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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. STAFF | January 26th 22 |
Epic! With its blend of melodeath, folk and prog metal, and the vocal performance - not quite screamy but very solemn - and the synths layers, this is mostly epic. I'm not a massive fan of this epic-folk-with-synths aesthetic - the synth solo on "Mermaid" is everything I hate about this - but the *vibe* conveys the apparently grand narrative well without being too cheesy.
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| 5.0 classic | pencils3 | November 12th 11 |
The evolution of Amorphis has been entirely positive for me. This album is replete with outstanding melodies, hooks and riffs, and as ever the vocals are superb. This is my primary contender for album of the year.
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| 3.5 great | lifter | October 27th 11 |
Amorphis have consistently done one thing well--write great, memorable, hook-filled
melodies. They were present in spades on "Tales from the Thousand Lakes." Same with all
their other albums (except for the abyssmal "Far from the Sun"). What seems to be different
with this album from other Joutsen-era albums is how many songs' main melodies are played by
the keyboard, with the guitars playing a supporting, rhythmic role. That being said, for me,
the songs aren't as memorable as those on "Eclipse" or "Skyforger" (my favorite release of
2009, by the way, though fairly unpopular with Amorphis fans compared to its predecessor
"Silent Waters," which I personally thought to be bland). Like with most Amorphis albums,
the last third (except the album closer) lacks in comparison to the rest. Worth a pick up
for fans, but others should probably start elsewhere in the catalogue.
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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | June 7th 11 |
The Beginning of Times feels like a more proper (though still inferior) successor to Silent Waters than what Skyforger turned out to be. Of course, this is mostly because it IS Silent Waters, just not as interesting. Amorphis still give us good, enjoyable and accessible metal here that's tough to go wrong with. If you're fine with the same album again, then The Beginning of Times will be what you're looking for. Otherwise, little can really be commended that hasn't been already.
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| 0.0 | Ticondaroga | June 2nd 11 |
Album cover looks like Wolfmother's Cosmic egg cover, but this wont be shit just sayin..
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| 3.5 great | FunJan | August 8th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Vorpal | February 11th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Zac124 | January 19th 22 |
| 3.0 good | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | May 28th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Juuso | February 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | latpac | April 21st 20 |
| 3.5 great | yoil | January 1st 20 |
| 3.0 good | Sasaboy | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | kouichi | September 10th 19 |
| 3.5 great | mctang | December 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | YuckFou | September 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | alamo | August 11th 18 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | August 6th 18 |
| 3.0 good | heck | May 31st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rosier | February 9th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Fear | December 30th 17 |
| 3.0 good | SuzyC | December 21st 17 |
| 2.5 average | adios | September 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Icesky | September 1st 17 |
| 3.0 good | Elynna | August 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | deslad | January 7th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | tysly | November 21st 16 |
| 3.0 good | hsb | November 21st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Swarm | November 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cyroth | November 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | fll | March 14th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Raven49 | March 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | RockLife | December 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zerohead | December 11th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Defiled | December 4th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ABlake | October 23rd 15 |
| 3.3 great | manosg EMERITUS | October 8th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Nishe | October 7th 15 |
| 2.5 average | ICDD | September 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ngk44 | September 4th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Paul | July 9th 15 |
| 3.5 great | neikos | January 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | January 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jwar375 | October 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Pherin | September 1st 14 |
| 3.0 good | alarm | July 8th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Arashi | April 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kroz | February 26th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Thibs | February 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | February 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Edlund | December 2nd 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | October 6th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Daedus | August 22nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | bens | August 2nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | valek | July 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Godeye | June 3rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | kyra | February 3rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | mursu | January 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | SMK | December 26th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Nukey | November 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | sj666 | September 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sabaton | June 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | aeuk | June 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | max13x | March 31st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | m0n0kl | March 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Deviant. STAFF | February 10th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Spyre | January 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Coast | December 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cjw2001 | December 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | craig337 | December 14th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Andrew | December 2nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Kenos | October 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shiduba | October 6th 11 |
| 3.5 great | ANJ45 | September 28th 11 |
| 3.0 good | stotty | September 25th 11 |
| 2.5 average | OllieS | August 23rd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Hewitt | August 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | RAGG | August 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | simonj | July 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | advate | June 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Smaizi | June 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | YUJOS | June 13th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Hawks | June 7th 11 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | June 2nd 11 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | June 1st 11 |
| 2.5 average | alsid | May 28th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | 32left | May 28th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Breeg | May 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | RUDYB | May 26th 11 |
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