Tuonela (album)

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Tuonela
Studio album by Amorphis
Released	March 29, 1999
Recorded	October, 1998 – November, 1998
Genre	Stoner metal Doom metal
Length	46:48
Label	Relapse
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Amorphis chronology
My Kantele (EP) (1997) Tuonela (1999) Story - 10th Anniversary (2000)

Tuonela is the fourth full-length album by Amorphis. It is named for Tuonela, the realm of the dead in Finnish mythology. It shares inspiration with many of their productions in the text and themes of the Kalevala or Finnish Epic. The style of the album is less progressive, like its predecessor, Elegy, but rather a stoner/doom metal record, with progressive metal/progressive rock elements except few more progressive and rock-sounding songs including "Divinity", "The Way", "Summer's End", "Tuonela" and "Northern Lights". "Northern Lights" is a bonus track for the Japanese edition. The album was licensed to Nuclear Blast in Europe. A music video was made for the song "Divinity".

The album is also the first album to be added into the Metal-Archives.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Band members 2.2 Additional musicians 3 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Amorphis. All lyrics by P.Koskinen, except track ten by Antti Litmanen.

1. "The Way" – 4:35
2. "Morning Star" – 3:50
3. "Nightfall" – 3:52
4. "Tuonela" – 4:32
5. "Greed" – 4:17
6. "Divinity" – 4:56
7. "Shining" – 4:24
8. "Withered" – 5:44
9. "Rusty Moon" – 4:56
10. "Summer's End" – 5:37
11. "Northern Lights" (Japanese bonus track) – 3:18

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

• Pasi Koskinen – vocals
• Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, sitar
• Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
• Jan Rechberger – drums, percussion

[edit] Additional musicians

• Santeri Kallio – keyboards
• Sakari Kukko – saxophone ("Nightfall", "Tuonela"), flute ("Rusty Moon")

[edit] References

v • d • e Amorphis Tomi Joutsen – Esa Holopainen – Tomi Koivusaari – Niclas Etelävuori – Santeri Kallio – Jan Rechberger Former members Pasi Koskinen – Olli-Pekka Laine – Pekka Kasari – Kim Rantala – Kasper Martensen Albums The Karelian Isthmus – Tales from the Thousand Lakes – Elegy – Tuonela – Am Universum – Far from the Sun – Eclipse – Silent Waters Singles and EPs Disment of Soul – Amorphis – Privilege of Evil – Black Winter Day – My Kantele – Divinity – Alone – Day of Your Beliefs – Evil Inside – House of Sleep – The Smoke Compilations Story - 10th Anniversary – Chapters