{"id":92,"date":"2007-09-13T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T10:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2019-11-13T20:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:29:47","slug":"amorphis-silent-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempelores.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Amorphis – Silent Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release date: 2007 Label: Nuclear Blast
\nBy: Elvira Visser<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 The Finnish band Amorphis has been making music for quite some time, they have
\n\u00a0 released 8 albums and you can say that their music has always been developing.
\n\u00a0 From a more death metal band into a more melodic rock\/metal band nowadays.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The name Amorphis comes from Amorphous which means: without determinate form,
\n\u00a0 shapeless. This band has also seen changes in the years of their existence.
\n\u00a0 Pasi Koskonen joined the band in 1996 and with him, it can be said that the
\n\u00a0 music changed as well. In 2004 Tomi Joutsen replaced Pasi Koskonen and the band
\n\u00a0 delivered their cd \u201cEclipse\u201d. Beautiful melodic metal which showed
\n\u00a0 the capabilities of Tomi as a vocalist. This new album \u201cSilent Waters\u201d
\n\u00a0 shows he had not showed us his all.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The lyrics on this album are based on the Finnish National Epic: Kalevala,
\n\u00a0 like their other records. Using the Kalevala as a source for their lyrics, combined
\n\u00a0 with the use of piano and organ, it creates a folkish atmosphere. It seems that
\n\u00a0 with this album, Tomi adopted the band’s sound totally and started to use all
\n\u00a0 he is capable of: perfect clean vocal lines mixed with a great growls. The band
\n\u00a0 really take their own musical sound one step further compared to their album
\n\u00a0 \u201cEclipse\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 I personally think this album is amazing. It starts off quite hard and heavy,
\n\u00a0 which sounds more like the earlier years of Amorphis. One thought I had was
\n\u00a0 \u201cIs hard and heavy the new road their heading, after their last more melodic
\n\u00a0 album?\u201d But I was asking questions to fast after only 2 songs. From that
\n\u00a0 point on the music on this album slows down a bit, beautiful melodic melodies
\n\u00a0 appear. They clearly take off where they left us after \u201cEclipse\u201d.
\n\u00a0 This album again, guides you through the great and beautiful stories of the
\n\u00a0 Kalevela. Amorphis own unique sound creates this special world and the use of
\n\u00a0 the Kalevala as origin of their lyrics just completes their sound.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The first song \u201cWaving the Incantation\u201d is that first aggressive
\n\u00a0 song. Timo shows off his grunts and growling but a female harmonic melody keeps
\n\u00a0 it to the Amorphis sound. The song goes back and forth from aggressive to calm
\n\u00a0 and peaceful to explode again when an acoustic guitar joins in.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 This harder\/heavier tone continues with the next song \u201cA Servant\u201d.
\n\u00a0 The fast metal drums are present and the guitars are raging with great speed.
\n\u00a0 The guitars really make this song, in my opinion. A great guitar solo. It proves
\n\u00a0 that Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari also show what they are capable off.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The next song start with a single piano tune, which takes me back to their
\n\u00a0 Previous work. The song \u201cSilent Water\u201d is indeed more silent than
\n\u00a0 the other two but still has those great guitars but with the clean tone of Tomi\u2019s
\n\u00a0 voice it creates a beautiful melodic song.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cI know how to fight, I know how to sing, I know the way\u201d comes from
\n\u00a0 the song \u201cTowards and against\u201d. Tomi knows how to sing, and the band
\n\u00a0 seem to know the way. Although the song starts surprisingly with some electronic
\n\u00a0 beeps.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201cI of Crimson Blood\u201d is the second song with a great piano intro
\n\u00a0 which gives you that special melancholic melodic Amorphis feeling, at least
\n\u00a0 to me. With \u201cHere Alone\u201d the songs stay a bit softer but it does not
\n\u00a0 lose your attention. At \u201cEnigma\u201d Tomi shows he lays more emotion in
\n\u00a0 his voice, together with a little choir in the background and an acoustic guitar
\n\u00a0 this song is quite different from the other songs.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u201dShaman\u201d starts a bit the same as Enigma and I even wonder if I am
\n\u00a0 not listening to the same track or that the tracks sound much alike but after
\n\u00a0 half a minute they prove me wrong. The electric guitar and present drum sounds
\n\u00a0 enter this song which takes you back to the first songs, even the electric sounds
\n\u00a0 return in this song. Maybe a combination of the whole album in this song. But
\n\u00a0 I am not totally convinced if it is an electronic sound or a snare instrument
\n\u00a0 such as the Finnish Folk instrument Kantele.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 With the second last song \u201cThe White Swan\u201d the intro is a bit heavier
\n\u00a0 to calm down again to burst out in some screams from hell. Need to give it all
\n\u00a0 before the and of the cd. Again a song for me that combines every strong point
\n\u00a0 from Amorphis. Melodic and beautiful with clean vocals combined with great guitar
\n\u00a0 solo\u2019s, fast drumming and some growling.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The last song \u201cBlack River\u201d the piano intro makes me a bit sad, knowing
\n\u00a0 this is the last song and when the vocalist starts to whisper they really done
\n\u00a0 it. There is nothing left to do then just to admit this is a great record, really
\n\u00a0 one everyone should have. Very diverse but they still truly kept to their own
\n\u00a0 musical sound.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0 1 Weaving the Incantation
\n\u00a0 2 A Servant
\n\u00a0 3 Silent Waters
\n\u00a0 4 Towards and Against
\n\u00a0 5 I of Crimson Blood
\n\u00a0 6 Her Alone
\n\u00a0 7 Enigma
\n\u00a0 8 Shaman
\n\u00a0 9 The White Swan
\n\u00a0 10 Black Rivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Links:
\nAmorphis Official<\/a>
\nAmorphis Myspace
\nWikipedia: Kalevala<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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