Tuonela - Amorphis

Amorphis is a band that consistently surprises me, not only for its drastic changes of direction with every album, but the talent that comes with it. I expected to severely dislike 'Tuonela,' and while I'm admittedly not as fond of its keyboard-driven, atmospheric rock direction compared to the guitar-heavy 'Elegy' and the death metal of their older releases, it's suitably progressive for my tastes. Any metal fans lured by the promise of its title, the Finnish folkloric equivalent of hell, will be sorely disappointed by their most inoffensively pleasant album yet. Although a blander and typically nineties form of prog, the music here still takes plenty of ...  Read the complete review

Amorphis are from Finland and are apparentley quite well known over there. I don't know a lot of people that have heard of them, I myself only own this album by them, as I am trying to get hold of another of theirs that was reccommended to me (It was deleted and now is being re-issued!) But this is a great album to hear first and I am now eagerly awaiting the other one! The album hosts 10 tracks, all with pretty normal names. The style is quite laid back and relaxing. You'd probably listen to it while on the computer (or ahem...doing work) or something as not all the tracks are headbangable, but hey! give your neck a rest and check it out if you like ...  Read the complete review