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Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by doom metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. While still predominantly melodic death metal and gothic metal compared to the band's death metal debut, alongside this more melodic sound, the album is noted to have more progressive instrumentation. The album also introduced synthesizers and clean vocals to the band's sound, though the latter was used sparingly.
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| Tales from the Thousand Lakes | ||||
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| Studio album by Amorphis | ||||
| Released | 12 July 1994 | |||
| Recorded | September 1993 | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal, progressive metal, gothic metal[1] | |||
| Length | 40:13 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
| Producer | Tomas Skogsberg and Amorphis | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
This is the first Amorphis release to have an official keyboardist, Kasper Mårtenson, as any previous of the band's releases had the band's own drummer, Jan Rechberger, provide the empty keyboardist role until the band decided to have a keyboardist and also to find one being Mårtenson. With Mårtenson in the band, it is the first time the band's original lineup changed by having an additional member.
The album was an influential release in the development of the melodic death metal genre.
The original limited version (on digipack) had a cover of "Light My Fire" by The Doors added as a bonus track. It was later re-released in 2001 with most tracks from the Black Winter Day EP and the "Light My Fire" cover added as bonus tracks.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Thousand Lakes" | (instrumental) | K. Mårtenson | 2:04 |
| 2. | "Into Hiding" | traditional | E. Holopainen, O.P. Laine | 3:45 |
| 3. | "The Castaway" | traditional | T. Koivusaari, E. Holopainen, O.P. Laine, K. Mårtenson | 5:32 |
| 4. | "First Doom" | E. Holopainen | E. Holopainen | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Black Winter Day" | traditional | K. Mårtenson | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Drowned Maid" | traditional | T. Koivusaari, E. Holopainen, O.P. Laine | 4:23 |
| 7. | "In the Beginning" | traditional | E. Holopainen, O.P. Laine | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Forgotten Sunrise" | E. Holopainen | E. Holopainen | 4:53 |
| 9. | "To Father's Cabin" | traditional | E. Holopainen, O.P. Laine | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Magic and Mayhem" | traditional | E. Holopainen | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 40:13 | |||
Bonus tracks
Tracks 11–13 added from the Black Winter Day EP; track 14 is a bonus track:
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 11. | "Folk of the North" | (instrumental) | T. Koivusaari | 1:17 |
| 12. | "Moon and Sun" | traditional | T. Koivusaari | 3:36 |
| 13. | "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son" | traditional | T. Koivusaari | 5:10 |
| 14. | "Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) | The Doors | The Doors | 2:53 |
| Total length: | 12:56 | |||
Credits
Band members
- Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
- Olli-Pekka Laine – bass
- Jan Rechberger – drums
- Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards
Additional musicians
- Ville Tuomi – clean vocals, speech
References
- Müller, Jan (6 April 2013). "Savatage – The Wake Of Magellan Review". Metal1.info (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- Anderson, Jason. Tales from the Thousand Lakes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
External links
- Tales from the Thousand Lakes at Discogs (list of releases)
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[de] Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Tales from the Thousand Lakes ist das zweite Studioalbum der finnischen Metal-Band Amorphis und erschien im Juli 1994.- [en] Tales from the Thousand Lakes
[es] Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Tales from the Thousand Lakes es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda finlandesa de death metal Amorphis, publicado el 12 de julio de 1994. Es un álbum conceptual basado en la Kalevala (poema épico finlandés). Musicalmente, significó un salto del sonido más agresivo de su álbum debut hacia un sonido más melódico, sentando las bases de lo que posteriormente se desarrollaría como death metal melódico. Posee una carga más fuerte de sintetizadores y voces limpias que los anteriores trabajos del quinteto finlandés, y constituye la primera participación del teclista Kasper Mårtenson.[ru] Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (Сказания тысячи озёр) — второй альбом финской рок-группы Amorphis.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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