Tales from the Thousand Lakes

Studio album by Amorphis

Released

July 12, 1994

Recorded

September 1993

Genre

Death-doom, folk metal, progressive metal

Length

39:53

Label

Relapse

Producer

Tomas Skogsberg and Amorphis

Amorphis chronology

Privilege of Evil
(1993)

Tales from the Thousand Lakes
(1994)

Black Winter Day
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second full-length album by metal band Amorphis. It is a 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 bands influential to doom metal like Black Sabbath and Pentagram. This album features a greater use of synthesizers and clean vocals than their previous release, which was devoid of both.

This was the first Amorphis album to feature Kasper Mårtenson on keyboards. The album was an influential release in the development of the melodic death metal and doom metal genres.

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Thousand Lakes"	(instrumental)	Kasper Mårtenson	2:03
2.	"Into Hiding"	traditional	Esa Holopainen, Olli-Pekka Laine	3:42
3.	"The Castaway"	traditional	Tomi Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine, Mårtenson	5:30
4.	"First Doom"	Holopainen	Holopainen	3:49
5.	"Black Winter Day"	traditional	Mårtenson	3:48
6.	"Drowned Maid"	traditional	Koivusaari, Holopainen, Laine	4:23
7.	"In the Beginning"	traditional	Holopainen, Laine	3:34
8.	"Forgotten Sunrise"	Holopainen	Holopainen	4:50
9.	"To Father's Cabin"	traditional	Holopainen, Laine	3:47
10.	"Magic and Mayhem"	traditional	Holopainen	4:27
Total length:				39:53

Bonus tracks

Tracks 11–13 added from the Black Winter Day EP; track 14 is a bonus track:

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Folk of the North"	(instrumental)	Koivusaari	1:17
12.	"Moon and Sun"	traditional	Koivusaari	3:36
13.	"Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"	traditional	Koivusaari	5:10
14.	"Light My Fire" (The Doors cover)	The Doors	The Doors	2:53

Credits

Band members

Additional musicians

Ville Tuomi – clean vocals, speech

References

↑ Anderson, Jason. Tales from the Thousand Lakes at AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

Amorphis

Tomi Joutsen Esa Holopainen Tomi Koivusaari Niclas Etelävuori Santeri Kallio Jan Rechberger Pasi Koskinen Olli-Pekka Laine Pekka Kasari Kim Rantala Kasper Mårtenson

Studio albums	The Karelian Isthmus (1992) Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994) Elegy (1996) Tuonela (1999) Am Universum (2001) Far from the Sun (2003) Eclipse (2006) Silent Waters (2007) Skyforger (2009) The Beginning of Times (2011) Circle (2013) Under the Red Cloud (2015)

EPs	Privilege of Evil Black Winter Day My Kantele

Compilations	Story - 10th Anniversary Chapters Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years

Related articles	Discography Abhorrence Kalevala

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