… Cancer!! Do I need to continue?

It’s an ever lasting question to me why some people loves to write fucked up comments to someone they actually don’t even know. One thing they usually have in common is that they are sick or jealous. Actually I know Amaranthe’s and my fans out there are amazing people. I been touring over 4 years and got the honor to meet the most fantastic people, you know who you are and you know I love you. We, like most people on earth, share the same thoughts and have the same sight on life, I’m very glad because of that. If you feel that you are not one of those people, please just leave us alone and learn to shut the fuck up! Is it so hard, really?

Please if you notice that someone around you writes bad stuff to another on the internet, remind them to think twice before posting it. And to those who are internet-haters, it is a crime in Sweden. Ok, I don’t get many stupid comments on my fb, they pop up maybe once every year. But this kind of comments doesn’t only effect me. This guy do obviously have a really bad sight on women. All I can say to you ”Fito” is …… I think what you wrote and how you react towards me and the band is sad, weak and extremely pathetic. Most of the things people write (like you did) are words you probably would not be cool enough to tell to my face. I hope you are happy now that I gave you some extra attention.

It’s a shame how low some people can go…

The most important for me right now is to do my best to STOP this kind of stupidity. It makes a lot of people very hurt, and depressed, nobody deserves to read shit like this. I have to post this so that at least I show that it happens to me, and that I don’t think it’s OK!!! So just stop Internet bullying people and STOP insulting woman. To many have already got seriously damaged and even committed suicide (mostly young women/girls) because of this phenomena ”Internet hate”. I’m 100% against both Cyber bullying and Women’s Oppression. We need to say NO as soon as we notice there are people out there continuing feeding it.

I posted this picture on my insta and Facebook yesterday. Right now I’m in a classical small Swedish village, it’s very well known for it’s Dalahästar, hard bread and Midsummer (maypoles like on the picture). I love this village, it looks the same as it did 1000 years ago. Our apartment is based in one of the oldest buildings, in the “city”. I can see the beautiful sea from the window. We have an open fireplace inside that I love, especially in the winter, and right underneath us is a clothing store where I work a little extra when the boss needs my help. As you might have noticed I love people, and clothes, so to be in the store is very fun for a change. I worked as a waitress a couple of years. One summer I worked selling ice cream and I gained 10 kilos because I

“tasted” the ice cream every day.. haha. During high school I worked as a cleaner and Operator-Assisted Calls, so I would confess I’m pretty good at service minded jobs. 😉 Do you need me for a job I can clean your house, sell your clothes, serve you dinner and answer your phone! ;D Hehe, I’m a workaholic I know. I just came back from a busy tour and all I can think of is ‘give me a job’!! Tomorrow I’m going to the gym for the third day in row, feels nice. Now I will try to get some sleep. Good Night, sweet dreams.

Le Forum – Really nice venue, celebrating 20 years this year! Thanks everyone for all the joy! It felt great to be back in France and to meet old friends. 🙂

We had a day off in Nottingham before show day, so first I went to the gym with the Smash guys, then we had dinner and then we visited the cinema looking at Noah. I really liked the movie, especially the message. It was sad and emotional

to me. The show was great, I loved the audience. Wish to come back soon. Oh by the way Fredrik made a tattoo and I bought a wig! XD

Got a guest in the bus today! Always nice with some new blood around. 😉 I woke up at 6 in the evening. Had to stay awake all night because of the boarder and the fairy. I stayed awake watching the sunrise over England, it was very beautiful. Later in the evening we went out and looked at a band playing. The day after I went out shopping, fantastic city, I bought some clothes and then I had the biggest dinner so far, all by my self. The show went great, always so great to see so many people on before undiscovered soil.

We stopped by in Calais on our way from Germany back to England. Our plan was to stay at the beach, but when we arrived it was rain and thunder. It stopped rain in the afternoon so I went out and took some pictures after having dinner with the boys, and the bus drivers girlfriend. 🙂 I can imagine how nice it must be in Calais a sunny summer day on this beach. Still very beautiful after a rainy day in April.

Last show in Germany! I must say that Germany

has delivered on a very high level generally on this tour. Enthusiasm 5/5, noisiness 5/5, happiness 5/5, sing along 5/5, I would give you 5 out of five in every aspect. I will miss you! Also we had what I know 2 sweethearts from Belgium coming seeing us on a couple of shows. 🙂 Thank you for being so sweet!! And thank you for the ‘Amaranthe’ beer!!

Right after the show in Berlin we went to a hotel at Berlin airport, 3 h sleep, lobby call at 04.45… Flight to London, got picked up by the tour bus at the airport at 10.30-ish. Arrival at O2 Academy around 12, power nap, meet and Greet at 14.45, then 15 Interviews. Wao, busy busy… I’m happy I got lots of energy from all the nice people we met! I didn’t have time to go out and buy any food so instead I ate a protein bar, drank lots of red bull and a huge Starbucks coffee. So far the most busy day on this tour. The show went great after all, London is the shit! Audience was amazing! Thank you all!!