Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (LP, Album, Reissue)
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Description
Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by doom metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. The album was an influential release in the development of the melodic death metal genre, predominantly mixing the genre with death-doom and gothic metal, compared to the band's death metal debut. This showcases a more melodic sound for the band, with hints at their later, more progressive direction. The album also introduced synthesizers and clean vocals to the band's sound, though the latter was used sparingly. This is the first Amorphis release to have an official keyboardist, Kasper Mårtenson, as any previous of the band's releases had the band's own drummer, Jan Rechberger, provide the empty keyboardist role until the band decided to have a keyboardist and also to find one being Mårtenson. With Mårtenson in the band, it is the first time the band's original lineup changed by having an additional member. Jan Rechberger would leave the band after this album but rejoin the band for 2003's Far from the Sun. The original limited version (on digipack) had a cover of "Light My Fire" by The Doors added as a bonus track. It was later re-released in 2001 with most tracks from the Black Winter Day EP and the "Light My Fire" cover added as bonus tracks.
Release Info
Artist: Amorphis
Label: Relapse Records
Format: LP, Album, Reissue
Country: USA, Canada & Europe
Label: Relapse Records
Released: 2023
Genre: Rock
Style: Death Metal, Folk Metal
Tracklist
A1 Thousand Lakes
A2 Into Hiding
A3 The Castaway
A4 First Doom
A5 Black Winter Day
B6 Drowned Maid
B7 In The Beginning
B8 Forgotten Sunrise
B9 To Father's Cabin
B10 Magic And Mayhem
