OFF: Amorphis

[Alun Hughes]

Well, I just got this the other day. Bought it on the strength
of _My Kantele_ - the one with the "Levitation" cover. They
have used Paradise Lost's producer who has done a pretty
good job of making them sound just like Paradise Lost. In fact,
PL are a pretty good comparison in that they too moved from
cookie-monster to airbrushed-vocals-and-swirly-keyboards in
much the same way.

_Tuonela_ is well-produced and "melodic" but I don't suppose
I'll be buying any more of their records for much the same reason
that I don't buy Bon Jovi albums. Bring back the cookie monster,
that's what I say.

Alun



>But if I had to characterize the sound of their latest album,
>"Tuonela," I would say equal parts of the following...
>
>Uli Roth-era Scorpions (circa Taken by Force)
>Kingston Wall
>Metallica's black album
>
>The KW comparison is unmistakable on several tracks (esp. Track 8), and
>seeing as they're from Helsinki, Finland, it's not so hard to figure why.
>The album's on Relapse and seems to have fairly good distribution over
here
>in the states.  Are they well-known to folks here or in general?  I'd
never
>heard of them until last month.