Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by Finnish metal band Amorphi. A monumental concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. It was their first departure from the more aggressive death metal sound of their debut album to a more melodic death/doom metal sound, with more influence from early doom metal bands like Black Sabbath. This album features a greater use of synthesizers and clean vocals than their previous release. This was the first Amorphis album to feature Kasper Mårtenson on keyboard. It is often hailed as one of the better Amorphis record, and was very influential and historically significant in the development of the Melodic Death Metal and Doom Metal genre. Album was later re-released in 2001 with all the tracks from the Black Winter Day EP and a cover of "Light my Fire" by The Doors added as bonus track. Released: July 12, 1994 Genre: death doom metal / melodic death metal Label: Relapse Records Track listing: 1. "Thousand Lakes" (Holopainen) – 2:03 2. "Into Hiding" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:42 3. "The Castaway" (Holopainen, Koivusaari, Traditional) – 5:30 4. "First Doom" (Holopainen) – 3:49 5. "Black Winter Day" (Mårtenson, Traditional) – 3:48 6. "Drowned Maid" (Holopainen, Koivusaari, Laine, Traditional) – 4:23 7. "In the Beginning" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:34 8. "Forgotten Sunrise" (Holopainen) – 4:50 9. "To Fathers Cabin" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:47 10. "Magic and Mayhem" (Holopainen, Traditional) – 4:27 11. "Folk of the North"* - 1:17 12. "Moon and Sun"* (Koivusaari) - 3:39 13. "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"* (Koivusaari, Traditional) - 5:12 14. "Light My Fire"* (The Doors cover) - 2:53 All lyrics traditional, except "First Doom" and "Forgotten Sunrise" by Holopainen, and "Light My Fire" by The Door. Tracks 11 - 14 included on the 2001 re-release. Personel: * Tomi Koivusaari – vocal, rhythm guitar * Esa Holopainen – lead guitar * Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar * Jan Rechberger – drums * Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards Additional musicians * Ville Tuomi – clean vocals and speech .

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