Amorphis - Queen Of Time
| Release date: | 18 May 2018 |
| Style: | Melodic death metal, Folk metal, Progressive metal |
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01. The Bee
02. Message In The Amber
03. Daughter Of Hate
04. The Golden Elk
05. Wrong Direction
06. Heart Of The Giant
07. We Accursed
08. Grain Of Sand
09. Amongst Stars
10. Pyres On The Coast
11. As Mountains Crumble [bonus]
12. Brother And Sister [bonus]
13. Honeyflow [Japanese bonus]
Top 20 albums of 2018: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 176
Featured in "Getting Into: Amorphis"
02. Message In The Amber
03. Daughter Of Hate
04. The Golden Elk
05. Wrong Direction
06. Heart Of The Giant
07. We Accursed
08. Grain Of Sand
09. Amongst Stars
10. Pyres On The Coast
11. As Mountains Crumble [bonus]
12. Brother And Sister [bonus]
13. Honeyflow [Japanese bonus]
Top 20 albums of 2018: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 176
Featured in "Getting Into: Amorphis"
Review
Lyrics Tomi Joutsen - vocals
Santeri Kallio - keyboards
Tomi Koivusaari - guitars
Esa Holopainen - guitars
Jan Rechberger - drums
Olli-Pekka Laine - bass
Session musicians
Matteo Sisti - whistles
Francesco Ferrini - orchestration
Christian Glanzmann - flutes, whistles
Hellscore Choir - choir
The Orphaned Land String Orchestra - orchestra
Guest musicians
Anneke Van Giersbergen - vocals (track 9)
Albert Kuvezin - vocals (track 1)
Noa Gruman - vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4)
René Merkelbach - vocals (track 9)
Pekka Kainulainen - spoken word (track 3)
Jørgen Munkeby - saxophone (track 3)
Affif Merhej - oud (track 4)
André Alvinzi - keyboards (track 1)
Pekko Käppi - jouhikko (track 13)
Akira Takasaki - guitars (track 13)
Additional info
Produced, recorded and mixed by Jens Borgen at Fascination Street Studios during Winter 2017/18.
Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios.
Grand piano and hammond organ recorded at Finnvox Studios.
Church organ recorded at Church of Paavali.
Choirs recorded at Bardo Studios.
Additional percussion, fretless bass, vocal doublings and narration recorded at Moon Unit Studios.
Choirs by Hellscore Choir and orchestra by The Orphaned Land String Orchestra.
Rating:
9.0
9.0
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Rating: 9.0 |
I love it when an album's intro makes me think I'm about to witness the third season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Read more ›› |
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
I just listened to the album for the first time the whole way through and I'm impressed so far! I feel like they've embraced more of the "proggy" aspects of their sound and emphasized them more on certain tracks. Some highlights for me include The Bee, Message in the Amber, Daughter of Hate, Wrong Direction, Heart of the Giant (my favorite so far), Amongst Stars (Anneke sounds great as always), and the bonus track Brother and Sister. Wrong Direction curiously enough sounds like The Way from Tuonela. When I first heard that track I thought it was a subconscious apology for following "the way" shown by Pasi Koskinen which led to albums like Far From The Sun (which was a bit mediocre) and this is the band acknowledging that they took the "wrong direction" at one point. I am obviously reading way too much into that, but thought it was interesting. lol
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2699  |
Goddamn, this is some good stuff! What's interesting is the increasing presence of the oriental elements, they've been incorporating those since forever but they almost hit Orphaned Land levels this time! Listening to it nonstop.
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| Lord Slothrop Posts: 415  |
I can't believe I've never heard of this band before. Just bought the new album on a whim and love it. Wonderful, beautiful sounds. Looking forward to delving deeper into their catalogue.
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| tominator At best deranged Contributor Posts: 1064  |
Really enjoyed this album. Heart Of The Giant is my favourite but this whole album is really consistent. First whole album I heard of these guys and wasn't disappointed. Great experience!
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| The Galactician Posts: 403  |
I have always been kind of a middle of the road Amorphis fan. I enjoy their releases, but after two or three spins they go back on the shelf until I'm reminded the band exists on the next album. This release though? It could turn me into a mega fan. The songwriting here is just insanely good. Looking forward to checking them out live in Seattle in September!
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
The amount of awesome, catchy tunes in this band is just unbelievable.
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| MeatWolf Posts: 239  |
Written by tominator on 22.05.2018 at 16:42 Blind buy everything at least back to Eclipse.
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| tominator At best deranged Contributor Posts: 1064 |
Written by MeatWolf on 22.05.2018 at 20:24 After what I have listened to, I think that I will definitely pick up some more albums from these guys. 
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1354  |
On another note, im super disappointed Honeyflow didn't make it to the main release. If you're not in Japan, I highly recommend checking the song out. It's awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Dcx1KjQ2Y
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| Fallen Ghost Craft Beer Geek Posts: 725  |
Interesting and fresh album! I think it gets a little boring towards the end, and surprised that it have got such praise as it have done. But when it is good, it is really good! Daughter of Hate slays
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| tiny dog ghosts Posts: 101  |
Amorphis always hide killer tracks in bonuses  See "Stone Woman"
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1354 |
Written by tiny dog ghosts on 23.05.2018 at 11:20 Yeep. See also, New Song, Illusions, Come the Spring, Separated. Dark Tranquility does this also. I love and hate it at the same time.
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7700  |
Written by WorpeX on 23.05.2018 at 15:50 Talking about Amorphis bonus tracks and don't mention Sign? Definitely my favourite of their bonus tracks, although all three from the UTRC sessions (Come The Spring, Winter's Sleep, and The Wind) are fantastic as well. One of the few bands I've made efforts to get digital versions of their various bonus tracks
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| jadis40 Posts: 10  |
Written by tominator on 22.05.2018 at 16:42 MeatWolf mentioned blind buying everything back to Eclipse. I'll second that. I'd throw in Tales From the Thousand Lakes, Elegy and Tuonela too for some of their earlier work. Elegy and Tuonela were both with Pasi as lead singer. Tales is their release that was my introduction to the band, and from that point I was hooked.
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1354 |
Written by jadis40 on 23.05.2018 at 19:24 I'd personally recommend skipping Tales and Elegy and just get Magic and Mayhem instead. Joutsen does an excellent job and the recording quality is consistent with the current era. Listening to the older albums after starting from their recent work is almost like listening to a completely different band.
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2274  |
Written by WorpeX on 23.05.2018 at 21:00  Clearly not! Tales and Elegy are the band's best work for me, actually by far (though I havent come to listen to Queen of Time yet).
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
Written by Redel on 23.05.2018 at 23:35 I'm of the newer generation of fans (since Eclipse) and Tales isn't even close to being their best album for me. Elegy is maybe third and that's not taking Queen of Time into account. That said, I wouldn't recommend Magic & Mayhem over Tales because the atmosphere is unique.
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2274 |
Written by Risto on 24.05.2018 at 00:03 Thats ok, I respect that. You know, maybe that is the "bias of time (or is it age?)". Back at the time (1995 or so it was), there was only Tales and the debut. Amorphis was equivalent to Tales for us, and we were so overwhelmed by this album, we hailed it. Under these circumstances, it is always hard to top an album, I guess. Maybe you will one day make a similar experience. 
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| Malaclypse Posts: 16  |
My first exposure to Amorphis was Tuonela back in the nineties and I loved the melding of styles they pulled off on that record. To me this latest outing feels like they took just about all of the elements of their catalogue and made them just stellar in quality, breadth, and well to these ears of mine simply sublime. I cannot wait to see them on their tour this fall with Dark Tranquility and Moonspell!!!!!
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| mikeprado30 Posts: 1284  |
The tracks I've heard until now have overblown me. This album is a TRUE GEM! Will stand beyond its own time
---- BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE!
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| Therapy? Posts: 174 |
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| PatrickBateman Posts: 22  |
I for the life of me have no idea why this site adores Amorphis so highly
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| OpenMind Posts: 88 |
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| HyperDrifter Posts: 348 |
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4106  |
I never expected this to surpass UtRC and I'm glad I kept those expectations low. I'm glad they embraced their proggier side because it has made for a truly memorable and enchanting album. Sadly I can't say this is on par with the previous release. For lack of better phrasing, the infectiously catchy melodies - the bones upon which Amorphis build their sound - are simply not in the same abundance as on UtRC. Regardless, I will continue to spam spin this release for the next few weeks. Once again Amorphis have proven themselves once of the most consistent bands in our era.
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| AndreMarcos Posts: 218  |
I may need to re listen this, but i really don't get what you guys are on about. This seems to be the definition of an average album.
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
Too much orchestration/symphonic stuff compared to the last release, but still great
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| Sojgenske Posts: 37  |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62155  |
It was not so good, its like orental mid east bands what plays some kind a folk metal, like Orphaned Land and that kind weird mixture. I don't like such music in whole album. Some songs was good, lyrics was good, but what next, where they go now?
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Passenger Lost To Apathy Posts: 1464  |
Album of the year - check. Favorite song is probably The Golden Elk. At this point, Amorphis just can't make a single bad song, their form and creativity in the past 10-15 years is really impressive, I think unpararalled.
---- You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it ~ Mean Streets
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