The Beginning of Times is the tenth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released on 25 May 2011 in Finland, 27 May in Europe and 7 June in the United States. Like previous Amorphis albums, The Beginning of Times, is a concept album. The central character of the songs is Väinämöinen, described by the band as "the iconic hero of Finnish mythology".[6]
On 11 April 2011, Amorphis premiered the first single "You I Need" on their Facebook page.[7] It was released digitally in Finland on 20 April 2011,[8] and in other countries on 22 April 2011. Early the next month, the band released another new song, "My Enemy", again on Facebook.[9]
In a professional review for PopMatters, Adrien Begrand praised the album, going so far as to say that Amorphis have never sounded better with their current line-up and describes the album as "a slick, classy blend of death metal and melodic hard rock".[5] Amateur reviews have also been positive, with Craig Hartranft of DangerDog proclaiming "The Beginning of Times finds Amorphis in grand form, doing what they do best".[18]
^"Review : Amorphis – The Beginning of Times :: New Music Review :: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock :: CD Album Music Review : Craig Hartranft". Dangerdog.com. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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The Beginning of Times is the tenth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis released on 25 May 2011 in Finland 27 May in Europe and 7 June in the United States Like previous Amorphis albums The Beginning of Times is a concept album The central character of the songs is Vainamoinen described by the band as the iconic hero of Finnish mythology 6 The Beginning of TimesStudio album by AmorphisReleased25 May 2011 2011 05 25 FI 27 May 2011 2011 05 27 EU 1 June 7 2011 2011 06 07 US 2 RecordedJanuary 2011 3 StudioSonic Pump Studios Helsinki Marco s CockPit KuopioGenreProgressive metal 4 melodic death metal gothic metal hard rock 5 Length54 42 6 LabelNuclear BlastProducerMarko Hietala vocals AmorphisAmorphis chronologyMagic amp Mayhem Tales from the Early Years 2010 The Beginning of Times 2011 Circle 2013 Singles from The Beginning of Times You I Need Released 20 April 2011 Contents 1 Release 1 1 Singles 1 2 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Amorphis 3 2 Additional personnel 3 3 Additional personnel 2 4 Charts 5 ReferencesRelease editSingles edit On 11 April 2011 Amorphis premiered the first single You I Need on their Facebook page 7 It was released digitally in Finland on 20 April 2011 8 and in other countries on 22 April 2011 Early the next month the band released another new song My Enemy again on Facebook 9 Reception edit Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Jukebox Metal nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 PopMatters nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Metal Temple com nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Rockfreaks net nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 MetalUnderground com nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Sea of Tranquility nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 The Beginning of Times had a strong sales debut week charting at No 1 on the Finnish Albums Chart and No 16 on the German Media Control Charts 16 17 In a professional review for PopMatters Adrien Begrand praised the album going so far as to say that Amorphis have never sounded better with their current line up and describes the album as a slick classy blend of death metal and melodic hard rock 5 Amateur reviews have also been positive with Craig Hartranft of DangerDog proclaiming The Beginning of Times finds Amorphis in grand form doing what they do best 18 Track listing editAll lyrics are written by Pekka Kainulainen 6 No TitleMusicLength1 Battle for Light Santeri Kallio5 352 Mermaid Kallio4 243 My Enemy Tomi Koivusaari3 254 You I Need Kallio4 225 Song of the Sage Kallio5 276 Three Words Esa Holopainen3 557 Reformation Holopainen4 338 Soothsayer Koivusaari4 099 On a Stranded Shore Kallio4 1310 Escape Kallio3 5211 Crack in a Stone Holopainen4 5612 Beginning of Time Holopainen5 51Total length 54 42 Bonus trackNo TitleMusicLength13 Heart s Song Holopainen4 07Total length 58 49Personnel editAmorphis edit Tomi Joutsen vocals Esa Holopainen lead guitar Tomi Koivusaari rhythm guitar Niclas Etelavuori bass guitar Santeri Kallio keyboards synthesizers piano organ Jan Rechberger drums Additional personnel edit Savotta Choir additional male vocals Netta Dahlberg additional female vocals Iikka Kahri flute clarinet amp saxophone Marko Hietala vocals production Mikko Karmila mixing Travis Smith cover art Pekka Kainulainen lyrics Additional personnel 2 edit Erkki Virta lyric translation Sami Koivisto engineering Thomas Ewerhard layout Svante Forsback mastering Stefan de Batselier photographyCharts editChart 2011 Peakposition Finnish Albums Chart 16 1References edit AMORPHIS The beginning of times Nuclear Blast Nuclearblast de Retrieved 15 January 2012 AMORPHIS Discography Nuclear Blast USA Retrieved 15 January 2012 Blabbermouth Net Amorphis New Album Update Roadrunnerrecords com Retrieved 15 January 2012 Amorphis the Beginning of Times REVIEW OneMetal com Archived from the original on 8 October 2012 Retrieved 13 July 2013 a b c Begrand Adrien Amorphis The Beginning of Times lt PopMatters Popmatters com Retrieved 30 September 2012 a b c New Album The Beginning Of Times Amorphis Amorphis net Retrieved 15 January 2012 Listen to You I Facebook Retrieved 15 January 2012 You I Need Amorphis Download mtv3 fi Bonnier Group in Finnish Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 Retrieved 2 June 2011 Listen to My Facebook Retrieved 30 September 2012 Rivadavia Eduardo 30 May 2011 The Beginning of Times Amorphis Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic Retrieved 30 September 2012 Jukebox Metal review Jukeboxmetal com Retrieved 30 September 2012 Metal Temple Review Metal temple com 18 May 2011 Retrieved 30 September 2012 review Rockfreaks net 30 May 2011 Retrieved 30 September 2012 Metal Underground Review Metalunderground com Retrieved 30 September 2012 Sea of Tranquility Review Seaoftranquility org 9 June 2011 Retrieved 30 September 2012 a b Amorphis The Beginning Of Times Ifpi fi in Finnish Retrieved 2 June 2011 1 dead link Review Amorphis The Beginning of Times New Music Review Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Metal Progressive Rock CD Album Music Review Craig Hartranft Dangerdog com 23 May 2011 Retrieved 15 January 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Beginning of Times amp oldid 1219993769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
