Amorphis
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Amorphis is a Finnish
heavy metal
band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari
, and Esa Holopainen
in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal
act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other types of genres, which include heavy metal
, progressive metal
, and folk metal
. They frequently use the Kalevala
, the Epic Poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics.
played in a thrash metal
band called Violent Solution, which Tomi Koivusaari
had left the previous year to form the death metal
band Abhorrence
. Violent Solution slowly dissolved and Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen put together another death metal band. In early 1990, Tomi Koivusaari became the vocalist and Oppu Laine became their bassist.
During that time, Tomi also performed rhythm guitar, leading to the band dumping all original compositions and starting over again. Tomi's other band, Abhorrence, split up and he found himself with more time to put into Amorphis. A demo tape, Disment of Soul, was recorded in 1991 by Timo Tolkki
at TTT studios.
After the band recorded their first studio demo tape, Relapse Records
offered Abhorrence a recording contract. Since Abhorrence was no longer active, they sent their own demo in the return mail and got signed to a worldwide recording deal. Soon after getting signed they released their death metal debut, The Karelian Isthmus
under the new name Amorphis and later released the Privilege of Evil
EP. The EP featured Abhorrence's original vocalist, Jukka Kolehmainen, on vocals on the Abhorrence cover song "Vulgar Necrolatry".
In 1994, Amorphis released their second studio album, Tales from the Thousand Lakes
, a concept album based on the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. This 1994 release, while still rooted in death metal, was their first step toward a new direction as melodic clean vocals were added, provided by Ville Tuomi. Tales from the Thousand Lakes won the band a fan base thanks to its innovative sound and fusion of death metal with traditional folk, psychedelia, and progressive elements. This album went on to influence the signature Amorphis sound.
), and a sixth member was recruited, singer Pasi Koskinen
. The third album, Elegy
was released in 1996. Lyrics were again adapted from Finnish mythology, in this case, the Kanteletar, a collection of ancient folk poetry. Pasi and Tomi shared the vocals on an equal basis, with Pasi's providing only clean parts.
After a year and a half of touring following the release of Elegy, the band members took a time-out. Their next offering, 1999's Tuonela
was a mellow guitar album, although toward the end of the studio sessions, Santeri Kallio of Kyyria was brought in to add some keyboard tracks to the songs. New instruments were introduced (Tomi playing sitar in the song "Greed", Sakari Kukko on saxophone and flute providing a foreign accent) and the death growls were reduced, as all vocals were performed by Pasi.
The tenth-anniversary compilation Story was produced, and the band experienced another line-up change. Following the breakup of Kyyria, Santeri joined Amorphis as a full-time member. Bassist Oppu was replaced by another ex-Kyyria member, Niclas Etelävuori, to tour with Amorphis on their third U.S. tour.
was released in 2001, which included more emphases to keyboards and saxophone work, the latter contributed by Sakari Kukko
. It was an experimental album and Amorphis' most psychedelic to date. In 2002 the band contributed to the soundtrack for the movie Menolippu Mombasaan. The commissioned piece was a cover version of a 1976 Finnish pop hit "Kuusamo", it is currently the band's only song in their native language.
Amorphis' last album with Relapse Records was Am Universum. In 2003, Relapse released the retrospective Chapters
, which included a DVD featuring the band's videos from "Black Winter Day" to "Alone". Far from the Sun
was produced by the band itself, which had been rejoined by original drummer Jan Rechberger after Pekka Kasari had quit to concentrate on family duties. Pasi left the band in 2004 after nine years.
Amorphis received hundreds of demo tapes from prospective vocalists before ultimately deciding upon Tomi Joutsen
as their next singer in 2005. Joutsen, best-known for his work with metal band Sinisthra, urged Amorphis to return to the use of contrasting vocal styles for their next album. His first album with the band, Eclipse
, was released in 2006. It was a critical and commercial success, hailed as a return to form by some critics, and achieving gold certification in Finland for the first time in the their history.
Amorphis followed Eclipse with gigs and festival appearances throughout Europe, all the while writing new material for its follow-up. They released their next album, Silent Waters, on September 3, 2007, achieving gold certification in Finland for the second time. The album marked the first time in the history of the band an album was recorded with the same personnel as the previous one. In support of Silent Waters, Amorphis launched their first ever headlining tour in North America alongside supporting acts Samael
and Virgin Black
.
In November 2008, Amorphis entered Sonic Pump Studios to begin recording their 9th album. The result of those studio sessions, Skyforger
, was released in Finland on May 27, 2009, throughout Europe two days later, and in the United States on June 16. Initial presses of the album had mastering errors, which prompted Nuclear Blast to issue replacement CDs. The album was certified gold in Finland on July 7, 2011, making it the third Amorphis album in a row to do so.
On November 20, 2009, while touring in support of Skyforger, Amorphis filmed a show at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland for their first-ever live DVD. The show was released alongside another show from Summer Breeze Open Air 2009 and a documentary, titled "Tales from the 20 Years", as a part of the CD/DVD set Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes on June 25, 2010.
On September 15th 2010 Amorphis released "Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years", a re-working of a dozen tracks from their first three albums with slightly different arrangements, better audio quality and featuring the band's current lineup, plus a cover of Light my Fire
as a bonus track.
On September 30, 2010, Nuclear Blast announced that Amorphis had started work on a new album. On January 24, 2011, the band released an update which revealed recording was almost finished, except for vocals which would be completed at the home of producer Marco Hietala. Titled The Beginning of Times
.The album was released on May 27, 2011 in Europe and June 7, 2011 in the USA and features cover art by longtime collaborator Travis Smith.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari
Tomi Koivusaari
Tomi Koivusaari is the rhythm guitarist and former vocalist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis.He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals, Esa Holopainen on guitars and Jan Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash...
, and Esa Holopainen
Esa Holopainen
Esa Holopainen is a Finnish guitarist who is the lead guitarist, main songwriter and a founding member of Finnish metal band Amorphis and guitarist for Chaosbreed. His influences include Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, John McLaughlin and Petri Walli of Kingston Wall. Holopainen uses ESP guitars...
in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other types of genres, which include heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
, and folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
. They frequently use the Kalevala
Kalevala
The Kalevala is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature...
, the Epic Poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics.
Formation and early years
In 1989, Jan Rechberger and Esa HolopainenEsa Holopainen
Esa Holopainen is a Finnish guitarist who is the lead guitarist, main songwriter and a founding member of Finnish metal band Amorphis and guitarist for Chaosbreed. His influences include Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, John McLaughlin and Petri Walli of Kingston Wall. Holopainen uses ESP guitars...
played in a thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band called Violent Solution, which Tomi Koivusaari
Tomi Koivusaari
Tomi Koivusaari is the rhythm guitarist and former vocalist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis.He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals, Esa Holopainen on guitars and Jan Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash...
had left the previous year to form the death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Abhorrence
Abhorrence
- History :Abhorrence was formed in early 1989, by guitarist Tomi Koivusaari and guitarist Kalle Mattsson, vocalist Jukka Kolehmainen, and bassist Jussi Ahlroth , as well as drummer Kimmo Heikkinen...
. Violent Solution slowly dissolved and Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen put together another death metal band. In early 1990, Tomi Koivusaari became the vocalist and Oppu Laine became their bassist.
During that time, Tomi also performed rhythm guitar, leading to the band dumping all original compositions and starting over again. Tomi's other band, Abhorrence, split up and he found himself with more time to put into Amorphis. A demo tape, Disment of Soul, was recorded in 1991 by Timo Tolkki
Timo Tolkki
Timo Tapio Tolkki is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, songwriter, and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. He left Stratovarius in 2008 and formed a new band, Revolution Renaissance. To this day, with his tenure extending for more than twenty years, Tolkki was the...
at TTT studios.
The Karelian Isthmus and Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Relapse Records
Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
offered Abhorrence a recording contract. Since Abhorrence was no longer active, they sent their own demo in the return mail and got signed to a worldwide recording deal. Soon after getting signed they released their death metal debut, The Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus
-2003 Re-release:#"Pilgrimage from Darkness" – 4:32#"Black Embrace" – 3:25#"Privilege of Evil" – 3:50#"Misery Path" – 4:17#"Vulgar Necrolatry" – 3:58#"Excursing from Existence" – 3:06-Personnel:* Tomi Koivusaari − vocals, guitar, six string acoustic guitar...
under the new name Amorphis and later released the Privilege of Evil
Privilege of Evil
-Personnel:*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar*Jan Rechberger – drums, synthesizer*Jukka Kolehmainen – vocals on "Vulgar Necrolatry"...
EP. The EP featured Abhorrence's original vocalist, Jukka Kolehmainen, on vocals on the Abhorrence cover song "Vulgar Necrolatry".
In 1994, Amorphis released their second studio album, Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Tales from the Thousand Lakes
-Bonus tracks:Tracks 11-13 added from the Black Winter Day EP:-Band members:* Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar* Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar* Jan Rechberger – drums* Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards...
, a concept album based on the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. This 1994 release, while still rooted in death metal, was their first step toward a new direction as melodic clean vocals were added, provided by Ville Tuomi. Tales from the Thousand Lakes won the band a fan base thanks to its innovative sound and fusion of death metal with traditional folk, psychedelia, and progressive elements. This album went on to influence the signature Amorphis sound.
Elegy and Tuonela
During the subsequent tours Kasper (keyboards) left the band, to be replaced by Kim Rantala. Jan was replaced by Pekka Kasari (ex-StoneStone (band)
Stone was a thrash metal band formed in Kerava, Finland in the mid-1980s. They released four albums and one live album during the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disbanding in 1991 to pursue different musical directions. Stone reunited to play a final set of concerts in 2000, but parted ways...
), and a sixth member was recruited, singer Pasi Koskinen
Pasi Koskinen
Pasi Koskinen is a Finnish metal vocalist best known for his work with the band Amorphis from 1996 to 2004. Koskinen also played in St.Mucus , which he founded. He is currently the vocalist for three active bands: Mannhai, Ajattara Pasi Koskinen (born 1972) is a Finnish metal vocalist best known...
. The third album, Elegy
Elegy (Amorphis album)
-2004 Digipak release:All songs are live performancesNote: "Against Widows" and "The Castaway" recorded live at Ilosaarirock on July 12, 1997-Personnel:*Pasi Koskinen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine...
was released in 1996. Lyrics were again adapted from Finnish mythology, in this case, the Kanteletar, a collection of ancient folk poetry. Pasi and Tomi shared the vocals on an equal basis, with Pasi's providing only clean parts.
After a year and a half of touring following the release of Elegy, the band members took a time-out. Their next offering, 1999's Tuonela
Tuonela (album)
-Band members:*Pasi Koskinen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, sitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Pekka Kasari – drums, percussion-Additional musicians:*Santeri Kallio – keyboards...
was a mellow guitar album, although toward the end of the studio sessions, Santeri Kallio of Kyyria was brought in to add some keyboard tracks to the songs. New instruments were introduced (Tomi playing sitar in the song "Greed", Sakari Kukko on saxophone and flute providing a foreign accent) and the death growls were reduced, as all vocals were performed by Pasi.
The tenth-anniversary compilation Story was produced, and the band experienced another line-up change. Following the breakup of Kyyria, Santeri joined Amorphis as a full-time member. Bassist Oppu was replaced by another ex-Kyyria member, Niclas Etelävuori, to tour with Amorphis on their third U.S. tour.
Am Universum and Far from the Sun
Am UniversumAm Universum
-Band members:* Pasi Koskinen – vocals* Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar* Niclas Etelävuori – bass guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Pekka Kasari − drums-Additional musicians:* Sakari Kukko − saxophone...
was released in 2001, which included more emphases to keyboards and saxophone work, the latter contributed by Sakari Kukko
Sakari Kukko
Sakari Kukko, Born on July 8, 1953, Kajaani, Finland, started his career in the early 1960s as a singer participating in several singing contests and performing in radio stations ,TV programs and other venues. At the age of 7, He began taking piano lessons. Soon after that he started to play also...
. It was an experimental album and Amorphis' most psychedelic to date. In 2002 the band contributed to the soundtrack for the movie Menolippu Mombasaan. The commissioned piece was a cover version of a 1976 Finnish pop hit "Kuusamo", it is currently the band's only song in their native language.
Amorphis' last album with Relapse Records was Am Universum. In 2003, Relapse released the retrospective Chapters
Chapters (Amorphis album)
-Disc two - DVD:- Personnel :* Amorphis – Producer, Engineer* Dean D. Edington, Jr. – Project Coordinator* Simon Effemey – Producer* Scott Hull – Remastering* Matthew F. Jacobson – Executive Producer* Mikko Karmila – Engineer* Orion Landau – Cover Design...
, which included a DVD featuring the band's videos from "Black Winter Day" to "Alone". Far from the Sun
Far from the Sun
-American/European re-release bonus tracks:-Personnel:* Pasi Koskinen − vocals* Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen − lead guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Niclas Etelävuori − bass guitar* Jan Rechberger − drums-Credits:...
was produced by the band itself, which had been rejoined by original drummer Jan Rechberger after Pekka Kasari had quit to concentrate on family duties. Pasi left the band in 2004 after nine years.
Eclipse and Silent Waters
Tomi Joutsen
Tomi Joutsen is the vocalist for the bands Amorphis and Sinisthra. In 1999, he founded Sinisthra with Markku Mäkinen under the name Nevergreen. His vocal style is very different comparing to traditional heavy metal and punk rock stylish high-pitched voice of former Amorphis singer Pasi Koskinen...
as their next singer in 2005. Joutsen, best-known for his work with metal band Sinisthra, urged Amorphis to return to the use of contrasting vocal styles for their next album. His first album with the band, Eclipse
Eclipse (Amorphis album)
-Credits:* Tomi Joutsen − vocals* Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen − lead guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Niclas Etelävuori − bass guitar* Jan Rechberger − drums* Marco Hietala − producer, backing vocals* Mikko Karmila - producer...
, was released in 2006. It was a critical and commercial success, hailed as a return to form by some critics, and achieving gold certification in Finland for the first time in the their history.
Amorphis followed Eclipse with gigs and festival appearances throughout Europe, all the while writing new material for its follow-up. They released their next album, Silent Waters, on September 3, 2007, achieving gold certification in Finland for the second time. The album marked the first time in the history of the band an album was recorded with the same personnel as the previous one. In support of Silent Waters, Amorphis launched their first ever headlining tour in North America alongside supporting acts Samael
Samael (band)
Samael is a industrial black metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for...
and Virgin Black
Virgin Black
Virgin Black is an Australian band that combines gothic-doom and symphonic metal influences. Signed to The End Records and Germany's Massacre Records , the band has released 4 albums and 1 EP...
.
Skyforger, The Beginning of Times and present
Skyforger (album)
-Chart positions:-Amorphis:*Tomi Joutsen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar*Santeri Kallio – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ*Niclas Etelävuori – bass guitar*Jan Rechberger – drums, percussion-Additional Personnel:...
, was released in Finland on May 27, 2009, throughout Europe two days later, and in the United States on June 16. Initial presses of the album had mastering errors, which prompted Nuclear Blast to issue replacement CDs. The album was certified gold in Finland on July 7, 2011, making it the third Amorphis album in a row to do so.
On November 20, 2009, while touring in support of Skyforger, Amorphis filmed a show at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland for their first-ever live DVD. The show was released alongside another show from Summer Breeze Open Air 2009 and a documentary, titled "Tales from the 20 Years", as a part of the CD/DVD set Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes on June 25, 2010.
On September 15th 2010 Amorphis released "Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years", a re-working of a dozen tracks from their first three albums with slightly different arrangements, better audio quality and featuring the band's current lineup, plus a cover of Light my Fire
Light My Fire
"Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...
as a bonus track.
On September 30, 2010, Nuclear Blast announced that Amorphis had started work on a new album. On January 24, 2011, the band released an update which revealed recording was almost finished, except for vocals which would be completed at the home of producer Marco Hietala. Titled The Beginning of Times
The Beginning of Times
The Beginning of Times had a strong sales debut week, charting at No. 1 on the Finnish Albums Chart and No. 16 on the German Media Control Charts....
.The album was released on May 27, 2011 in Europe and June 7, 2011 in the USA and features cover art by longtime collaborator Travis Smith.
Members
Current members
- Tomi JoutsenTomi JoutsenTomi Joutsen is the vocalist for the bands Amorphis and Sinisthra. In 1999, he founded Sinisthra with Markku Mäkinen under the name Nevergreen. His vocal style is very different comparing to traditional heavy metal and punk rock stylish high-pitched voice of former Amorphis singer Pasi Koskinen...
– vocals (since 2005) - Esa HolopainenEsa HolopainenEsa Holopainen is a Finnish guitarist who is the lead guitarist, main songwriter and a founding member of Finnish metal band Amorphis and guitarist for Chaosbreed. His influences include Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, John McLaughlin and Petri Walli of Kingston Wall. Holopainen uses ESP guitars...
– lead guitar (since 1990) - Tomi KoivusaariTomi KoivusaariTomi Koivusaari is the rhythm guitarist and former vocalist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis.He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals, Esa Holopainen on guitars and Jan Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash...
– rhythm guitar (since 1990), vocals (1990–1996) - Niclas Etelävuori – bass, backing vocals (since 2000)
- Santeri Kallio – keyboards (since 1999)
- Jan Rechberger – drums (1990–1995, since 2003)
Former members
- Pasi KoskinenPasi KoskinenPasi Koskinen is a Finnish metal vocalist best known for his work with the band Amorphis from 1996 to 2004. Koskinen also played in St.Mucus , which he founded. He is currently the vocalist for three active bands: Mannhai, Ajattara Pasi Koskinen (born 1972) is a Finnish metal vocalist best known...
– vocals (1996–2004) - Olli-Pekka Laine – bass (1990–2000)
- Pekka Kasari – drums (1996–2002)
- Kim Rantala – keyboards (1996–1998)
- Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards (1993–1994)
Albums
| Title | Released |
|---|---|
| The Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus -2003 Re-release:#"Pilgrimage from Darkness" – 4:32#"Black Embrace" – 3:25#"Privilege of Evil" – 3:50#"Misery Path" – 4:17#"Vulgar Necrolatry" – 3:58#"Excursing from Existence" – 3:06-Personnel:* Tomi Koivusaari − vocals, guitar, six string acoustic guitar... |
November 1992 |
| Tales from the Thousand Lakes Tales from the Thousand Lakes -Bonus tracks:Tracks 11-13 added from the Black Winter Day EP:-Band members:* Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar* Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar* Jan Rechberger – drums* Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards... |
July 12, 1994 |
| Elegy Elegy (Amorphis album) -2004 Digipak release:All songs are live performancesNote: "Against Widows" and "The Castaway" recorded live at Ilosaarirock on July 12, 1997-Personnel:*Pasi Koskinen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine... |
May 14, 1996 |
| Tuonela Tuonela (album) -Band members:*Pasi Koskinen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, sitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Pekka Kasari – drums, percussion-Additional musicians:*Santeri Kallio – keyboards... |
March 29, 1999 |
| Am Universum Am Universum -Band members:* Pasi Koskinen – vocals* Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar* Niclas Etelävuori – bass guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Pekka Kasari − drums-Additional musicians:* Sakari Kukko − saxophone... |
April 3, 2001 |
| Far from the Sun Far from the Sun -American/European re-release bonus tracks:-Personnel:* Pasi Koskinen − vocals* Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen − lead guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Niclas Etelävuori − bass guitar* Jan Rechberger − drums-Credits:... |
May 26, 2003 |
| Eclipse Eclipse (Amorphis album) -Credits:* Tomi Joutsen − vocals* Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar* Esa Holopainen − lead guitar* Santeri Kallio − keyboards* Niclas Etelävuori − bass guitar* Jan Rechberger − drums* Marco Hietala − producer, backing vocals* Mikko Karmila - producer... |
February 15, 2006 |
| Silent Waters | August 29, 2007 |
| Skyforger Skyforger (album) -Chart positions:-Amorphis:*Tomi Joutsen – vocals*Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar*Santeri Kallio – keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ*Niclas Etelävuori – bass guitar*Jan Rechberger – drums, percussion-Additional Personnel:... |
May 27, 2009 |
| The Beginning of Times The Beginning of Times The Beginning of Times had a strong sales debut week, charting at No. 1 on the Finnish Albums Chart and No. 16 on the German Media Control Charts.... |
May 25, 2011 |
EPs, singles and demos
- Disment of Soul (demo, 1991)
- Amorphis (demo, 1991)
- Privilege of EvilPrivilege of Evil-Personnel:*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar*Jan Rechberger – drums, synthesizer*Jukka Kolehmainen – vocals on "Vulgar Necrolatry"...
(EP, 1993) - Black Winter DayBlack Winter Day-Personnel:*Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar*Esa Holopainen – lead guitar*Kasper Martenson – keyboards*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Jan Rechberger – drums*With Ville Tuomi: Speech & Spoken Word...
(EP, 1995) - My KanteleMy Kantele-Personnel:*Esa Holopainen – guitar, acoustic guitar*Pekka Kasari – drums*Tomi Koivusaari – guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals*Pasi Koskinen – vocals*Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar*Kim Rantala – keyboards...
(EP, 1997) - "Divinity" (single, 1999)
- "Alone" (single, 2001)
- "Day of Your Beliefs" (single, 2003)
- "Evil Inside" (single, 2003)
- "Far from the Sun" (single, 2003)
- "House of Sleep (single, 2005)
- "The Smoke" (single, 2006)
- "Silent Waters" (single 2007)
- "Silver Bride" (single, 2009)
- "From the Heaven of My Heart" (single, 2009)
- "You I Need" (single, 2011)
Video clips
- "Black Winter Day"
- "Against Widows"
- "My Kantele
- "Divinity"
- "Alone"
- "Evil Inside"
- "House of Sleep"
- "Silent Waters"
- "Silver Bride"
- "From the Heaven of my Heart"
- "You I Need"
Live albums and compilations
| Title | Released |
|---|---|
| Story - 10th Anniversary | May 10, 2000 |
| Chapters Chapters (Amorphis album) -Disc two - DVD:- Personnel :* Amorphis – Producer, Engineer* Dean D. Edington, Jr. – Project Coordinator* Simon Effemey – Producer* Scott Hull – Remastering* Matthew F. Jacobson – Executive Producer* Mikko Karmila – Engineer* Orion Landau – Cover Design... (CD and DVD) |
June 17, 2003 |
| Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes (CD/DVD) | July 9, 2010 |
| Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years Magic & Mayhem - Tales From the Early Years Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years is a compilation album by the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released on September 15, 2010 in Finland. It's a collection of re-recorded and partially re-arranged songs from their first three studio albums... |
September 17, 2010 |