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1994 studio album by Amorphis
Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Studio album by
Amorphis
Released
12 July 1994
Recorded
September 1993
Genre
Melodic death metal, death-doom, gothic metal
Length
40:13
Label
Relapse
Producer
Tomas Skogsberg and Amorphis
Amorphis chronology
Privilege of Evil (1993)
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994)
Elegy (1996)
Singles from Tales from the Thousand Lakes
"Black Winter Day" Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
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Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.
The album was an influential release in the development of the melodic death metal genre,[1] predominantly mixing the genre with death-doom[2] and gothic metal,[3] compared to the band's death metal debut. This showcases a more melodic sound for the band, with hints at their later, more progressive direction. The album also introduced synthesizers and clean vocals to the band's sound, though the latter was used sparingly.
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. Jan Rechberger would leave the band after this album but rejoin the band for 2003's Far from the Sun.
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.
^ abAnderson, Jason. Tales from the Thousand Lakes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
^"Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes | Metalfan.nl Review". Metalfan.nl (in Dutch).
^Müller, Jan (6 April 2013). "Savatage – The Wake Of Magellan Review". Metal1.info (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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