Amorphis "Circle"

Country: Finland
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme Progressive Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Release date: April 19, 2013 (Europe) and April 30, 2013 (North America)
Tracklist: 
1. Shades Of Gray
2. Mission
3. The Wanderer
4. Narrow Path
5. Hopeless Days
6. Nightbird’s Song
7. Into The Abyss
8. Enchanted By The Moon
9. A New Day
10. Dead Man’s Dream (Bonus track)

Line-up: 
Tomi Joutsen (vocals)
Esa Holopainen (guitar)
Niclas Etelävuori (bass)
Jan Rechberger (drums)
Tomi Koivusaari (guitars)
Santeri Kallio (keyboards)

Description/Reviews: 

The concept of “Circle” is a story that spreads through all of the album’s lyrics:
“The protagonist has been dealt a bad hand at birth. He’s always felt himself an outsider with strong potential to become marginalized. Through an accident, after a crisis, he finds a connection with his inner powers. A guide is sent to him, from some other time and place. He gets a chance to take hold of his own life and change his destiny. From the past of Carelian Finland he finds his own spiritual tribe and the power to turn the course of his doomed life. This is a story of survival.”

In a recent studio report video Amorphis told fans to expect heavier, longer and more progressive songs – and added they were recording the album with bigger instruments “because size really does matter.”

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