Amorphis

Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band started 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 heavy metal, progressive metal, and folk metal. They frequently use the Kalevala, the Epic Poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics.

In 1989, Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen played in a thrash metal band called Violent Solution, which Tomi Koivusaari had left the previous year to form the death metal band Abhorrence. Violent Solution slowly dissolved and Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen put together another death metal band.^{[clarification needed]} In early 1990, Tomi Koivusaari became the vocalist and Oppu Laine became their bassist.

During that time, Tomi also performed rhythm guitar, leading to the band dumping all original compositions and starting over again.^[why?] Tomi's other band, Abhorrence, split up and he found himself with more time to put into Amorphis. A demo tape, Disment of Soul, was recorded in 1991 by Timo Tolkki at TTT studios.

Divinity

Last day brings the grace
For bearers of forbidden name
Step into five fold mace
As son as father in a frame
Someday fire wipes the rain
Fears are frozen tears whisper
Things that no one hears
Cry now, cry now for me again
Tomorrows pride and pain
Why you kneel before my name
Crushing my belief
And make shape to my relief
For who you set your prayers

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Edit Atlanta Journal 30 May 2016

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Native Americans Grapple With Memorial Day, Should We Do the Same?

Edit WorldNews.com 30 May 2016

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Edit Orlando Sentinel 30 May 2016

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Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016

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Edit Coming Soon 30 May 2016

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Edit Skiddle 23 Mar 2016

Tidal Concerts proudly present Amorphis live. Founded in 1990 in Helsinki, Finland-based melancholic metal masters AMORPHIS wrote music history, incl ... Amorphis live on Wed 23rd March 2016 ... Amorphis ... Amorphis > www.facebook.com/amorphis. Founded in 1990 in Helsinki, Finland-based melancholic metal masters AMORPHIS wrote music history, incl ... Amorphis....

Keyboards In Metal: Examining The Evolution Of Heavy Music’s Most Maligned Instrument

Edit VH1 24 Nov 2015

Keyboards in metal songs – I have always liked them. I was only a wee pup when Van Halen released 1984 and the smash hit single “Jump”, and when Judas Priest went “pop” on 1986’s Turbo ... I get it ... King Diamond ... Dio ... Whether it’s In Flames, Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquility, Opeth, Amorphis, Soilwork, or Scar Symmetry, keyboards have more or less been part of the tapestry of this sub-genre ... coyled....

LEPROUS with Rendezvous Point and support (tbc) tickets

Edit Skiddle 10 Oct 2015

The Ruby Lounge in Manchester. Wednesday 14th October 2015. 6.30pm til 11.00pm (last entry 9.00pm). Minimum Age ... Taking the band on several tours across the European mainland, touring with Finnish metal heavy-weights Amorphis, followed by an own headliner tour, and even seeing the band traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to perform at the ProgPower USA festival, “Bilateral” carved out a busy path for the five-piece to follow....

Sacrifice

Edit MUZU.TV 02 Oct 2015

Watch the official Sacrifice video by Amorphis in HD on WWW.MUZU.TV and check out the latest new music releases and playlists for free ... ....

Sellout? Breaking Down How And Why Metal Bands Go From Extreme To Mainstream

Edit VH1 06 Sep 2015

You’ve seen it a million times. Your favorite über-heavy underground band starts out on their first album heavy as nails. Album number two hits, and there are suddenly one or two clean-singing parts. It’s ok. You aren’t too upset; they kind of slipped it in under the radar ... Bands like Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Entombed, Amorphis have gone from full-on death metal to gothic and rock and sometimes back again over the course of 20 years ... ....

Nightwish returns to Bucharest on December 10

Edit Topix 05 Aug 2015

The rock band Nightwish, which recently launched its newest album - "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" -, has set off on a world tour, the band's most ample and ambitious tour so far, and will arrive in Romania on December 10 ... Arch Enemy and Amorphis will open the concert and warm up the Romanian fans, bringing the event closer to the level of an ideal festival for metal music fans.... ....

Singing Vs. Screaming In Metal: Where Do You Stand?

Edit VH1 10 Jun 2015

There is a civil war in the world of heavy music ... These bands had real singers ... Pop is easy on the ears. soothing and melodic ... It’s important not to leave out Europe, as there were several bands out of Scandinavia like Amorphis on Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994) and Opeth on Orchid (1995), who were both experimenting with a blend of growled death metal vocals and airy melodic singing to suit the dynamic nature of their music ... ....

Tengger Cavalry

Edit The Quietus 30 Apr 2015

A lot of people, even within the tightly knit community of metal fans, have a problem with folk metal ... Or worse, they resort to becoming a novelty act ... The first camp (populated by the likes of Turisas, Korpiklaani and Eluevietie) has a fascination with history and mythology whilst the second (Home to Moonsorrow and to a certain degree Amorphis as well as the artists above) discuss nature, paganism and other such topics ... ....

What To Expect: Cincinnati Defense vs. Toledo Offense

Edit Springfield News-Sun 12 Sep 2014

The loss of Phillip Ely is a major blow for the Rockets. With Ely they had a bit more flexibility in terms of what they could do because of his ability as a runner. Likely starter Logan Woodside is not a threat to run, which will shift the focus from the quarterback to the running back. In their offensive philosophy under Matt Campbell the Toledo Rockets are pretty amorphis ... But the emphasis was what makes it interesting ... ....

Hopeless Days (live at Wacken Open Air 2013)

Edit MUZU.TV 15 Jul 2014

Watch the official Hopeless Days (live at Wacken Open Air 2013) video by Amorphis in HD on WWW.MUZU.TV and check out the latest new music releases and playlists for free. ....

CD review: SABATON - "Heroes" (Nuclear Blast)

Edit The Examiner 17 Apr 2014

The legendary melodic power metal band Sabaton are back with a new release "Heroes." What to expect from "Heroes" is a lot of hammer and skull crushing powerful beatdowns. Track after track provides the listener with some of the greatest musicianship in one band ... Symphonically a strong song ... "Heroes" was recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter Tägtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, IMMORTAL); album art was created by Péter Sallai ... 01 ... 02 ... 03 ... ....

Amorphis

ALBUMS

Circle

The Beginning of Times

1991-08-23: Day of Darkness Festifall, Part 2: Oulu, Finland

Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years

Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes

Skyforger

Silent Waters

2006-07-15: Artmania Festival, Sibiu, Romania

Eclipse

Far From the Sun

Chapters

The Karelian Isthmus

Tales From the Thousand Lakes

Am Universum

Story: 10th Anniversary

Tuonela

Elegy

Abhorrence / Amorphis

Isle of Joy