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Release date: 12 July 1994
Style: Melodic death metal

Rating:

8.8 | 588 votes

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01. Thousand Lakes
02. Into Hiding
03. The Castaway
04. First Doom
05. Black Winter Day
06. Drowned Maid
07. In The Beginning
08. Forgotten Sunrise
09. To Fathers Cabin
10. Magic And Mayhem
11. Folk Of The North [2000 re-release bonus]
12. Moon And Sun [2000 re-release bonus]
13. Moon And Sun Part II: North's Son [2000 re-release bonus]
14. Light My Fire [The Doors cover] [bonus] [2000 re-release bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1994: 5
Top 200 albums of all time: 120

Review
Lyrics (10)

Guest review by
Bragi

Rating:
9.5
Amorphis have changed. That's a fact. But in their early days they played death metal of the finest kind. Tales from the Thousand Lakes is THE groundbreaking masterpiece for the Finnish melodic death metal scene. This album had a great influence on bands like Kalmah, Children of Bodom and Norther. It's very atmospheric ? the scenic cover, the apt title, the extraordinary lyrics, and finally, the doomful, melodic, sometimes melancholic music. The guitar parts on this album belong to the best in the genre.

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published 25.11.2003 | Comments (16)

Found in 36 lists
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demonseed Life Changing Records  | #1
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Mikyz 90s: The Essentials  | #61
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Levante Top 10 Life Changing Albums  | #5
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FeskarN - 25.07.2011 at 13:04  
  Amazing record. One of the classic's in the melodic death metal history.
Diksy - 20.10.2011 at 18:41  
Rating: 9 Totally agree.
Dentura - 10.06.2012 at 21:01  
Rating: 9 While not my personal favorite album by the band (that place is taken by Skyforger), this album will never be denied its impact in death metal history. Check this album out to see what you have been missing. It is quite the experience!
king_matt - 25.12.2012 at 06:44  
Rating: 10 Words cannot describe...
Alex Lemon - 05.02.2013 at 21:05  
Rating: 9
Written by king_matt on 25.12.2012 at 06:44

Words cannot describe...

I could think of a few, including; stunning, marvelous, beautiful, haunting, amazing, good, great, fantastic.... basically anything along those lines
king_matt - 06.02.2013 at 05:00  
Rating: 10
Written by Alex Lemon on 05.02.2013 at 21:05

Written by king_matt on 25.12.2012 at 06:44

Words cannot describe...

I could think of a few, including; stunning, marvelous, beautiful, haunting, amazing, good, great, fantastic.... basically anything along those lines

Nope, none of those words does this album justice.
Mr. Doctor - 06.02.2013 at 13:39  
  Maybe if he writes them in finnish.... Or Klingon.
Deadmeat - 04.04.2013 at 21:38  
Rating: 8 In The Beginning is an AMAZING song! i cant say the same for the others which are good but nothing astonishing.
!J.O.O.E.! - 04.04.2013 at 22:04  
Rating: 9
Written by Deadmeat on 04.04.2013 at 21:38

In The Beginning is an AMAZING song! i cant say the same for the others which are good but nothing astonishing.

Black Winter Day > rest of the album to me.
Azazel - 05.04.2013 at 12:32  
Rating: 10 Amazing album. Still gets played fairly regularly after nearly 20 years. Best Finnish album ever.

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