Tales from the Thousand Lakes is the second studio album by Amorphis. It is a concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. It was their first departure from the more aggressive death metal sound of their debut album to a more melodic death/doom metal sound, with more influence from early bands influential to doom metal like Black Sabbath and Pentagram. This album features a greater use of synthesizers and clean vocals than their previous release, which was devoid of both.
The original limited version (on digipak) had a cover of "Light My Fire" by The Doors added as a bonus track. It was later re-released in 2001 with most tracks from the Black Winter Day EP and the "Light My Fire" cover added as bonus tracks.
Tracklisting[]
- Thousand Lakes - 2:03
- Into Hiding - 3:42
- The Castaway - 5:30
- First Doom - 3:49
- Black Winter Day - 3:48
- Drowned Maid - 4:23
- In the Beginning - 3:34
- Forgotten Sunrise - 4:50
- To Fathers Cabin - 3:47
- Magic and Mayhem - 4:27
Digipak limited edition[]
- Light My Fire (The Doors cover) - 2:54
2000 reissue edition[]
- Folk of the North - 1:20
- Moon and Sun - 3:37
- Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son - 5:11
- Light My Fire (The Doors cover) - 2:52
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