2011

Founded in 1990 in Helsinki, Finland, Amorphis have carved themselves a unique niche over the last 20 years. From their last really extreme album Tales of the Thousand Lakes through `96's genre-defying Elegy and beyond, the band continue to challenge conceptions and have grown into a well-respected and unconventional powerhouse. Even after two decades in the game, successful melancholic dark rock/metal masters Amorphis still manage to surprise, delight and impress. With their tenth studio album, The Beginning of Times, these Finns prove once more that they have no equal when it comes to amazing, natural sounding melodies, deep emotions and a unique sonic darkness. Amorphis took the power of their earlier albums and injected The Beginning... with a massive dose of heavy - the perfect mixture between new and old, dark and light, good and evil.