Amorphis to release "Queen of Time" in May

Posted by AP on 22/02/18

Finnish melodic death metal stalwarts Amorphis have set “Queen of Time” as the title to their new album and given it an official release date on May 18th on Nuclear Blast Records. Although more details about the Jens Bogren-produced effort are still pending, guitarist Esa Holopainen had the following comments to share about it:


I guess ’Queen of Time’ turned out as a massive surprise to all of us. During the rehearsing and pre-production we didn’t have any idea that Jens had this huge picture inside of his head about the landscape of the album. It’s a very natural continuation to ’Under the Red Cloud’ but with steroids. The songs are more aggressive but there’s more dynamics, harmonies and orchestral arrangements present. The result is AMORPHIS as something you’ve never heard before! Essentially, working with Jens worked really well. As a person he is very similar to us — we share the same kind of weird humor and we all like to work hard.

The album sees Amorphis re-uniting with bassist Olli-Pekka ‘Oppu’ Laine, with Niclas Etelävuori having exited last year. Oppu was one of the founding members and recorded the first seven albums with the band before leaving in 2000. Regarding this, Holopainen offered:


To be honest, ’Oppu’ was the only guy we could imagine being in AMORPHIS. It was funny — when we started to play our first shows together again last summer it all felt so familiar. He was involved with arranging songs and he also even brought some new songs to the table… really good ones, too!

Oppu himself added:

Even though the last year with AMORPHIS has been exciting, nostalgic and fun, it’s also been truly comfortable to be with the guys again. As a clichéd expression, it’s been like returning home from a lengthy odyssey. After eighteen years, it feels like we are picking up where we left off from the good ol’ days! I’m really looking forward for the upcoming tour. The new album itself is a really strong package, the only hard thing will be picking which songs to play live! It’s safe to say we are set to pull off some killer shows over the next few years. After that, I’m predicting a long and fruitful career for the band in its current form…

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