Tales from the Thousand Lakes
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Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by metal band Amorphis. It is a 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 bands influential to doom metal like Black Sabbath and Pentagram. This album features a greater use of synthesizers and clean vocals than their previous release, which was devoid of both.
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 and doom metal genres.
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
| 1. |
"Thousand Lakes" | (instrumental) | Kasper Mårtenson |
2:03 |
| 2. |
"Into Hiding" | traditional | Esa Holopainen, Olli-Pekka Laine |
3:42 |
| 3. |
"The Castaway" | traditional | Tomi Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine, Mårtenson |
5:30 |
| 4. |
"First Doom" | Holopainen | Holopainen |
3:49 |
| 5. |
"Black Winter Day" | traditional | Mårtenson |
3:48 |
| 6. |
"Drowned Maid" | traditional | Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine |
4:23 |
| 7. |
"In the Beginning" | traditional | Holopainen, Laine |
3:34 |
| 8. |
"Forgotten Sunrise" | Holopainen | Holopainen |
4:50 |
| 9. |
"To Father's Cabin" | traditional | Holopainen, Laine |
3:47 |
| 10. |
"Magic and Mayhem" | traditional | Holopainen |
4:27 |
Total length: |
39:53 |
Bonus tracks
Tracks 11–13 added from the Black Winter Day EP; track 14 is a bonus track:
| 11. |
"Folk of the North" | (instrumental) | Koivusaari |
1:17 |
| 12. |
"Moon and Sun" | traditional | Koivusaari |
3:36 |
| 13. |
"Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son" | traditional | Koivusaari |
5:10 |
| 14. |
"Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) | The Doors | The Doors |
2:53 |
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