AMORPHIS

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: severe epic atmospheric death metal

after the groundbreaking debut longplay, atmospheric death metal pioneers were remarkably drifting away from initial extreme music model, but kept a handbag full of fresh, brilliant creative ideas, moving on to hone extremely epic sound, massively influenced by Northern folk heritage, expressed by characteristic melodies and mesmerizing, cinematic feel, enhanced by manifestations of classic progressive rock between the lines; essential inspiration and almost all lyrics come from national Kalevala epos, re-telling its archaic myths, and thus this unique fundamental record was born [1994], opening the doors for aggressive metal music to reach diverse emotional layers with surprisingly neat result - the blend has turned out exceptionally breathtaking!; recent deluxe clear blue vinyl edition with a pro-printed lyric insert is limited to 5028 units