Tales from the Thousand Lakes

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Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Studio album by Amorphis
Released	July 12, 1994
Recorded	September 1993
Genre	Death/doom Melodic death metal Folk metal
Length	39:53
Label	Relapse Records
Producer	Tomas Skogsberg and Amorphis
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Amorphis chronology
Privilege of Evil (EP) (1993) Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994) Black Winter Day (EP) (1995)

Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by Death/doom metal band Amorphis. A monumental 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 doom metal bands like Black Sabbath . This album features a greater use of synthesizers and clean vocals than their previous release.

This was the first Amorphis album to feature Kasper Mårtenson on keyboards. It is often hailed as one of the better Amorphis records, and was very influential and historically significant in the development of the Melodic Death Metal and Doom Metal genres.

It was later re-released in 2001 with all the tracks from the "Black Winter Day" EP and a cover of Light my Fire by The Doors added as bonus tracks.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Band members 2.2 Additional musicians

[edit] Track listing

1. "Thousand Lakes" (Holopainen) – 2:03
2. "Into Hiding" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:42
3. "The Castaway" (Holopainen, Koivusaari, Traditional) – 5:30
4. "First Doom" (Holopainen) – 3:49
5. "Black Winter Day" (Mårtenson, Traditional) – 3:48
6. "Drowned Maid" (Holopainen, Koivusaari, Laine, Traditional) – 4:23
7. "In the Beginning" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:34
8. "Forgotten Sunrise" (Holopainen) – 4:50
9. "To Fathers Cabin" (Holopainen, Laine, Traditional) – 3:47
10. "Magic and Mayhem" (Holopainen, Traditional) – 4:27
11. "Folk of the North"* - 1:17
12. "Moon and Sun"* (Koivusaari) - 3:39
13. "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"* (Koivusaari, Traditional) - 5:12
14. "Light My Fire"* (The Doors cover) - 2:53

All lyrics traditional, except "First Doom" and "Forgotten Sunrise" by Holopainen, and "Light My Fire" by The Doors.

• Tracks included on the 2001 re-release

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

• Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
• Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
• Jan Rechberger – drums
• Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards

[edit] Additional musicians

• Ville Tuomi – clean vocals and speech

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