Black Winter Day

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Black Winter Day
EP by Amorphis
Released January 31, 1995
Recorded September 1993 at Sunlight Studios
Genre Melodic death metal, doom metal
Length 13:59
Label Relapse
Producer Tomas Skogsberg, Amorphis
Amorphis album chronology
Tales from the Thousand Lakes
(1994)
Black Winter Day
(1995)
Elegy
(1996)

Black Winter Day is an EP by the Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released in 1995. The track "Black Winter Day" is one of the band's best-known songs and continues to be a crowd favourite in live performances to this very day.[1]

The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Black Winter Day"  traditionalKasper Mårtenson 3:48
2. "Folk of the North"  (instrumental)Tomi Koivusaari 1:17
3. "Moon and Sun"  traditionalKoivusaari 3:36
4. "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"  traditionalKoivusaari 5:10
Bonus Track
No. Title Length
5. "Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) 2:52
Total length:
16:44
Fear - Gorefest Split
No. Title Length
5. "Fear"   4:31
6. "Raven"   3:07
7. "Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94"   3:54
8. "Fear"   5:10
Total length:
29:52

Credits

Band members
  • Tomi Koivusaari - Rhythm guitar, Vocals
  • Kasper Mårtenson - Keyboards, Moog organ
  • Jan Rechberger - Drums
  • Olli-Pekka Laine - Bass
  • Esa Holopainen - Lead guitar
Guest musician
Production
  • Matthew F. Jacobson - Executive producer
  • Greg Knoll - Design (logo: hammer)
  • John Vinerva - Photography
  • Tomas Skogsberg - Producer, Engineering
  • Dave Shirk - Mastering
  • Wes Benscoter - Cover art
  • William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. - Executive producer

References

  1. "Amorphis - Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved June 30, 2013.