Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021)

Amorphis formed in Finland in 1990, began in death metal and moved into the progressive, melancholy style that is now theirs alone. This record is what they made during the stretch when nobody could go anywhere. It was played on 22 June 2021 at Tavastia, the old Helsinki club, to an empty room. Queen of Time, their 2018 album, is at the centre of it: "The Bee", "Message in the Amber", "Daughter of Hate", "The Golden Elk", "Wrong Direction" -- that record's shape more or less intact. Against it sits "Into Hiding", from Tales from the Thousand Lakes in 1994, so the set spans nearly thirty years. Anneke van Giersbergen guests on "Amongst Stars". Antti Kuivalainen directed and edited the film, Mikko Rauvola and Miiro Varjus recorded the audio, Varjus mixed it and Svante Forsbäck mastered it. The release pairs the CD with a Blu-ray of the same performance. Atomic Fire Records issued it on 13 October 2023 in two packagings, a digipak and a jewel case. There is no Japanese edition. Ten songs.