Forest is the seventeenth album by Finnish experimental rock

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 band Circle

Circle (band)

Circle is an experimental rock band, founded in Pori, Finland in 1991. Their eclectic style is "ever changing, ever Circular", classified into genres such as progressive, Krautrock, ambient, heavy metal, speed-kraut, and avant-rock, among others...

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First released on CD in 2004 by Ektro Records

Ektro Records

Ektro Records is an independent label based in Pori, Finland. It is operated by Jussi Lehtisalo who also plays on many of the label's releases. Ektro also operate three smaller imprints, Super Metsä and Full Contact and casette-only Ruton music.Releases:...

, it was re-issued the following year by No Quarter Records

No Quarter Records

No Quarter Records is an independent record label located in Philadelphia in the United States. It was founded in 2001 by Mike Quinn.-Artists:* EarthHeaddress* Laddio Bolocko* Electric Turn to Me*Circle* Pharaoh Overlord* The Psychic Paramount...

. It was recorded in May 2004, and is the first Circle album to feature mainly acoustic instruments. It continues the band's krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

-influenced interest in repetition, but bears little resemblance to the Judas Priest

Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...

-meets-Neu!

Neu!

Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...

 sound of earlier albums.

Track List:

1. Havuportti (12:40)

2. Luikertelevat Lahoavat (9:11)

3. Ydinaukio (6:16)

4. Jäljet (17:52)


Personnel:


Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo

Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo Jussi Lehtisalo (born 1973 is a Finnish bassist. In 1991 he founded Circle, a prolific band drawing influences from heavy metal and krautrock to develop a style of repetitive experimental rock...

Tomi Leppänen

Mika Rättö

Janne Westerlund