Black Winter Day
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]
Black Winter Day | ||||
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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 | ||||
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The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Black Winter Day" | traditional | Kasper Mårtenson | 3:48 |
2. | "Folk of the North" | (instrumental) | Tomi Koivusaari | 1:17 |
3. | "Moon and Sun" | traditional | Koivusaari | 3:36 |
4. | "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son" | traditional | Koivusaari | 5:10 |
Bonus Track | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
5. | "Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) | 2:52 | |||||||
Total length: |
16:44 |
Fear - Gorefest Split | |||||||||
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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
- Ville Tuomi - Clean vocals on "Black Winter Day"
- 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
- ↑ "Amorphis - Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved June 30, 2013.