Amorphis - Eclipse
2006/02/05 filed under /metal
My first introduction with Amorphis, was when my brother came home with the album "Tales from the 1000 Lakes". From the beginning, I absolutely loved this album and it was also the very first album I could completely play along with (guitar). Awesome melodies, nice clean vocals and an occasional grunt.
After that album, "Elegy" came out. A little poppier, yet also a terrific album. From that moment on, the band decided to follow a new musical path and I never cared too much for their later work. The barking of the singer was completely gone, the tracks were too sweet and awesome guitar riffs weren't found anywhere.
But with "Eclipse", Amorphis tries to take back some old, lost, and forgotten souls as fans. This CD doesn't give me the same feeling as with "Tales...", yet it is by far a step closer to "Elegy". Grunts are back in place, melodies become catchy again, let's hope the band will follow this path and take us all the way back to "Tales..."!
Label: Nuclear Blast
