''Eclipse'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish

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band

Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...

. The lyrics are from a play based on the

Kullervo Kullervo () is an ill-fated character in the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, he comes to realise that the same people who had brought him up, ...

legend (told in the

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), 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 compared to subsequent albums. Music videos were made for the tracks "House of Sleep" and "The Smoke". In February 2008, the record was certified gold in Finland, having sold over 15,000 units.

Track listing

Credits

Amorphis

* Tomi Joutsen −

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* Esa Holopainen −

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Tomi Koivusaari Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive meta ...

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rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

* Niclas Etelävuori −

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* Santeri Kallio − keyboards, piano, synthesizer and other samples * Jan Rechberger −

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Other personnel

Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...

− vocals producer,

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* Mikko Karmila – mixing * Travis Smith – album artwork

References

{{Authority control Amorphis albums Nuclear Blast albums 2006 albums Music based on the Kalevala