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Amorphis
Few metal bands have had a second life as interesting as Amorphis. They came out of Helsinki in the early 1990s as a death metal band, then on Tales From the Thousand Lakes they started drawing on the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, and folding melody and atmosphere into the heaviness. From there they kept evolving, mixing in progressive rock and folk touches until they landed on something warmer and stranger than where they began, and they've been making strong records that way for decades.
Start here
Tales From the Thousand Lakes (1994). It's the turning point where their death metal roots meet the Kalevala-inspired storytelling that would define them. "Black Winter Day" is the song most people know them for, and "Into Hiding" and "The Castaway" show how well the heavy and melodic sides fit together.
Biography
Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded 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 genres, including progressive metal, folk metal, and melodic death metal. They frequently use the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2025BorderlandAlbum
- 2022HaloAlbum
- 2018Queen of TimeAlbum
- 2015Under the Red CloudAlbum
- 2013CircleAlbum
- 2011The Beginning of TimesAlbum
- 2009SkyforgerAlbum
- 2007Silent WatersAlbum
- 2006EclipseAlbum
- 2003Far From the SunAlbum
- 2001Am UniversumAlbum
- 1999TuonelaAlbum
- 1997My KanteleEP
- 1996ElegyAlbum
- 1995Black Winter DayEP
- 1994Tales From the Thousand LakesAlbum
- 1993Privilege of EvilEP
- 1992The Karelian IsthmusAlbum
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