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Elegy

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TypeStudio Full-length
Released
GenresProgressive Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal
LabelsRelapse Records, Nuclear Blast, Spinefarm Records
Length56:12
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Elegy Information

Track listing (Songs)

Title Length Rating Votes
1. Better Unborn 5:50 - 0
2. Against Widows 4:04 - 0
3. The Orphan 5:16 - 0
4. On Rich and Poor 5:18 - 0
5. My Kantele 5:00 - 0
6. Cares 4:27 - 0
7. Song of the Troubled One 4:06 - 0
8. Weeper on the Shore 4:50 - 0
9. Elegy 7:19 - 0
10. Relief 4:07 - 0
11. My Kantele (Acoustic Reprise) 5:55 - 0

Line-up (Members)

  • Pasi Koskinen : Vocals
  • Esa Holopainen : Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
  • Tomi Koivusaari : Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
  • Olli-Pekka Laine : Bass
  • Pekka Kasari : Drums
  • Kim Rantala : Keyboards, Accordion

Production staff / artist

  • Kristian Wahlin : Cover Art
  • Tomas Skogsberg : Engineering
  • Joullo Lehtola : Photography
  • Dave Buchanan Assistant : Mixing
  • Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman : Mixing
  • Dave Shirk : Mastering
  • William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. : Executive Producer
  • Matthew F. Jacobson : Executive Producer
  • Eric Horst : Art Direction
  • Kaj Hiilesmaa : Engineering
  • Mikko Karmila : Engineering
Additional notes
Recorded at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm, Sweden; MD Studio & Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland.
Mixed at ParrStreet Studios, Liverpool, England; Mastered at SAE Mastering.

Licensed to Nuclear Blast Records in Europe.

In 2004, Relapse Records reissued Elegy as a digipack, featuring four bonus tracks:
12. Better Unborn (Live) (06:00)
13. Against Widows (Live) (04:05)
14. The Castaway (Live) (04:54)
15. Black Winter Day (Live) (03:39)

Lyrics on this album are taken from Keith Bosley's translation of the "Kanteletar", a book comprised of nearly 700 poems and ballads based on ancient Finnish traditions.

A music video was made for the song "Against Widows".

Amorphis Discography

Album title Type Released Rating Votes Reviews
(1992) Studio - 0 0
(1993) EP - 0 0
(1994) Studio 85 1 1
(1995) EP - 0 0
(1996) Studio - 0 0
(1997) EP - 0 0
(1999) Studio - 0 0
(2001) Studio - 0 0
(2003) Studio - 0 0
(2006) Studio - 0 0
(2007) Studio - 0 0
(2009) Studio - 0 0
(2010) Studio - 0 0
(2011) Studio - 0 0
(2013) Studio - 0 0
(2015) Studio - 0 0
(2017) Live - 0 0
(2018) Studio - 0 0