AMORPHIS

Release Year: 2019
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: atmospheric harmonious progressive death metal

fully ripened for a new album in three years, Finnish masters of expressive and atmospheric metal have both retrieved a creative bass player Olli-Pekka Laine, absent from the band for almost twenty years, and invited a huge load of notorious guest performers, what seems like grew them new wings to fly: without underestimating decent, quality repertoire of recent, ten awe-inspiring cuts here sound the most memorable from what Amorphis have written this decade, effectively purifying the quintessence of heavy and epic music, uniting metallic aggression with folklore motifs, breathtaking melodies, powerful choruses and clear, well-balanced sound, which makes the music heavy yet easy and densely listenable; recent limited gatefold sleeve double black vinyl edition comes with additional As Mountains Crumble and Brother and Sister tracks on side D