---
title: "Amber Asylum"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/amber-asylum"
genre: "Avant-Garde Metal"
---

# Amber Asylum

**Amber Asylum** is a avant-garde metal band.

Amber Asylum is a highly variable San Francisco-based music group that serves as a platform for composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kris Force. The current lineup of Amber Asylum includes, in addition to Force, Fern Lee Alberts (Deathgrave), Sarah Rosalena Brady, and Becky Hawk (Laudanum). Other members and performers have included Steve Von Till (Neurosis), Annabel Lee, Martha Burns, long-time collaborator Jackie Perez Gratz, Erica Stoltz, Wendy Farina, Lorraine Rath, Sarah Schaffer, John Cobbet, Eric Wood, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Chiyo Nukaga, Andrew Veskoukis (Akphaezya) and Sigrid Sheie.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Asylum

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Amber Asylum |
| Genre | Avant-Garde Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | San Francisco |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Leila Abdul‐Rauf](https://themetalnet.com/musician/leila-abdul-rauf) | Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboard |  | Current |
| [Kris Force](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kris-force) |  |  | Current |
| [Eric Wood](https://themetalnet.com/musician/eric-wood-7e43bbb5) |  |  | Current |
| [Sarah Rosalena Brady](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sarah-rosalena-brady) |  |  | Current |
| [Jackie Perez Gratz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jackie-perez-gratz) | Cello | 1995 to 2001 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1996 | [Frozen in Amber](https://themetalnet.com/album/cab99af2-1526-3850-a4c1-87e4dac12cf8) | Album |
| 1997 | [The Natural Philosophy of Love](https://themetalnet.com/album/15cffeea-162b-3c5c-9326-ddda0f9114b0) | Album |
| 1999 | [Songs of Sex and Death](https://themetalnet.com/album/f2288d6f-5ac5-39bf-afe4-59d4d6bd6a59) | Album |
| 2000 | [The Supernatural Parlour Collection](https://themetalnet.com/album/e3e8f6bb-1959-3194-add5-4f7abd522b01) | Album |
| 2007 | [Still Point](https://themetalnet.com/album/0f594bf1-e427-3553-8f1e-4cff02e11dd1) | Album |
| 2009 | [Bitter River](https://themetalnet.com/album/2fd3199c-b980-42b6-901a-0e5e68b8377b) | Album |
| 2015 | [Sin Eater](https://themetalnet.com/album/c4e95f97-d463-4c8e-a4ea-29020a24c147) | Album |
| 2019 | [Breaker of Rings / Blood Witch](https://themetalnet.com/album/b9cb12c6-d6aa-41aa-b830-456494ead269) | Album |
| 2025 | [Ruby Red](https://themetalnet.com/album/37a25ee9-0f50-41b3-bb2b-7ccffb3167fb) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Ulver](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulver) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Dark Sanctuary](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-sanctuary) (listened together)
- [Liv Kristine](https://themetalnet.com/band/liv-kristine-bf15147f) (listened together)
- [Darkwell](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkwell) (listened together)
- [Alcest](https://themetalnet.com/band/alcest) (listened together)
- [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (listened together)
- [Imperia](https://themetalnet.com/band/imperia) (listened together)
- [Völur](https://themetalnet.com/band/volur) (listened together)
- [Noekk](https://themetalnet.com/band/noekk) (listened together)
- [Nightfall](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightfall) (listened together)
- [Within Temptation](https://themetalnet.com/band/within-temptation) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmberAsylum.official
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nqa9iCkIKUPik9k84nEr4
- bandcamp: https://amber-asylum.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5975
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/157794871

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/amber-asylum](https://themetalnet.com/band/amber-asylum). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt