Amorphis announce new album ‘Halo’

AMORPHIS have announced a new album!

Titled Halo, the upcoming album from the Finnish melodic death metal band is the follow-up to 2018’s Queen Of Time and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via Atomic Fire Records.

“It really is a great feeling that we can still produce very decent music as a band,” says guitarist Esa Holopainen about the upcoming album. “Perhaps a certain kind of self-criticism and long experience culminate in these latest albums. It is thoroughly recognisable AMORPHIS from beginning to end but the general atmosphere is a little bit heavier and more progressive and also organic compared to its predecessor.”

Vocalist Tomi Joutsen adds, “to me, Halo sounds a little more stripped down compared to Queen Of Time and Under The Red Cloud. However, don’t get me wrong: when a certain song needs to sound big, then it sounds very big.”

The upcoming album was produced by Jens Bogren who harvested the thirteen final tracks from a batch of thirty songs the band offered him. “Jens is very demanding, but I really like to work with him,” says Holopainen. “He takes care of the whole project from start to finish, and he allows the musician to focus on just playing. I may not be able to thank Jens enough. Everything we’ve done together has been really great, and this co-operation has carried AMORPHIS significantly forward.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Northwards
2. On The Dark Waters
3. The Moon
4. Windmane
5. A New Land
6. When The Gods Came
7. Seven Roads Come Together
8. War
9. Halo
10. The Wolf
11. My Name Is Night

Halo is set for release on February 11th via Atomic Fire Records. Pre-orders will be available soon.

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