Black Winter Day

"Black Winter Day"
Single by Amorphis
from the album Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Released	January 31, 1995
Recorded	September 1993 (1) September 1994 (2-5) at Sunlight Studios
Genre	Melodic death metal, doom metal
Length	13:59
Label	Relapse
Producer(s)	Amorphis & Tomas Skogsberg
Amorphis singles chronology
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994) Black Winter Day (1995) Elegy (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Black Winter Day is an single / split / compilation by the Finnish band Amorphis, released in 1995. The track "Black Winter Day" is one of the band's best-known songs and continues to be a crowd favourite in live performances to this very day.^[2]

The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.

This is the last Amorphis release with Kasper Mårtenson and to have the band's original logo.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Black Winter Day"	traditional	Kasper Mårtenson	3:48
2.	"Folk of the North"	(instrumental)	Tomi Koivusaari	1:17
3.	"Moon and Sun"	traditional	Koivusaari	3:36
4.	"Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"	traditional	Koivusaari	5:10

Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Light My Fire" (The Doors cover)	2:52
Total length:		16:44

Fear - Gorefest Split
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Fear"	4:31
6.	"Raven"	3:07
7.	"Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94"	3:54
8.	"Fear"	5:10
Total length:		29:52

Personnel

Amorphis Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar Esa Holopainen – lead guitar Kasper Martenson – keyboards Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar Jan Rechberger – drums Amorphis - arrangements, recording & engineering

Additional personnel Ville Tuomi – speech & spoken word Tomas Skogsberg - recording & engineering

Gorefest Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals and bass Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitars Frank Harthoorn – guitars Ed Warby – drums

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Black Winter Day Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
2. "Amorphis - Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved June 30, 2013.