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Helsinki, Finland (1990 – present)

Amorphis is a Finnish , and formerly Death/Doom band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen in Helsinki, Finland in 1990. Amorphis absorbed and incorporated influences from many metal genres, and with time passing their sound evolved dramatically. Initially, the band was a act, but with time they have evolved into making music that is more classifiable as with folk influences, and, more recently, and , utilizing increasingly complex arrangements and a less brutal sound. Amorphis is also well known for their use of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics.

In 1989 Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen played in a speed metal band Violent Solution, which Tomi Koivusaari had left the previous year to form the death metal band Abhorrence. Violent Solution slowly withered away as the musicians became interested in other things and styles of music. At this point, Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen had the idea of putting together a death metal band. In early 1990, Tomi Koivusaari was asked to be the vocalist and Oppu Laine to be their bassist.

During that time the band asked Tomi to pick up the slot of rhythm guitarist as well as singing, which led to the band dumping all original compositions and starting again. With the band starting to move along, Tomi’s other band (Abhorrence) split up and he found himself with much more time to put into Amorphis. The band went into gear and started churning out new brutal music.
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  • Meloku666

    My interest for this band is so huge that at this point I alredy have read the Kalevala in order to understand better their lyrics.

    15 May 3:16am Reply

  • Rehtori77

    Circle is really good!

    12 May 10:22am Reply

  • Gotha_Bella

    Skyforger - really beautiful album, like it a lot, the more I listen the more delicious it is

    10 May 9:30am Reply

  • CoenVen

    Thanks a lot for mentioning the bonus tracks. After searching for the tracklists for al the albums, I noticed I missed like fifteen songs. It's like getting a whole new album... xD!

    9 May 2:30pm Reply

  • PedroMetal

    Wow this song kicks ass |m|

    8 May 9:43pm Reply

  • TheTrooper83

    Circle kicks arse.

    8 May 7:42pm Reply

  • EuanDemonStorm

    Yeah I was surprised too, when I heard it for the first time I assumed it was written by Tomi Koivusaari :)

    8 May 3:18am Reply

  • Dark_Althor

    That's surprising ! Thx for your precision :)

    7 May 1:00pm Reply

  • EuanDemonStorm

    @Dark_Althor, Dead Man's Dream was composed entirely by Kallio. It says this in the CD case.

    7 May 3:13am Reply

  • Meat_Wolf

    Look below in this shoutbox for links :P

    6 May 7:01am Reply

  • SynthetikBreed

    Circle is my favorite Amorphis album to date. Excellent cd all the way through! Anyone have His Song??

    5 May 3:50pm Reply

  • AlexMalborov

    'Circle' is definitely better than 'The Beginning Of Times', but that doesn't really say much since 'TBOT' was, strictly speaking, the worst album in 20 years of Amorphis history in my opinion. I still cringe whenever I hear "You I Need" or that horrible abomination called "Song Of The Sage", that I still feel like it might be a troll attempt from the band. Still, I bought 'Circle' yesterday, gave it a few listens and I must say they seem to develop pretty nicely. I like the addition of more black-metalish vocals here and there ("Nightbird's Song") and some heavier riffs, but the melodies (especially the piano ones) are also better than the ones on 'TBOT'. All in all 7/10 album, 'Silent Waters' is still better.

    5 May 9:15am Reply

  • bugatty7373

    Bonus songs are awesome, they would have fit really well at the end of the record.

    4 May 6:29am Reply

  • Schlachter1991

    Circle is great, new ideas and elder stuff combined, awesome ideas. Nightbirds song and Into the Abyss, so amazing beatiful

    2 May 7:20am Reply

  • pawelzigii

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dac1tbiwEDE - Dead Man's Dream :).

    2 May 12:04am Reply

  • jedidale

    So, what about Amorphis releasing a companion EP to Circle with all of these bonus tracks. an exclusive limited 10 inch LP maybe.

    1 May 10:05pm Reply

  • Dark_Althor

    Thx Meat_Wolf. OMG My Future is AWESOME, easily their best song since the Skyforger era.

    1 May 1:44pm Reply

  • DyabeuPL

    http://www.limiter.com.pl/index.php/recenzjeplytowe/4077-amorphis--circle-2013 From Poland!

    1 May 10:48am Reply

  • Dyomaeth

    I found it difficult to listen through the new album more than twice, which is saying enough. Amorphis could definately do better.

    1 May 9:38am Reply

  • jedidale

    But at least you love the track Hopeless Days.

    1 May 12:21am Reply
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