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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Amorphis absorbed and incorporated influences from many metal genres, and with time passing their sound evolved dramatically. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but with time they have evolved into making music that is more classifiable as doom metal with folk influences, and, more recently, progressive metal and hard rock, 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.
History
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.
History
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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Eclipse
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Silent Waters
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RichDropOut19 wrote:
what a great day... made $3,938.75 by filling out paid surveys today, time to relax and listen to some music lol
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The_Fenix wrote:
Sky is mine is the best by far
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OxfordsWhores wrote:
Brother Moon is pure insanity
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WyrdicoN wrote:
Although these guys have never really been considered "Folk Metal" by most standards, Tales From the Thousand Lakes started me on a path towards that genre with their tales of Finnish Legends and The Kalevala.
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Battlefist wrote:
Skyforger is great. It's not that good as for ex. Eclipse but, well - still a great one!
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StD616 wrote:
Skyforger is good, but Eclipse and especially Silent Waters were IMO a lot better. I can't understand all this hype...
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Johku93 wrote:
dont understand why everybody is so excited about Skyforger... I think it's their weakest album in a long time :/
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megadethnatic wrote:
Brilliant band. :)
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CotBayun wrote:
Lemminkainenf : only Elegy, actually.
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hammerstrikebg wrote:
Skyforger is definitely their best album \m/
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EtherealMirror wrote:
Elegy was definitely their best album.
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xptrinity wrote:
@Lemminkainenf : Pretty much everything from this onwards ;)
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SocialClass wrote:
Silent Waters is such a beautiful and touching song.
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Lemminkainenf wrote:
Which album are progressive ? i have only Tales From the Thousand Lakes.
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Jussman wrote:
love it so much
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SocialClass wrote:
Why is this band so perfect.
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guipotter4 wrote:
sA
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Kempatrick wrote:
They were unable to record anything better than Elegy, despite of all tryings :))
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Slatkishhh wrote:
Amorphis - The Gods!
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proggirl wrote:
Skyforger for the win! ;)
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Jan
15
Amorphis
Vaakuna, Mikkeli, Finland
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Feb
4
Emma Gaala 2010
Linnanmäen Peacock, Helsinki, Finland
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Feb
19
FME - Finnish Metal Expo 2010
Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland
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Huomenta Suomi & Finnish Metal Awards
5 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/amorphis
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Recent Activity
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Dark-Devourer, WatermelonWoma, ReaperK and 3 other people added Amorphis to their libraries. yesterday evening
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RUS-WarX tagged Amorphis with progressive metal, doom metal and melodic death metal. yesterday evening
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rotting_mammoth added Amorphis to rotting_mammoth’s library. yesterday evening
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Inner wrote about Amorphis in Top10 - 2009. yesterday evening
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Juve2 tagged Amorphis with melodic death metal, death doom metal, melodic metal and 4 other tags. yesterday evening
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kosti666, ChristGoodbye, hangerflex and 3 other people added Amorphis to their libraries. yesterday evening
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omm_omm tagged Amorphis with ‘progressive metal’. yesterday afternoon
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adachin wrote about Amorphis in Best of 2009. yesterday afternoon
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adachin wrote about Amorphis – Skyforger in Best of 2009. yesterday afternoon
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Shaerwood tagged Amorphis with ‘metal’. yesterday afternoon
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Top10 - 2009
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