Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
| Release date: | 4 September 2015 |
| Style: | Folk metal, Progressive metal, Melodic death metal |
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01. Under The Red Cloud
02. The Four Wise Ones
03. Bad Blood
04. The Skull
05. Death Of A King
06. Sacrifice
07. Dark Path
08. Enemy At The Gates
09. Tree Of Ages
10. White Night [feat. Aleah Stanbridge]
11. Come The Spring [Digipak & 2LP bonus]
12. Winter's Sleep [Digipak & 2LP bonus]
13. The Wind [Japanese bonus]
The Best Heavy / Melodic Metal Album Of 2015
Top 20 albums of 2015: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 161
02. The Four Wise Ones
03. Bad Blood
04. The Skull
05. Death Of A King
06. Sacrifice
07. Dark Path
08. Enemy At The Gates
09. Tree Of Ages
10. White Night [feat. Aleah Stanbridge]
11. Come The Spring [Digipak & 2LP bonus]
12. Winter's Sleep [Digipak & 2LP bonus]
13. The Wind [Japanese bonus]
The Best Heavy / Melodic Metal Album Of 2015
Top 20 albums of 2015: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 161
Review
Lyrics Tomi Joutsen - vocals
Santeri Kallio - keyboards
Tomi Koivusaari - guitars
Esa Holopainen - guitars
Jan Rechberger - drums
Niclas Etelävuori - bass
Session musicians
Jon Phipps - orchestration
Guest musicians
Aleah Liane Stanbridge - vocals
Martin Lopez - percussion
Chrigel Glanzmann - flutes, whistles
Jens Bogren - additional vocals
André Alvinzi - additional keyboards
Additional info
Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios
Released on Nuclear Blast
Rating:
8.8
8.8
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Rating: 8.8 |
Amorphis is one of the sure values coming out of Finland. Everybody knows (or should know) their early history as a melodic death band. 1994's Tales From The Thousand Lakes remains to this day a classic album. These musicians have been together over 10 years with their current lineup. Emblematic singer Tomi Joutsen was the last piece of the puzzle that led them to a trailblazing second career that started in 2005 with the release of Eclipse. Let's fast forward to 2015. Under The Red Cloud, with that eye-catching psychedelic artwork, is their 12th studio release expected September 4th through Nuclear Blast. Read more ›› |
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| handmadegod Posts: 13 From: UK  |
Written by Pikemaster on 02.11.2015 at 16:45 Anything after Tales' never interested me.
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| nikosleo Posts: 5 From: Greece |
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| handmadegod Posts: 13 From: UK |
Written by nikosleo on 05.11.2015 at 22:16 I guess you're right.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1321 From: USA  |
After listening to this some more, I don't find myself going back to it too often, save for a few tracks (Death of a King, Under the Red Cloud, and Dark Path are good songs). I think they're starting to go into "more of the same" territory. A bit of a letdown I think after Circle, but that's my opinion.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Doge of Venice Posts: 414 From: UK  |
You sure? I'm finding the opposite - wanting to go less to Circle. Though that might be because of the production. It was awful on Circle. But I love just listening to Four Wise Ones, Dark Path, Tree of Ages, Bad Blood, Under the Red Cloud and the bonus track Come the Spring. All are fanrastic.
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1059 From: Finland  |
Written by CobiWan1993 on 16.11.2015 at 23:52 Kinda strange opinion, this being their most adventurous album with the current line-up. For me it's actually Skyforger that's lost some magic during the years, though I still consider it great.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1321 From: USA |
Written by Doge of Venice on 23.11.2015 at 05:58 I agree that the production is much worse on Circle, but I don't know, this new album hasn't really "clicked" for me in the same way I guess. I may boost my rating soon.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Doge of Venice Posts: 414 From: UK |
Written by CobiWan1993 on 23.11.2015 at 19:31 That's fair enough. I did enjoy Circle (much more than Beginning of Times and Skyforger) but it had no real standouts. It was a very consistent album. I feel this album os the same, it just has a few standouts on top.
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| musclassia Posts: 1138 From: UK  |
Written by Doge of Venice on 23.11.2015 at 20:31 I've actually thought the standout tracks on Circle were pretty obvious for me - it's one of my favourite Amorphis albums, but Narrow Path, Nightbird's Song and Enchanted By The Moon have always been the clear choice cuts for me. As for the production, I never really found production to be an issue with either album - I think UTRC's is a bit better and more suited to the more extreme nature of it, but I've generally found Circle's production pretty satisfactory. In any case, I'd probably put UTRC just above Circle, but for me they both (along with Eclipse) are my favourite of the Joutsen albums - and I really like the other three too.
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| Pikemaster Posts: 54 From: Finland  |
I'm quite amazed that this is still best rated album since Enslaved axioma ethica odini 
---- "Soon its tail raises the mud The beast is ready for attack The reel screams the line beings to run And the struggle shall begin"
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| Sword_Chant Posts: 696 From: UK |
This album still gets played a lot on my ipod  what a great CD. Glad it's got so many 10's!
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| Death Posts: 60 From: Canada  |
It's a decent album but I didn't get as hyped as most did unfortunately. Also it's funny that the bonus song Come The Spring is much better than any of the non-bonus songs.
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| musclassia Posts: 1138 From: UK |
Just came across the Japanese bonus track "The Wind" - it's not quite as good as the main album tracks or even Come The Spring, but it's a good listen for those who are curious or want more Amorphis
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| Grivata Posts: 10 From: Bulgaria  |
In my opinion this is the best album with Tomi Joutsen and one of the best metal albums of 2015!
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2414 From: Greece  |
Despite the great reviews i believe Circle was better... Bad Blood and Death Of A King are the best songs IMO...
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 3578 From: UK  |
Written by Deadmeat on 26.02.2016 at 23:54 At first I considered this to be superior to Circle. Now I'd say they're equally worthy of being called Amorphis' best album.
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| Swarmofplagues Posts: 10 From: Sweden  |
Amazing album! As good as every song is great and original. Perfect production. Captivating atmospheric sound from keys and song. Great power from guitars and growls, which might be even better than Mikael Åkerfeldt's.
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| Simsda Posts: 136 From: Sweden  |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889 From: Spain  |
I think that this album is the pinnacle of current Amorphis line-up and it will be very hard to surpass. Under The Red Cloud does not contain a single filler song, sounds both consistent and diverse and provides a great performance from all the musicians. It's hard to choose any favourite tracks, because all of them are great.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| yeah1980 Posts: 125 From: Italy  |
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| tiny dog ghosts Posts: 61 From: Germany  |
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| Bad English Masterchief Posts: 47272 From: Norway  |
Another thoughts after listening this, in some way last 2 albums are a bit different Joutsen era albums, and this same, not so heavy as last one but same time same style, diference is not so extreme vocals
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1059 From: Finland |
Written by Bad English on 12.10.2017 at 12:58 This has a larger amount of "extreme" vocals than other Joutsen albums, and that's not even an opinion.
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| FYA Destroyer Posts: 612 From: Poland |
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| Passenger Lost To Apathy Posts: 1462 From: Portugal  |
These guys know what they're doing 
---- You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it ~ Mean Streets
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