marți, 29 ianuarie 2013

duminică, 27 ianuarie 2013

sâmbătă, 26 ianuarie 2013

AMORPHIS – reveal "Circle" cover artwork and tracklist

 
Today, Finnish melancholic dark metal masters AMORPHIS reveal the cover artwork and tracklist of their recently announced 11th studio album “Circle”, produced and mixed by HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren (CHILDREN OF BODOM, CELTIC FROST, IMMORTAL, DIMMU BORGIR) in Petrax Studio, Hollola (NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, KORPIKLAANI) as well as in 5K Studios, Helsinki. The record is set to be released via Nuclear Blast on April 19, 2013.

Vocalist Tomi Joutsen comments on the cover artwork, created by Tom Bates (BLEED FROM WITHIN, DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL – www.facebook.com/artoftombates ) :
“The mystic, androgynous person on the cover represents a spiritual guide. This character was sent from another time and place to help the album’s protagonist find a new path for his life.”

This very guide was already mentioned by AMORPHIS’ lyricist Pekka Kainulainen in his summary of the album concept:
“The protagonist has been dealt a bad hand at birth. He’s always felt himself an outsider with strong potential to become marginalized. Through an accident, after a crisis, he finds a connection with his inner powers. A guide is sent to him, from another time and place. He gets a chance to take hold of his own life and change his destiny. From the past of Carelian Finland he finds his own spiritual tribe and the power to turn the course of his doomed life. This is a story of survival.”

The tracklist of “Circle” reads as follows:
1. Shades Of Gray
2. Mission
3. The Wanderer
4. Narrow Path
5. Hopeless Days
6. Nightbird’s Song
7. Into The Abyss
8. Enchanted By The Moon
9. A New Day

The album’s ltd. digi book version will come with a
Bonus track: Dead Man’s Dream
+ bonus DVD, including:
- The Making Of “Circle”
- Nightbird’s Song (video clip)

Apart from the CD+DVD digi book version, “Circle” will be available on CD (without bonus track), black 2LP in gatefold, brown 2LP in gatefold and as a bulging ltd. box, including 3 bonus tracks + a wristband – exclusively available via the Nuclear Blast mail order.

sâmbătă, 19 ianuarie 2013

Mehtä

Fucking brutal! Fucking amazing! Abia astept albumul! :D


CIRCLE

New album "Circle" out April 19!

The 11th Amorphis album will be titled "Circle" and is set to be released on April 19, 2013 via Nuclear Blast.

The concept of "Circle" is a story that spreads through all of the album's lyrics, written by long-standing collaborator Pekka Kainulainen. Here is a short summary:

"The protagonist has been dealt a bad hand at birth. He's always felt himself an outsider with strong potential to become marginalized. Through an accident, after a crisis, he finds a connection with his inner powers. A guide is sent to him, from some other time and place. He gets a chance to take hold of his own life and change his destiny. From the past of Carelian Finland he finds his own spiritual tribe and the power to turn the course of his doomed life. This is a story of survival."

As for the album's title, Tomi Joutsen adds: "Circle represents integrity. Back in the days, when there was something special to talk about, wise men used to sit in a circle. Not everyone was invited to join them. But in this story, the protagonist was invited among the wise men's circle."

Seven Psychopaths

De vazut!

sâmbătă, 12 ianuarie 2013

Into Hiding

Remember high school? :))

- Album: "Tales From The Thousand Lakes", an: 1994 -


vineri, 4 ianuarie 2013

It's gold!

La inceput de an, un pic de aur \m/: