AMORPHIS — Skyforger (review)

AMORPHIS — Skyforger album cover Album · 2009 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
Just as Tales From the Thousand Lakes provided, if you'll forgive the pun, the high water mark of Amorphis' melodic death metal era, so too does Skyforger stand out as perhaps one of the more accessible and occasionally even Floydian iterations of their take on progressive metal. Drawing on death metal influences without diluting the cohesiveness of their progressive metal sound, and with excellent keyboard work from Santeri Kallio and dual lead guitar from Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari, the band once again tackle their customary Kalevala stories with style. Take Silent Waters, put the fun back, and you'll get something which sounds a little like this exuberant little number. Nothing to redefine the map, particularly when it comes to Amorphis' particular niche, but those who particularly dig their latter-day style will enjoy it.
Share this review

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

The Goblin Sessions Heavy Metal
THEM
Buy this album from MMA partners
Tormenta De Arena Metalcore
VORAGO
Buy this album from MMA partners
Infinite Metalcore
FUTURE GHOST
Buy this album from MMA partners
Heretic Melodic Death Metal
SUNCINDER
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Harrowed TwentyTenVideo
HARROWED
Bosh66· 3 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us