Tales From the Thousand Lakes
by Amorphis
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 July 1994
- Label: Relapse
- Country: Finland
- Length: 50:25
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Tomi Koivusaari, Esa Holopainen, Jan Rechberger, Olli-Pekka Laine
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Tales From the Thousand Lakes' is a groundbreaking melodic death metal concept album based on the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. The band masterfully integrates heavy folklore themes and mythological narratives with epic, melodic guitar harmonies and melancholic progressive song structures.
Genres
Descriptors: folklore, mythology, conceptual, melodic, finnish
Tracklist
- Thousand Lakes (2:04)
- Into Hiding (3:45)
- The Castaway (5:32)
- First Doom (3:52)
- Black Winter Day (3:50)
- Drowned Maid (4:23)
- In The Beginning (3:37)
- Forgotten Sunrise (4:53)
- To Father's Cabin (3:50)
- Magic And Mayhem (4:27)
- Folk Of The North (1:20)
- Moon And Sun (3:36)
- Moon And Sun Part II: North's Son (5:10)
Credits
- Amorphis - primary artist, arranged by, engineer, producer
- Olli-Pekka Laine - bass
- Kasper M氓rtenson - composed by [keyboard sections], keyboards, synthesizer [moog]
- Sjlvain Bellemare - cover
- SV Bell Illustration - cover [cover art]
- Jan Rechberger - drums
- Tomas Skogsberg - engineer, producer
- Esa Holopainen - lead guitar
- Dave Shirk - mastered by
- Darius Ramazani - photography by
- Inna Aarniala - photography by
- John Viherv盲 - photography by
- Bill Yurkiewicz - producer
- Markus Staiger - producer
- Matthew F. Jacobson - producer
- Keith Bosley - translated by [translation of most of the lyrics into english]
- Ville Tuomi - vocals [clean], voice [speech], guest performer
- Tomi Koivusaari - vocals, rhythm guitar