Nuclear Blast
2007
1. Weaving the Incantation
2. A Servant
3. Silent Waters
4. Towards and Against
5. I of Crimson Blood
6. Her Alone
7. Enigma
8. Shaman
9. The White Swan
10. Black River
Amorphis are back once again with this latest effort, Silent Waters, and as usual I was looking forward to hearing it. Amorphis, if nothing else, are always an interesting band who isn't afraid to incorporate new sounds and ideas into their continually changing music (as the name might imply).
With this release though I don't think too much has changed from the last. The album starts off a bit more death-centric with quite a bit of gruff vocals, but the music more or less follows a similarly upbeat but dark/gothic approach. The death vocals work pretty well with the music and give it a little extra punch and I wound up liking them despite my usual lack of love for extreme sort of singing. Weaving The Incantation, A Servant, and Towards And Against in particular focus on the death aspect and may appeal to fans of their crossover sort of work on Elegy. Nothing here gets anywhere near the style of their death/doom sort of days but there are some reminders of older styles. Throughout the second half of the album things are considerably more mellow and somber and admittedly appeal to me a bit more as I find their melodies hauntingly memorable. This album seems to shift from one extreme to the other in a sense and most of the heavier material is on the first half, but it all more or less evens out in the end though I'd say.
All in all this is another Amorphis release much like the last in it's focus towards gothic and dark soundscapes. I'd say it succeeds pretty well and has enough variation between upbeat songs driven by harsh to smooth vocals and somber atmospheric tunes. If you liked the way Amorphis has been heading with the new vocalist on the last album than you'll more likely than not enjoy this one too.
Highlights: Silent Waters, Shaman, Enigma
Rating - 3.5/5
2. A Servant
3. Silent Waters
4. Towards and Against
5. I of Crimson Blood
6. Her Alone
7. Enigma
8. Shaman
9. The White Swan
10. Black River
Amorphis are back once again with this latest effort, Silent Waters, and as usual I was looking forward to hearing it. Amorphis, if nothing else, are always an interesting band who isn't afraid to incorporate new sounds and ideas into their continually changing music (as the name might imply).
With this release though I don't think too much has changed from the last. The album starts off a bit more death-centric with quite a bit of gruff vocals, but the music more or less follows a similarly upbeat but dark/gothic approach. The death vocals work pretty well with the music and give it a little extra punch and I wound up liking them despite my usual lack of love for extreme sort of singing. Weaving The Incantation, A Servant, and Towards And Against in particular focus on the death aspect and may appeal to fans of their crossover sort of work on Elegy. Nothing here gets anywhere near the style of their death/doom sort of days but there are some reminders of older styles. Throughout the second half of the album things are considerably more mellow and somber and admittedly appeal to me a bit more as I find their melodies hauntingly memorable. This album seems to shift from one extreme to the other in a sense and most of the heavier material is on the first half, but it all more or less evens out in the end though I'd say.
All in all this is another Amorphis release much like the last in it's focus towards gothic and dark soundscapes. I'd say it succeeds pretty well and has enough variation between upbeat songs driven by harsh to smooth vocals and somber atmospheric tunes. If you liked the way Amorphis has been heading with the new vocalist on the last album than you'll more likely than not enjoy this one too.
Highlights: Silent Waters, Shaman, Enigma
Rating - 3.5/5
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