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Tomi Koivusaari
Tomi Koivusaari (born 11 April 1973) is the current rhythm guitarist and former vocalist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis. He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals, Esa Holopainen on guitars and Jan Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash metal, recorded a demo and an EP. He also formed a death/doom band called Abhorrence in 1989, and recorded a demo and an EP. Both bands broke up in 1990, but Tomi was not a member of Violent Solution since he formed Abhorrence. In 1990, Tomi was hired to be in Amorphis. In 2006, Tomi was briefly in the band '' Ajattara'', under the name "Samuel Lempo". Discography With Violent Solution * ''Paralysis / Individual Nightmare'' (1990) * ''Period of Depression'' (1990) With Abhorrence * ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' (1990) * ''Abhorrence'' (1990) With Amorphis * ''Disment of Soul'' (demo, 1991) * ''Amorphis'' (single, 1991) * '' The Karelian Isthmus'' (album, 1992) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw ( lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. During the 1980s, several thrash metal and death metal bands formed a prototype for black metal. This "first wave" included bands such as Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. A second wave arose in the early 1990s, spearheaded by Norwegian bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Satyricon and Gorgoroth. The early Norwegian black metal scene developed the style of their forebears into a distinct genre. Norwegian-inspired black metal scenes emerged throughout Europe and North America, although some other scenes developed their own styles independently. Some prominent Swedish bands spawned during this secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Thousand Lakes
''Tales from the Thousand Lakes'' is the second full-length album by doom metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finland, Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala''. While still predominantly melodic death metal and gothic metal compared to the band's death metal debut, alongside this more melodic sound, the album is noted to have more progressive rock, progressive instrumentation. The album also introduced synthesizers and clean vocals to the band's sound, though the latter was used sparingly. This is the first Amorphis release to have an official keyboardist, Kasper Mårtenson, as any previous of the band's releases had the band's own drummer, Jan Rechberger, provide the empty keyboardist role until the band decided to have a keyboardist and also to find one being Mårtenson. With Mårtenson in the band, it is the first time the band's original lineup changed by having an additional member. Jan Rechberger would leave the band after this album but rej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beginning Of Times
''The Beginning of Times'' is the tenth studio album by Finnish metal band Amorphis, released on 25 May 2011 in Finland, 27 May in Europe and 7 June in the United States. Like previous Amorphis albums, ''The Beginning of Times'', is a concept album. The central character of the songs is Väinämöinen, described by the band as "the iconic hero of Finnish mythology". Release Singles On 11 April 2011, Amorphis premiered the first single "You I Need" on their Facebook page. It was released digitally in Finland on 20 April 2011, and in other countries on 22 April 2011. Early the next month, the band released another new song, "My Enemy", again on Facebook. Reception ''The Beginning of Times'' had a strong sales debut week, charting at No. 1 on the Finnish Albums Chart and No. 16 on the German Media Control Charts. In a professional review for PopMatters, Adrien Begrand praised the album, going so far as to say that Amorphis have never sounded better with their current line-up and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic & Mayhem - Tales From The Early Years
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Skyforger (album)
''Skyforger'' is the ninth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. Like the previous album, the lyrics to ''Skyforger'' are English translations of Finnish poems based on the Kalevala and written by Pekka Kainulainen. Unlike the two previous albums, it is based on different parts of several episodes, but all told from a single character's point of view. In this sense it is a return to Tales from the Thousand Lakes which told stories from different parts of the Kalevala. The last two albums focused on Kullervo and Lemminkäinen, respectively, and this one focuses on Ilmarinen. Like Amorphis's previous two albums, ''Eclipse'' and '' Silent Waters'', ''Skyforger'' is a concept album and was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. In addition to a regular edition, the album was also released in a limited digipak edition which included the bonus track "Godlike Machine". Initially, this digipak edition caused controversy because of sound level fluctuations during the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Waters (Amorphis Album)
''Silent Waters'' is the eighth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. The lyrics are English translations of Finnish poems written by poet Pekka Kainulainen, who wrote them based on the character of Lemminkäinen in the Kalevala. In February 2008, the record was certified gold in Finland, having sold over 15,000 units. Track listing Credits Amorphis * Tomi Joutsen − * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse (Amorphis Album)
''Eclipse'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. The lyrics are from a play based on the Kullervo legend (told in the Kalevala), written by Finnish poet and playwright Paavo Haavikko in 1982. ''Eclipse'' is also notable for being current vocalist Tomi Joutsen's debut with Amorphis following the departure of longtime singer Pasi Koskinen in 2005. It also marked the reintroduction of death growls into their music, albeit in limited quantity. In February 2008, the record was certified gold in Finland, having sold over 15,000 units. Track listing Credits Amorphis * Tomi Joutsen − vocals * Esa Holopainen − lead guitar * Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar * Niclas Etelävuori − bass * Santeri Kallio − keyboards, piano, synthesizer and other samples * Jan Rechberger − drums Other personnel * Marko Hietala − vocals producer, backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapters (Amorphis Album)
''Chapters'' is the second greatest hits compilation by Finnish metal band Amorphis, released in 2003. The first disc is a CD containing some of their most popular songs, and the second disc is a bonus DVD featuring the music videos recorded to promote their music. Track listing All tracks by Amorphis. Disc one Disc two – DVD Personnel Amorphis * Esa Holopainen – lead guitar * Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, growled vocals (disc 1: 7-17, disc 2: 4-5) * Niclas Etelävuori – bass guitar (disc 1: 1 & 2, disc 2: 1) * Santeri Kallio – keyboards (disc 1: 1-6, disc 2: 1 & 2) * Pasi Koskinen – clean vocals (disc 1: 1-10, disc 2: 1-4), growled vocals (disc 1: 5) * Jan Rechberger – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ... (disc 1: 11-17, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far From The Sun
''Far from the Sun'' is the sixth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It was the first album to feature drummer Jan Rechberger since 1994's '' Tales from the Thousand Lakes'', replacing Pekka Kasari who had quit the band to spend more time with his family. It was their last album to feature Pasi Koskinen on vocals. The American release is packaged in a slipcase and features five bonus tracks and a video for "Evil Inside". The song, "Darkrooms" is also a bonus track for the Japanese edition. The album was re-released in Europe in 2008 by Nuclear Blast. This new version includes all the bonus tracks that were previously only available on the American version and also has new artwork. Track listing Notes # Acoustic # Music video Personnel Amorphis *Amorphis – all music ** Pasi Koskinen − vocals, lyrics ** Esa Holopainen − lead guitar ** Tomi Koivusaari − rhythm guitar ** Niclas Etelävuori − bass ** Santeri Kallio − keyboards ** J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am Universum
''Am Universum'' is the fifth album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. This album was a departure from the doom/ stoner metal influence on their previous album, '' Tuonela'', featuring more of a vocal-driven hard rock sound. This is the first album to feature Niklas Etelävuori on bass who would remain in the band until 2017. The song "Alone" is also on the live DVD, ''Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes''. The edited version of the song is on the single itself, and is also on Amorphis' greatest hits compilation album, '' Chapters''. The DVD and the compilation both have the music video for the song. Other songs that are also on the compilation are "Too Much to See", which is also on the "Alone" single and "Drifting Memories". Track listing Personnel Amorphis * Pasi Koskinen – vocals * Esa Holopainen – lead guitar * Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar * Niclas Etelävuori – bass * Santeri Kallio − keyboards, synthesizer * Pekka Kasari − drums Session musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story (Amorphis Album)
''Story: 10th Anniversary'' is a best of/compilation by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It was released in 2000 to commemorate the band's tenth anniversary. Track listing Credits Amorphis *Pasi Koskinen – vocals (2, 3, 6-9, 11, 12) *Esa Holopainen – lead guitar, music (2) *Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, & 14) *Santeri Kallio – keyboards (3, 7 & 12) *Pekka Kasari – drums (2, 3, 6-9, 11 & 12) Additional musicians *Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ... *Jan Rechberger – drums (1, 4, 5, 10, 13, & 14); keyboards (4, 10 & 13) Keyboardists *Kasper Mårtenson (1, 5, & 14), music (1,) *Kim Rantala (2, 6, 8, 9 & 11) References Amorphis albums 2000 compilation albums Relapse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuonela (album)
''Tuonela'' is the fourth full-length album by Finnish metal band Amorphis. This marks the first album by the band to feature Santeri Kallio on keyboards who performed as a session member and joined the band after in 1998. The album is named from Tuonela, the realm of the dead in Finnish mythology. The album also shares inspiration with many of the band's productions in the text and themes of the Kalevala, or Finnish Epic. This album was the last release with original and long time bassist, Olli-Pekka Laine, until his return on 2018's ''Queen of Time''. Laine quit a year after this release in 2000, because of musical differences and to focus on his family. Track listing Personnel Amorphis *Pasi Koskinen – vocals * Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitars, sitar ("Greed") * Esa Holopainen – lead guitars, acoustic guitars *Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar *Pekka Kasari – drums, percussion Session musicians *Santeri Kallio – keyboards *Sakari Kukko Sakari K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
