Wintersun (album)

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Wintersun

Studio album by Wintersun
Released	September 13, 2004
Recorded	January - May 2004
Genre	Progressive metal^[1] Power metal^[2] Melodic black metal^[3]
Length	54:11
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer(s)	Jari Mäenpää
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Wintersun chronology
	Wintersun (2004)	Wintersun: Tour Edition (2006)

Wintersun, released on September 13, 2004, is the first release and full-length album by the progressive metal^[1] band Wintersun. According to Jari Mäenpää, the cover reflects the cold and spacey atmosphere of the music on the album. Also, the man lying in the snow represents death, while the light behind the trees represents birth, or healing.^[4] The Japanese edition of the album was released with the original three demo tracks.^[5]

1 Track listing
2 Trivia
3 Credits
4 References

[edit] Track listing

"Beyond the Dark Sun" – 2:38
"Winter Madness" – 5:08
"Sleeping Stars" – 5:41
"Battle Against Time" – 7:03
"Death and the Healing" – 7:12
"Starchild" – 7:54
"Beautiful Death" – 8:16
"Sadness and Hate" – 10:16
"Winter Madness" (demo) [Japanese bonus track]
"Beyond the Dark Sun" (demo) [Japanese bonus track]
"Death and the Healing" (demo) [Japanese bonus track]

All music and lyrics written by Jari Mäenpää.

[edit] Trivia

The songs on the album were written over a span of several years by Jari Mäenpää, starting in 1995 and ending in 2003.^[6]

The song "Beautiful Death" is about Jari's experience with tuberculosis following his hospitalization.^[7]

[edit] Credits

Jari Mäenpää - Vocals and Guitar
Teemu Mäntysaari - Guitar
Jukka Koskinen - Bass
Kai Hahto - Drums

It should be noted that this line-up serves only as a concert line-up, as the record was recorded solely by Kai Hahto (drums), and Jari Mäenpää (everything else).