[1] Amaran started out as a band in the spring of 2000, in Stockholm, Sweden, and then developed a dynamic and original way of writing songs, combining heavy metal guitars with clear female vocals.
They found the rest of the band members in bass player Mikael Andersson, vocalist Johanna DePierre and drummer Robin Bergh.
The band set out to record their debut album A World Depraved in February 2002 in Aabenraa Studio in Denmark together with Jacob Hansen.
[citation needed] The album was often described as somewhat original, in the sense that the combination of heavy guitars and intense drums and the clear female vocals was not something that people were used to hearing.
[citation needed] Amaran was eager to write new songs after the release of the debut and developed a whole lot in this process and as a band during 2002.
Shortly after finishing the recording of the second album, bass player Mikael decided that he wanted to leave the band for personal reasons.
Fortunately they quickly found someone to replace him in Ronnie Bergerståhl, an experienced bass player and drummer who was a personal friend and had filled in for Mikael before.