Amorphis has put up an E-Card with samples of each track of their upcoming album "Silent Waters", which is to be released on August 31. The "Silent Waters" E-Card can be viewed here .

Amorphis has also anounced five more tour dates that will include shows in Russia and Ukraine.

07.10. Kiev (UA), venue tba
09.10. Khabarovsk (RU), Circus
10.10. Vladivostok (RU), venue tba
12.10. Moscow (RU), Apelsin
13.10. Rostov (RU), Dk Rostselmash

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Source:	kingfooentertainment.fi
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The following message was posted on Amorphis' official website:

"On occasion of the release of their marvelous new album Silent Waters (in stores: Europe August 31, Finland August 28), Amorphis will embark on a European tour in November to present the new songs live on stage!

The first leg of the Silent Waters European Tour will take Amorphis to Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Norway and Sweden before the band returns to Finland for a concert at Nosturi in Helsinki. The first of the all in all 16 shows will be in Hannover, Germany, on November 13th".

Amorphis - Silent Waters European Tour:
Special guests: Swallow The Sun, Insomnium
Presented by Metal Hammer Germany

13.11. Musikzentrum, Hannover (DE)
14.11. Zeche Carl, Essen (DE)
15.11. Columbia Club, Berlin (DE)
16.11. Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (DE)
17.11. Club Vaudeville, Lindau (DE)
18.11. Z7, Pratteln (CH)
20.11. Roxy, Saarbrücken (DE)
21.11. Metropolis, Munich (DE)
22.11. Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (DE)
23.11. Helling, Utrecht (NL)
24.11. Bibelot, Dordrecht (NL)
25.11. Biebob, Vosselaar (BE)
27.11. Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SE)
28.11. Rockefeller, Oslo (NO)
29.11. Klubben, Stockholm (SE)
01.12. Nosturi, Helsinki (FI)

Also you can find samples from Amorphis' upcoming single, "Silent Waters", at this location via Nuclear Blast Records.
Due on June 27, the "Silent Waters" single will contain the following tracks:

01. Silent Waters (edit)
02. Sign
03. Silent Waters (album version)

About the new CD, it was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland. Mixing duties were handled by Mikko Karmila (Nightwish, Stratovarius) at Finnvox studios.

"Silent Waters" track listing:

01. Weaving The Incantation
02. A Servant
03. Silent Waters
04. Towards And Against
05. I Of Crimson Blood
06. Her Alone
07. Enigma
08. Shaman
09. The White Swan
10. Black River
11. Sign (bonus track on digipak)

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Source:	kingfooentertainment.fi
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According to a posting on the band's website, "Silent Waters" will be the title of the upcoming Amorphis album. Prior to its release, the title track will be issued as a CD single in Finland and as a download single worldwide. Like its predecessor "Eclipse", the new album will be thematically based on an episode from Finland's national epic, the Kalevala.

Tracklist:

01. Weaving The Incantation
02. A Servant
03. Silent Waters
04. Towards And Against
05. I Of Crimson Blood
06. Her Alone
07. Enigma
08. Shaman
09. The White Swan
10. Black River
11. Sign (bonus track on digipak)

Release date: August 29 (FI)/August 31 (other countries)

"The Silent Waters" single will contain the following tracks:

01. Silent Waters (edit)
02. Sign
03. Silent Waters (album version)

Release date: June 27

Source:	kingfooentertainment.fi
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Bootleg video footage of Finnish metallers Amorphis performing in Moscow, Russia back in 2005 has been posted online at the Metal Videos website (running time: one hour, 27 minutes).

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Finnish Heavy Metallers Amorphis have posted the following update by guitarist Esa Holopainen on their website on 28 February:

"It's national celebration day. Amorphis has finished new album recordings and also today is the day of Kalevala. With the help of old and wise Väinämöinen, skilled smith Ilmarinen, adventurer-warrior Lemminkäinen, Louhi; the female ruler of Pohjola and the tragic hero Kullervo Amorphis aheads to new dimensions with upcoming album.

We have put a lot of energy and emotion into this album and hopefully it will reflect to all you next August.

Stay tuned and happy Kalevala day!"

Source:	kingfooentertainment.fi
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Amorphis check in with the following band news from guitarist Esa Holopainen:

"Dear all,

It's been a really hectic year in the Amorphis camp and at the same time one of the best ones in our career. We released Eclipse, the first album with Mr. Joutsen on vocals, in spring and all the response from album and shows has been great. We really find the mood which I honestly thought that we lost years back. Big thanks to Tomi and his inspiration to all of us. With Eclipse we opened new era in our career, and yes, we are still together with this lineup (Amorphis mark 7 or something...)

Anyway, to brief you a bit; we are currently composing new material for the next Amorphis album. No title or release date has been issued yet, but we'll enter the Sonic Pump Studios again at the beginning of January, 2007 with the same team as on the last session. Mr. Karmila will be mixing the tracks sometime in late February at Finnvox Studio. We'll keep you updated, and meanwhile, check our tou rdates; we are going to do shows whenever possible during making our new "kid" come alive.

Thrashmosh.
Esa."

Source:	kingfooentertainment.fi
Band profile:	Amorphis

'The Smoke', the second single from the Eclipse album, is scheduled for release in Finland on June 7th. Included on the CD is the video clip for 'House Of Sleep'. For international orders, you can visit the Nuclear Blast Online Shop here.
The artwork for the single can be seen here.

The band continues, "Two more Finnish festival dates have been added to the tour calendar: Raumanmeren Juhannus and Himos Festival."

Amorphis' tour schedule can be found at this location.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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The upcoming Amorphis album will be entitled "Eclipse" and the tracklist is the following:

1. Two Moons
2. House Of Sleep
3. Leaves Scar
4. Born From Fire
5. Under A Soil And Black Stone
6. Perkele (The God Of Fire)
7. The Smoke
8. Same Flesh
9. Brother Moon
10. Empty Opening

Esa Holopainen commented: "We just had pre-listening session at Nuclear Blast office and feedback seem to be really positive. I quess we have to organize another session for finnish reporters but I'm not sure if we have enough money to cover their drinks. Finnish reporters are extremely thirsty. But still, more they drink, better they like the album! Way to go!"

Source:	amorphis.net
Band profile:	Amorphis

Amorphis' leadman and the guitarist Esa Holopainen has posted following message in their website:

Dear All.

We've been rehearsing intensively past two months now and the songs start to get their final shape. There's still couple tracks which need to be rehearsed but basically the songs are ready and the band is more motivated than ever. Tomi Joutsen has brought so much new energy for us and the tour we did in US on March united us a a real Amorphis 2005. We were really happy to see how people welcomed Tomi as a new Amorphis singer, he was a "bit" nervous before the tour but the reaction and support we got helped him to make Amorphis sound like a never before.

So, the recordings will take place at 1st of July at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki and takes time till somewhere in August. Mikko Karmila is starting the mixing at September 1st at Finnvox. Let's see if guys get their studio ready till the 1st of July as it still looks like a construction area. New Sonic Pump is going to
be really cool. It can't be bad studio if you have sea view and sauna.

As said we've been working hard with new songs and with their arrangements. The songs have a good atmosphere and feeling, it's hard to say at this point whether they are pop or heavy as some people will anyway categorize us as a pop band. I remember when Tales... was released some kept us as a pop
band which has sold themselves. The sound in my point of view is still very organic and someway primitive. There's different measures which make some tracks more "progressive" (horrible word, but couldn't find decent synonym). There's acoustic and heavy stuff and that's pretty much how I can describe the stuff at the moment. In general we've been working much harder with everything so that we don't have to waste time in studio to reherase or jam.

For us it feels like new beginning or rather as a new page on Amorphis career, something which is this shapeless as this band can't never die. We keep you posted how things are moving ahead. Shine on!

-esa-

Source:	amorphis.net
Band profile:	Amorphis

Nuclear Blast announced the return of the finnish band to the label:

Nuclear Blast is very proud to announce that Finnish rockers AMORPHIS are now officially signed to the label!

This is what guitar player Esa Holopainen states about the "home-coming":

" Last year was quite difficult for Amorphis, we went through another line-up change as we decided that it's better if Mr. Koskinen leaves the band. We had problems with trying to promote our "Far From The Sun" album as we were working with partners who rather enjoyed nice cappucinos than would actually work.

Anyway, finding a new vocalist was tough, it was more difficult than we actually would have imagined. We actually thought about doing instrumental album when one of Mr. Koivusaari's friend told about their singer Tomi who is really talented and would fit us. The day he came over we were all proved that Tomi Joutsen is next AMOPRHIS singer. We went through 'Against Widows', 'Alone' and few other songs including 'Sign From The North Side', which is from our debut album. This is the song we also do live again!

Beside changing vocalist we changed management and sat down think about how to continue from here. We allready composed songs for forthcoming album and started to work with vocals. We thought about different options and all agreed that it's better if we stuck with basics and go back to were we once started. We have been really good friends with NUCLEAR BLAST dudes for over ten years and I remember talking with Markus at Summer Breeze festival over a year ago and he told that we should come back.

During the past years we have became really cynic with labels most of because 95% of all talk is bullshit and they give you promises that they can't keep. We knew that we could always call up the NB guys with whatever matter and we knew how they work. Plus which is the most important thing that these guys are true fans of the music what they put out. I guess the honesty for the music what you release pays you back which has been the case for the NUCLEAR BLASTs success.

So, we are now ofiicially signed back to NUCLEAR BLAST and I have to say that it feels really good and is a great relief.
And for the people who wonder how AMORPHIS sounds today: It's EPIC, HEAVY and MELODIC with a mixture of GROWLING VOCALS!!!

Shine on,
Esa & Amorphis"

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Amorphis

The singer Tomi Joutsen, from Nevergreen, is the new singer of Amorphis, according to a message posted on the band's website (http://www.nevergreen.org/).

"New Amorphis singer is Tomi Joutsen. The band brought him into stage this evening (8.1.05). Amorphis did a benefit show and gave the income over to The United Nations Children´s Fund to help kids who suffered Tsunami. This page is going to be updated next week with new photos and news regarding new album etc... The band says that new songs are stronger than ever".

http://www.amorphis.net/

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Amorphis

Amorphis is looking for an experienced vocalist.
Send applications with photo and (CD/CDR) by the end of October to:

Amorphis-Yhtymä,
c/o Piikkikasvi,
Tallberginkatu 1/40,
00180 Helsinki
Finland

http://www.amorphis.net/

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Amorphis

From Amorphis official page:
"A good time to inform that the rehearsings with JP Leppäluoto goes further exellent. We have been now two days in rehearsing flat and the result is great, JP has improved the band with a great talent and his voice matches perfectly to Amorphis songs so no worries. Also people who are sceptic about how the old tracks are going to be performed will be surprised... We´ll keep you updated about how the tour is going and try to put tour diary up. Shine on! -esa-"

http://www.amorphis.net/

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Amorphis

The sons of the land of the 1000 lakes are finally returning to the U.S. this fall as direct support with none other than Type O Negative for the first time in almost 5 years! This trek will find them hitting all major cities from the East Coast to the Mid West; no word on whether the band would be doing any West Coast shows at this point. In related news, the band will release their new album Far From The Sun domestically on September 7th.

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Amorphis

Pasi leaves Amorphis

Singer Pasi Koskinen decided to leave the band after 9 long years. Pasis last apperance will be at Kontu Rock 21.8.2004. All touring plans will go ahead as scheduled and rumours of a replacement already exists. We are waiting for a statement from Pasi in the near future.

US tour with Type O Negative

AMORPHIS are scheduled to support TYPE O NEGATIVE on a U.S. tour beginning in early October. Confirmed dates so far include the following:

Oct. 07 - Toad´s Place - New Haven, CT
Oct. 11 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
Oct. 12 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
Oct. 15 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 30 - Eagles Club/The Rave/Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI

Source:	amorphis.net
Band profile:	Amorphis