Wintersun - Time I
| 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
Top 20 albums of 2012: 14
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
Top 20 albums of 2012: 14
Reviews 
Lyrics Jari Mäenpää - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Teemu Mäntysaari - guitars
Kai Hahto - drums
Jukka Koskinen - bass, vocals
Guest musicians
Alpha Valtias Mustatuuli - vocals
Heri Joensen - choirs
Olli Vänskä - choirs
Mathias Nygård - choirs
Jukka-Pekka Miettinen - choirs
Markus Toivonen - choirs
Mikko Salovaara - choirs
Sami Hinkka - choirs
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
Rating:
7.5
7.5
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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? Read more ›› |
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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! Read more ›› |
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| Karlabos Posts: 5735  |
Written by F3ynman on 23.11.2021 at 10:11 So you joined the crowd that's waiting for Time II, now?
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3024  |
Written by Karlabos on 23.11.2021 at 12:13 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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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5081  |
Are people sure the album is called Time I (as in "one") and not Time I (as in first person personal pronoun). 
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Zap Posts: 3577  |
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 15:46 "One" implies there is going to be a "two" so that's definitely off the table
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5081 |
Written by Zap on 23.11.2021 at 19:51 exactly Time I stop making silly jokes.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
Written by JoHn Doe on 23.11.2021 at 15:46 "Time I got off my ass and put out some new music" -Jari, probably
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| abysss Posts: 106  |
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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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1076  |
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.
---- "I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2 "Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend Best 2024 Albums
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| Kvothe Posts: 87  |
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
---- Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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| Zap Posts: 3577 |
^ 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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| Karlabos Posts: 5735 |
Written by Kvothe on 15.08.2022 at 22:30 Fucking lol! Working on several projects at once so that you can claim you haven't finished any of them yet! What a genius
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3024 |
Written by Karlabos on 21.08.2022 at 14:53 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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| Kvothe Posts: 87 |
Written by F3ynman on 21.08.2022 at 17:33 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.
---- Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3024 |
Written by Kvothe on 21.08.2022 at 22:44 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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| Karlabos Posts: 5735 |
Written by F3ynman on 21.08.2022 at 17:33 Actually I think he's gonna start new projects in between
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| Kvothe Posts: 87 |
Written by F3ynman on 21.08.2022 at 22:51 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.
---- Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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| miekka18 Posts: 186  |
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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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1076 |
Why is Jari's name not listed in the lineup?
---- "I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2 "Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend Best 2024 Albums
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| Starvynth i c deaf people Staff Posts: 3165  |
Written by 24emd on 30.12.2023 at 04:34 Fixed. Apparently some people have a hard time differentiating between “joined” and “departed”... Thanks for the heads-up!
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| Kvothe Posts: 87 |
So its finally coming, Time II in summer this year. 
---- Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 972  |
Written by Redel on 23.12.2020 at 23:14 Almost halfway there 
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246  |
Written by Roman Doez on 25.02.2024 at 19:17 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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| Kuroboshi Posts: 1200  |
I just realized that the artwork reminds me so much of the Ori game series, and the intro does to, with its natural world Eastern bombastic feel. Pretty cool.
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1076 |
Written by Kuroboshi on 27.07.2024 at 12:43 Good comparison, I love the opening track here and the Ori music.
---- "I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2 "Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend Best 2024 Albums
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| Metren Dreadrealm Posts: 1410  |
Someone on YouTube said this album would fit well with playing Valheim. I considered this, but then I remembered that Valheim has a really good soundtrack. Also, I find it odd how nobody thus far has pointed out how "Land Of Snow And Sorrow" is just a variation of "Ferrum Aeternum", made blander by a slower tempo and uninspired distorted guitar parts.
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| Opethian Posts: 1757  |
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| Kvothe Posts: 87 |
Yep. Time I 2.0 sounds like a different album. More fresh and complete.
---- Here, waiting very quiet right in front Valaritas, the door that hides the tomb.
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