AMORPHIS release first album trailer!
Melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS are about to unleash their latest offering entitled Queen Of Time on May 18th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases their first album trailer, in which they talk about working with producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, KREATOR and many more) and the return of their new/old bass player Olli-Pekka 'Oppu' Laine.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5190lgEEwU
Check out the lyric video of their first single 'The Bee', here: https://youtu.be/xf_4uvymwRw
The album is available for pre-order in various formats, here: http://nuclearblast.com/amorphis-queenoftime
Pre-order digitally to receive 'The Bee' instantly or stream the track, here: http://nblast.de/AmorphisTheBee
Pre-save the album on Spotify, here:
https://tools.topsify.com/follow/6834/pre-save-queen-of-time-by-amorphis
Listen to 'The Bee' in the NB Novelties Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/nuclearblastrecords/playlist/6aw9wiedFzzhJiI96DhNhw
Queen Of Time Track Listing:
01. The Bee
02. Message In The Amber
03. Daughter Of Hate
04. The Golden Elk
05. Wrong Direction
06. Heart Of The Giant
07. We Accursed
08. Grain Of Sand
09. Amongst Stars
10. Pyres On The Coast
Bonus Tracks (DIGI, 2LP, and MAILORDER EDITION only)
11. As Mountains Crumble
12. Brother And Sister
The cover artwork, which was created by French artist Jean "Valnoir" Simoulin from Metastazis, captures the feeling of the lyrics and the music.
With Pekka Kainulainen's (lyricist) words, the lyrical theme is universal: "Cultures rise, flourish, and are destroyed. The story of man is the story of searching, finding, and forgetting. A single spark can set the world afire, a single idea can give birth to a new culture. The greatest can stagnate into insignificance, the smallest can hold the power for change. The lyrics on this album are distant echoes of ancient forest peoples, from a time when meaning was proportioned by the cosmic forces that govern birth and death. If the connection was lost, they sought for a strand of knowledge, found a new direction, and a new age began."