Search - Amorphis :: Tales From the Thousand Lakes

Absolute Epic metal

athlon_freak | winnipeg, mb, canada | 12/20/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"They got the title wrong, this is actually Tales From The Thousand Lakes. It is heavily melodic with folk elements added. It features the bands best work, including Drowned Maid and Black Winter Night. The vocals are some of the best in black/death metal, very grand-sounding and powerful. The guitars are heavy with very catchy rhythms and the drums complement perfectly, changing tempo at the perfect moment. This is not speed or thrash metal in any way and is not brutal as other metal ie: deicide/at the gates, but invokes a feeling of being very small and insignificant, which seems to be the artists intent. The sound quality is high, and the album uses the full range of frequencies perfectly."