Kotimainen metallijyrämme Amorphis ilmoittaa julkaisevansa uuden ”Halo” -albumin ensi vuonna 11. helmikuuta. Samalla yhtye on julkaissut levyn kansitaiteen, sekä kappalelistan. Kappaleiden sanoituksista vastaa tuttuun tapaan Pekka Kainulainen, ja levyn tuottamisesta Jens Bogren.
02. On The Dark Waters
03. The Moon
04. Windmane
05. A New Land
06. When The Gods Came
07. Seven Roads Come Together
08. War
09. Halo
10. The Wolf
11. My Name Is Night
“It really is a great feeling that we can still produce very decent music as a band”, yhtyeen kitaristi Esa Holopainen sanoo. “Perhaps a certain kind of self-criticism and long experience culminate in these latest albums. It is thoroughly recognizable Amorphis from beginning to end but the general atmosphere is a little bit heavier and more progressive and also organic compared to its predecessor”, hän jatkaa.
“To me, ‘Halo’ sounds a little more stripped down compared to ‘Queen Of Time’ and ‘Under The Red Cloud.’ However, don’t get me wrong: when a certain song needs to sound big, then it sounds very big”, laulaja Tomi Joutsen jatkaa.
“From day one, Pekka has always been an enthusiastic and prolific lyricist for Amorphis”, Tomi kertoo sanoittaja Pekka Kainulaisen roolista ja työstä. “It is a slow process of translating archaic Finnish poetry into English and adapting it to our progressive rhythms. Fortunately, Pekka does everything on time and with great care.”
”’Halo’ is a loose themed record filled with adventurous tales about the mythical North tens of thousands of years ago”, Kainulainen kertoo levyn teemasta ja sanoituksista. “The lyrics tell of an ancient time when man wandered to these abandoned boreal frontiers after the ice age. While describing the revival of a seminal culture in a world of new opportunities, I also try to reach the sempiternal forces of the human mind.”
AMORPHIS on:
Tomi Joutsen – laulu
Esa Holopainen -kitara
Tomi Koivusaari – kitara
Santeri Kallio – koskettimet
Olli-Pekka Laine – basso
Jan Rechberger – rummut
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