AMORPHIS Release Date Pre-Order Start Queen of Time Uu 18/05/2018 Uu 23/03/2018

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AMORPHIS Release Date Pre-Order Start Queen Of Time uu 18/05/2018 uu 23/03/2018

uu Deluxe-Digipak and 2LP incl. 2 Bonustracks uu Produced by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Amon Amarth) uu Featuring 1st time Chrigel Glanzmann (ELUVEITIE) on pipes, laryngeal singer Albert Kuvezin ,saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby, plus an orchestra and a choir uu 23.03.: 1st Single & Lyric Video „The Bee“ / album pre-order worldwide uu 20.04.: 2nd Single & Video „Wrong Direction“ Price Code: CD02 uu 18.05.: 3rd Single & Video „Amongst Stars“ NB 4126-0 CD-Digi uu Album presentation to local and international media End of February uu Promo trip in March with local media in UK, France, Germany, Poland and Sweden uu European Festival tour from May - August

uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines worldwide uu song placements and advertising in all important Metal magazines uu Spotify playlists in all European territories Price Code: LP17 uu Album A1 poster for instore and club promo NB 4126-1 2LP uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) No pre-order / to be released after the uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube limited Digipak is sold out: uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids Price Code: CD04 uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a background on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com NB 4126-2 CD uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release

“The most massive production on a metal album I have heard in a long time!” Territory: World-Japan Vilho Rajala, INFERNO (FIN) uu Tracklists: “Majestic, melodic, aggressive and airy. Brings back the aggression from 20 years ago. ‘Daughter Of Hate’ is the best DIGI: AMORPHIS track since ‘The Way’!” 01. The Bee Henry Lunabba, imperiumi.net (FIN) 02. Message In The Amber 03. Daughter Of Hate 04. The Golden Elk “A lot more diverse and progressive than expected. Definitely an interesting album that will take a couple of listens to fully 05. Wrong Direction appreciate. A lot of great keyboard work, that together with the strings really accentuates everything. Sounds like they took 06. Heart Of The Giant 07. We Accursed everything from »Under The Red Cloud« and took it one step further.” 08. Grain Of Sand Kim Olav Svines, SCREAM (N) 09. Amongst Stars 10. Pyres On The Coast Bonus: “A colorful and heartwarming journey between old-school AMORPHIS and new musical horizons.” 11. As Mountains Crumble David Genillard, METALLIAN (F) 12. Brother And Sister

CD: “The »Queen Of Time« record will make your heartbeat stop. An astonishing journey through complex structures, catchy 01. The Bee melodies and an overwhelming epicness.” 02. Message In The Amber 03. Daughter Of Hate Emanuele Biani, ROCK HARD ITALY 04. The Golden Elk 05. Wrong Direction “Very ‘rich’ album. There’s a lot to digest but some songs hit right away. Cool arrangements, typical AMORPHIS melodies 06. Heart Of The Giant 07. We Accursed but a renewed orchestral feeling and attention to detail. The band is branching out and exploring some new territories while 08. Grain Of Sand maintaining the AMORPHIS trademark sound.” 09. Amongst Stars 10. Pyres On The Coast Luca Pessina, METALITALIA 2LP (33 RPM): “Complex and layered, yet direct. Very powerful sound, especially drums and vocals. Lots of stand-out riffs that give great Side A 01. The Bee personality to each track. But the best are the subline and smooth transitions and the incredible arrangements. There are a lot 02. Message In The Amber of details to discover and further explore. For a first impression, I would risk to say it is better than »Under The Red Cloud«, 03. Daughter Of Hate Side B an improvement in every department.” 01. The Golden Elk José Ribeiro, LOUD! (PT) 02. Wrong Direction 03. Heart Of The Giant Side C “A real musical adventure where you discover new extra-ordinary levels. The East/orient meets Nord folk and metal power. 01. We Accursed This is the biggest AMORPHIS album to date, with Tomi Joutsen in the best shape ever! Also a genius production from Jens 02. Grain Of Sand 03. Amongst Stars Bogren.” Side D 01. Pyres On The Coast David Havlena, SPARK (CZ) 02. As Mountains Crumble (bonus) 03. Brother And Sister (bonus) “Really different than »Under The Red Cloud« – more straightforward, huge sounding and brutal. There’s more of a black- white pattern, more contrasts. Choirs and orchestrations are well-arranged, not always on top in the mix, sometimes just in Line up: Tomi Joutsen | Vocals the background.” Esa Holopainen | Guitar Adam Gosciniak, METAL HAMMER (PL) Tomi Koivusaari | Guitar Olli-Pekka Laine| Bass Santeri Kallio | Keyboards Jan Rechberger | Drums www.amorphis.net · www.facebook.de/amorphis · www.nuclearblast.de/amorphis

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around the campfire. The fabulous melodies in the fast-paced ‘Message In The A MORE EPIC ALBUM Amber‘ are as Nordic as they can be, in ‘Daughter Of Hate‘ aggression and black metal screams unite with oriental melodies into a fire signal of the down- fall with dark choirs. ‘Wrong Direction‘, on the other hand, is gentle in nature THEN EVER BEFORE and intentionally reduced. But just because AMORPHIS now has choirs and Shortly after recording their last album »Under The Red Cloud«, the Finns re- strings it does not mean that they completely overburden their sound. ‘We Ac- alized one thing: they would also record their next album with Jens Bogren, a cursed‘ comes with full energy: Subtle Ennio Morricone flair, majestic, sublime, true brother in spirit. “We knew that if we continue to work with him, we can elegant - already a future classic in the live set! And then, of course, there’s the excel ourselves.” And they did. Together with perfectionist Bogren at Fascina- overarching ‘Amongst Stars‘, another anthem with the fabulous Anneke van tion Street Studios, who is at least by now the legitimate seventh AMORPHIS Giersbergen contributing a guest appearance. member, the band managed to create an album (just in three months) that surpasses all expectations. As always, borne by Pekka Kainulainen’s poetic lyrics, AMORPHIS penetrate deeper than ever into the thicket of folklore and cosmic contexts. “This time, Guesting on the album is the likes of Chrigel Glanzmann (ELUVEITIE) on pipes, Pekka tells about the cosmic powers that people believed in long ago in a very laryngeal singer Albert Kuvezin and saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby, plus an or- universal way: the rise and fall of cultures.” This is also symbolized by the im- chestra and a choir (a novelty for a band now in their 30th year)! These ele- age of the bee on the album cover - the queen of time, as Holopainen explains ments deliver a dramatic and cinematic depth to the sound, making everything the title of the album. “It represents the microcosm that can nevertheless trigger even more epic, even deeper, and even more meaningful than ever before. cataclysmic changes. The fall of world empires ushered in by a small sprouting Most importantly, these additions do not steal the show from the archaic mag- seed. The butterfly that causes a hurricane.” And as ‘Daughter Of Hate‘ urgent- ic that is AMORPHIS. Holopainen nods enthusiastically: “We’ve secretly been ly needed a spoken part, lyricist Kainulainen also appears for the first time as looking for this rush, this metamorphosis, for years.” a narrator. An excellent choice: His wise and venerable shaman-like voice is a perfect match to the music. A good example for this is the first single, triumphant opener ‘The Bee‘: It be- gins with sonorous laryngeal singing, a siren-like female voice and strikingly »Queen Of Time« is rounded off by the return of the original bassist Olli-Pekka shimmering synths, before getting started in the typical AMORPHIS manner. Laine, following the departure of Niclas Etelävuori after 17 years . “When we Melodies from another sphere, raw harshness, grandeur, elaborate orchestra- started to play our first shows together again last summer it all felt so familiar” tion and melancholy, flow seamlessly into each other as if these different worlds says Holopainen. Laine is back and ready to fulfill the whole AMORPHIS tour- always belonged to one another. As a symbol of this sublime game of light and ing schedule, which is as extensive as usual. Starting with a massive festival shadow, everything is enthroned by Tomi Joutsen’s voice. Sometimes grumbling, season, AMORPHIS will embark on a large US tour (with DARK TRANQUILLITY sometimes full of mournful fervor, sometimes crystal clear above everything - he and MOONSPELL as support acts) in fall, before presenting their latest mas- is, now more than ever, a skald, a prophet, a storyteller. terpiece on European stages. “The songs of the new album will also set new standards at our live shows,” says Holopainen. And anyone who has heard And that is just the beginning. The entire album is a ride at full speed through »Queen Of Time« even once will know what he means by that. A new era has archetypally Finnish metal witchcraft; a dark, mysterious, melancholic evening begun, a new »Tales From The Thousand Lakes« is born.

ON TOUR

12.05. N Kopervik...... Karmoygeddon Metal Festival 12. - 15.07. CZ Vizovice...... Masters of Rock 08.06. FIN Hyvinkää...... Rockfest 14.07. FIN Joensuu...... Ilosaarirock 09.06. FIN Tampere...... South Park Festival 20./21.07. FIN Laukaa...... John Smith Rock Festival 21. - 23.06. D St. Goarshausen...... RockFels 26. - 28.07. FIN Kuopio...... RockCock 24.06. F Clisson...... Hellfest 28.07. FIN Oulu...... Qstock 05. - 07.07. D Ballenstedt...... Rockharz Open Air 02. - 04.08. D Wacken...... Wacken Open Air 06.07. FIN Lohja...... Rantajamit 08. - 11.08. E Villena...... Leyendas del Rock 12. - 14.07. D Balingen...... Bang Your Head!!! 10.08. B Kortrijk...... Alcatraz Metal Festival

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