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Wintersun - Time I



8.4 | 1150 votes |
Release date: 19 October 2012
Style: Extreme power metal

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Disc I
01. When Time Fades Away
02. Sons Of Winter And Stars
    1 - Rain Of Stars
    2 - Surrounded By Darkness
    3 - Journey Inside A Dream
    4 - Sons Of Winter And Stars
03. Land Of Snow And Sorrow
04. Darkness And Frost
05. Time
06. [hidden track] [Mediabook & Mailorder edition bonus]

Disc II [DVD] [Mediabook bonus]
+ Time I Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump Studios
+ Licks & Tricks
+ Sons Of Winter And Stars - Project Demonstration
+ Photo Gallery

Disc III [instrumental CD] [Mailorder edition bonus]
01. When Time Fades Away
02. Sons Of Winter And Stars
    1 - Rain Of Stars
    2 - Surrounded By Darkness
    3 - Journey Inside A Dream
    4 - Sons Of Winter And Stars
03. Land Of Snow And Sorrow
04. Darkness And Frost
05. Time

The biggest surprise of 2012

Additional info
Formats:
  • Limited Mediabook (hard cover, wide format) CD+DVD
  • Limited Mediabook (hard cover, wide format) CD+DVD + Instrumental CD of Time I, Certificate (limited to 500 copies, exclusively available at Nuclear Blast)
  • Limited Mediabook (hard cover, wide format) CD+DVD + Signed photo card Jari Mäenpää (limited to 1000 copies, exclusively available at Amazon.de)
  • Limited Mediabook (hard cover, wide format) CD+DVD + Wintersun logo shirt gray/black (exclusively available at Levykauppa Äx)
  • Limited Mediabook (hard cover, wide format) CD+DVD + Shirt (black) (EMP exclusive)
  • CD Jewel Case + Shirt (Nuclear Blast USA exclusive)
  • CD Jewel Case
  • Blue vinyl (180g vinyl in gatefold including poster)
  • White vinyl (180g vinyl in gatefold including poster. Strictly limited to 200 hand-numbered copies) (exclusive at Nuclear Blast mailorder)
  • Digital download
  • iTunes digital download with Time I booklet

Staff review by
Baz Anderson
Rating:
7.5
One of the most highly anticipated albums of the last decade; Time I finally ends the eight year silence, but was the wait worth it?

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published 22.10.2012 | Comments (220)

Guest review by
Bad English
Rating:
8.7
Wintersun - is it real? Well, no, it isn't. We hardly see the sun; for four whole weeks, it never shines.

Allow me to copy the style of DerRozzengarten (the greatest reviewer ever), who knows how to write proper metaphors. Such music is never meant to explain northern life for people who have never actually walked on a frozen river or cleared snow from their car before work (I'm not taking a jab at the French, Dutch, or Danish, who usually overreact when they see 1 cm of snow). Imagine the pre-internet days: it's blizzard beasts, mid-winter, the sun never shines, just 22 hours of darkness and twilight in between. There is nothing to do, only good music, books, or finding a way to channel your creativity. Outside activities, aside from collecting firewood and cleaning snow? I don't think so (but wait a minute, Jari lives in the city anyway?). Anyway, the streets are dead and frozen, the horizon is dark, and night light is ablaze on the snow. All you can do is wait for spring and then summer to arrive slowly. I've done it all my life, still do, and we all did. It's typical northern madness!

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published 20.12.2016 | Comments (10)

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23.11.2021 - 12:13
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Written by F3ynman2000 on 23.11.2021 at 10:11

I actually really like this album!

There are several differences to their debut. While the first album jumped right into the action, this one has an oriental sounding atmospheric intro. This album basically just has 3 songs, but they're pretty good. There are more clean vocals which make the album less "extreme" power metal and more "epic" power metal. Overall, the album flies by pretty quickly, but the short adventure is an enjoyable one

Favorite tracks: Sons of Winter and Stars, Time, Land of Snow and Sorrow

So you joined the crowd that's waiting for Time II, now?
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23.11.2021 - 15:41
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Karlabos on 23.11.2021 at 12:13

So you joined the crowd that's waiting for Time II, now?

No, I'm still waiting on Wintersun II
Their debut is a lot better than this one. But this one is also good - just in a different way
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23.11.2021 - 15:46
JoHn Doe

Are people sure the album is called Time I (as in "one") and not Time I (as in first person personal pronoun).
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23.11.2021 - 19:51
Zap
Guest
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 15:46

Are people sure the album is called Time I (as in "one") and not Time I (as in first person personal pronoun).

"One" implies there is going to be a "two" so that's definitely off the table
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23.11.2021 - 19:55
JoHn Doe

Written by Zap on 23.11.2021 at 19:51

Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 15:46

Are people sure the album is called Time I (as in "one") and not Time I (as in first person personal pronoun).

"One" implies there is going to be a "two" so that's definitely off the table


exactly
Time I stop making silly jokes.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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24.11.2021 - 23:25
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 15:46

Are people sure the album is called Time I (as in "one") and not Time I (as in first person personal pronoun).

"Time I got off my ass and put out some new music"
-Jari, probably
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07.12.2021 - 15:41
Rating: 9
abysss

Lovely album, at first I was disappointed this was the sequel to Wintersun - Wintersun. But it grew on me, unlike the Forest Seasons, that I still trying to grasp some catchy melodies.
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14.03.2022 - 03:26
Rating: 10
24emd
Theory Snob
I love this album, so much better than their debut. The rhythm and lead guitar along with the symphonies compliment each other so well that I think it's pretty safe to say that in the 10 years since its release, no Symphonic band has topped this album. Mind blowingly catchy and melodic, riff after riff of pure ecstasy. Sets an insanely high bar for all music in this or similar styles, and no matter how many times I relisten, this remains the case. One of the best albums ever.
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"I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2
"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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15.08.2022 - 22:30
Rating: 9
Kvothe

Post from Wintersun's Facebook:

ALBUMS UPDATE
Album 1 60% done (currently working on)
Album 2 60% done
Album 3 60% done
Album 4 20% done
TIME II 90 % done

So I still keeping hope on seeing Time II Some day
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Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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21.08.2022 - 11:50
Zap
Guest
^ Hilarious. So, instead of working on the album that was supposed to come out around 2007 and that's "90% done" (yeah, right) they are currently working on some random new shit.

I had a look at their Patreon, which is just ridiculous.
"Switching pickups"
"Teemu's Favorite Stratovarius Riffs"
Who the hell are the 156 suckers that pay 10 quid a month for this shit that shouldn't even make it to Youtube?
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21.08.2022 - 14:53
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Written by Kvothe on 15.08.2022 at 22:30

Post from Wintersun's Facebook:

ALBUMS UPDATE
Album 1 60% done (currently working on)
Album 2 60% done
Album 3 60% done
Album 4 20% done
TIME II 90 % done

So I still keeping hope on seeing Time II Some day

Fucking lol!

Working on several projects at once so that you can claim you haven't finished any of them yet!
What a genius
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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21.08.2022 - 17:33
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Karlabos on 21.08.2022 at 14:53

Written by Kvothe on 15.08.2022 at 22:30

Post from Wintersun's Facebook:

ALBUMS UPDATE
Album 1 60% done (currently working on)
Album 2 60% done
Album 3 60% done
Album 4 20% done
TIME II 90 % done

So I still keeping hope on seeing Time II Some day

Fucking lol!

Working on several projects at once so that you can claim you haven't finished any of them yet!
What a genius

You can bet that these albums will be released in that order, i.e. starting with "Album 1" and ending with "Time II"
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21.08.2022 - 22:44
Rating: 9
Kvothe

Written by F3ynman2000 on 21.08.2022 at 17:33

Written by Karlabos on 21.08.2022 at 14:53

Written by Kvothe on 15.08.2022 at 22:30

Post from Wintersun's Facebook:

ALBUMS UPDATE
Album 1 60% done (currently working on)
Album 2 60% done
Album 3 60% done
Album 4 20% done
TIME II 90 % done

So I still keeping hope on seeing Time II Some day

Fucking lol!

Working on several projects at once so that you can claim you haven't finished any of them yet!
What a genius

You can bet that these albums will be released in that order, i.e. starting with "Album 1" and ending with "Time II"

Why do you assume that? It doesn't have to be the release order, I think it's just to give them a temporary name. Also if Jari says he's almost done with Time II he might release it after album 1.
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Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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21.08.2022 - 22:51
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Kvothe on 21.08.2022 at 22:44

Why do you assume that? It doesn't have to be the release order, I think it's just to give them a temporary name. Also if Jari says he's almost done with Time II he might release it after album 1.

I'm just joking. Of course one would assume that the album that's furthest completed should be the first to be released. But given how Time II has been constantly delayed, it would be no surprise if they first release a bunch of other projects, just to have a reason to keep delaying Time II. We'll see, I guess
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21.08.2022 - 23:03
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Written by F3ynman2000 on 21.08.2022 at 17:33

Written by Karlabos on 21.08.2022 at 14:53

Fucking lol!

Working on several projects at once so that you can claim you haven't finished any of them yet!
What a genius

You can bet that these albums will be released in that order, i.e. starting with "Album 1" and ending with "Time II"

Actually I think he's gonna start new projects in between
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
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21.08.2022 - 23:26
Rating: 9
Kvothe

Written by F3ynman2000 on 21.08.2022 at 22:51

Written by Kvothe on 21.08.2022 at 22:44

Why do you assume that? It doesn't have to be the release order, I think it's just to give them a temporary name. Also if Jari says he's almost done with Time II he might release it after album 1.

I'm just joking. Of course one would assume that the album that's furthest completed should be the first to be released. But given how Time II has been constantly delayed, it would be no surprise if they first release a bunch of other projects, just to have a reason to keep delaying Time II. We'll see, I guess

Still there is something I don't understand. If I remember correctly in his horrific crowdfunding he said that he would do a second crowdfunding to finish building his sauna. That meant there was a second album in the works that should be done by today (which of course isn't Time II) but five years later it's only half done. I really don't understand this big nose.
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Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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29.11.2023 - 16:40
Rating: 9
miekka18

Good follow up to debut after like 10 years of waiting. I remember Time album giving me lots of goosebumps. It's not perfect but near it
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30.12.2023 - 04:34
Rating: 10
24emd
Theory Snob
Why is Jari's name not listed in the lineup?
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"Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend

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31.12.2023 - 17:44
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by 24emd on 30.12.2023 at 04:34

Why is Jari's name not listed in the lineup?

Fixed. Apparently some people have a hard time differentiating between “joined” and “departed”...
Thanks for the heads-up!
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25.02.2024 - 18:34
Rating: 9
Kvothe

So its finally coming, Time II in summer this year.
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Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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25.02.2024 - 19:17
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by Redel on 23.12.2020 at 23:14

To even get an idea of the necessity of 23 pages of comments on this album I suggest you start with the debut, then wait 8 years, and then go to the one at hand.

Almost halfway there
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25.02.2024 - 19:59
Rating: 6
Redel

Written by Roman Doez on 25.02.2024 at 19:17

Almost halfway there

Great, you've been so patient for that long. Hope you will continue waiting even in the case that something will actually be happening here in the upcoming days.
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