The Beginning of Times

by Amorphis

The Beginning of Times cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 May 2011
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: Finland
  • Length: 58:50
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Esa Holopainen, Niclas Etel盲vuori, Tomi Koivusaari, Jan Rechberger, Santeri Kallio, Tomi Joutsen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Finnish metal veterans' tenth album is a sprawling concept record based entirely around V盲in盲m枚inen, the central character of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. The band perfectly matches the mythic narrative with highly atmospheric, folk-infused melodic death metal.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, folklore, conceptual, mythology, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Battle for Light (5:35)
  2. Mermaid (4:24)
  3. My Enemy (3:25)
  4. You I Need (4:22)
  5. Song of the Sage (5:26)
  6. Three Words (3:55)
  7. Reformation (4:33)
  8. Soothsayer (4:09)
  9. On a Stranded Shore (4:12)
  10. Escape (3:51)
  11. Crack in a Stone (4:55)
  12. Beginning of Time (5:50)
  13. Heart's Song - Bonus Track (4:07)

Credits

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