EN It's been 3 decades since AMORPHIS changed the metal world forever with their second album »Tales From The Thousand Lakes«; an epic piece of work that paved the way for one of the most successful Finnish music careers of all time. AMORPHIS has brought us closer to the Finnish national epic, the "Kalevala", toured the world several times, received countless gold records and managed to achieve success after success with their unmistakable mix of metal, folklore and rock. With their fateful thirteenth studio album »Queen Of Time«, the band provided a ground-breaking epic about the rise and fall of civilization. Attentive listeners may have expected a further rise in the level of heaviness after the release of their last record (culminating in 2015 in the phenomenal and acclaimed »Under The Red Cloud«), but AMORPHIS has changed the game once more. The band, which in recent years has refined and improved its iconic style, now opens a breathtaking new chapter. One thing is already certain: AMORPHIS has never before told their stories of the thousand lakes as complex, as enthralling, as inventive and monumental as on »Queen Of Time«. Guesting on the album is the likes of Chrigel Glanzmann (ELUVEITIE) on pipes, laryngeal singer Albert Kuvezin and saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby, plus an orchestra and a choir (a novelty for a band now in their 30th year)! These elements deliver a dramatic and cinematic depth to the sound, making everything even more epic, even deeper, and even more meaningful than ever before. Most importantly, these additions do not steal the show from the archaic magic that is AMORPHIS. And that is just the beginning. The entire album is a ride at full speed through archetypally Finnish metal witchcraft; a dark, mysterious, melancholic evening around the campfire. The fabulous melodies in the fast-paced ‘Message In The Amber‘ are as Nordic as they can be, in ‘Daughter Of Hate‘ aggression and black metal screams unite with oriental melodies into a fire signal of the downfall with dark choirs. ‘Wrong Direction‘, on the other hand, is gentle in nature and intentionally reduced. But just because AMORPHIS now has choirs and strings it does not mean that they completely overburden their sound. ‘We Accursed‘ comes with full energy: Subtle Ennio Morricone flair, majestic, sublime, elegant - already a future classic in the live set! And then, of course, there's the overarching ‘Amongst Stars‘, another anthem with the fabulous Anneke van Giersbergen contributing a guest appearance. DE Vor 3 Dekaden veränderten AMORPHIS mit ihrem zweiten Album »Tales From The Thousand Lakes« die Metal-Welt für immer. Es war ein Jahrhundertalbum, ein epochales Werk für die Ewigkeit, das die Weichen für eine der erfolgreichsten finnischen Musikkarrieren aller Zeiten stellte. Seither ist viel Wasser den Kemijoki heruntergeflossen. Auf bisher vierzehn Alben brachten uns AMORPHIS das finnische Nationalepos, die „Kalevala“, näher, zogen mit ihren Tourneen mehrfach um die ganze Welt, erhielten Goldene Schallplatten am laufenden Band und erreichten mit ihrer unverwechselbaren Mischung aus Metal, Folklore und Rock das, was den wenigsten Bands vergönnt ist: Ihr eigenes Genre. Die Band ist heute größer denn je, wichtiger denn je, besser denn je – und beschert der Welt mit ihrem schicksalhaften 13. Studioalbum »Queen Of Time« ein wegweisendes Epos über den Aufstieg und Fall der Zivilisation. Hätten aufmerksame Beobachter nach den letzten Platten der Finnen (kulminierend 2015 im sagenhaften und überschwänglich bejubelten »Under The Red Cloud«) einen weiteren Anstieg auf der Härteskala erwartet, drehen AMORPHIS den Spieß jetzt rigoros um. Einfach so. Die Band, die in den letzten Jahren ihren ikonischen Stil weiter und weiter verfeinerte, verbesserte, verdichtete, schlägt ein atemberaubendes neues Kapitel auf. Als wäre es das Normalste auf der Welt. Und e
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