History Music / Amorphis

* HeavyMithril: Most of their lyrics are based on Finnish mythology in general and Literature/TheKalevala in particular.

* [[Music/{{Tarot}} Marco]] [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Hietala]] — vocal producer, backing vocals (''Far from the Sun'', ''Eclipse'', ''Silent Waters'', ''Skyforger'', ''The Beginning of Times'')

''Tales''' sequel ''Elegy'' was another big success, and the two albums are generally regarded as classics. With a new clean vocalist Pasi Koskinen they switched in it from DeathMetal to a more progressive HeavyMetal. Since then their career became rather eclectic, with [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly stylistic experiments]] and line-up changes, [[NewSoundAlbum no record sounding like the one before]], until band got stuck in CreativeDifferences and lack of motivation which resulted in Pasi being fired from the band in 2004.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: melodic folk death heavy metal with influences of jazz and progressive rock.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with two Tomis (Koivusaari and Joutsen). In the earlier line-up there was also bassist Olli-''Pekka'' Laine and drummer ''Pekka'' Kasari, both of whom eventually returned to the band.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with two Tomis (Koivusaari and Joutsen). In earlier line-up there were also bassist Olli-''Pekka'' Laine and drummer ''Pekka'' Kasari.

* HeavyMithril

* LyricalDissonance: Frequently deliberately invoked. Much of the Elegy album, in particular, uses this shamelessly.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. Aside the occasional acoustic tracks, The Early Era (''The Karelian Isthmus'' and ''Tales'') were in around 8-10, while the later, more progressive albums (''Tuonela'', ''Am Universum'') were mostly in 6 or 7. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to both 9 and 6, but is usually around 7 or 8.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Esa
** TheLancer: Koivusaari
** TheSmartGuy: Santeri
** TheBigGuy: Jan
** TheHeart: Joutsen
** SixthRanger: Olli-Pekka

* AscendedFanboy: Tomi Joutsen was a long-time fan of Amorphis before he joined the band.

[[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Amorphis2011_7454.jpg]][[caption-width-right:346:From left to right: Tomi Koivusaari, Santeri Kallio, Tomi Joutsen, Niclas Etelävuori, Esa Holopainen and Jan Rechberger.]]

Many were close to declaring the band dead, but they found a new vocalist Tomi Joutsen soon and released the album ''Eclipse'' in 2006. It was a new breakthrough for them, and they've been going steady ever since, with successful albums and no new line-up changes. They released their 12th album ''Under the Red Cloud'' in September 2015.

Formed by Tomi Koivusaari, Esa Holopainen and Jan Rechberger in 1990, they started as a underground DeathMetal band playing very classic garage sound death. After a couple of demos they released their debut, ''The Karelian Isthmus'' in 1992 - which, despite the title, was more about occultism, ancient warfare and Celtic mythology. Their real breakthrough was in 1994 with their sophomore release ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which showcased most of their soon-to-be trademark elements; [[EarWorm melodic riffs]], [[SopranoAndGravel mixing growls and cleans]], influences of FolkMusic and ProgressiveRock, and above all lyrical themes taken from the Finnish National Epic Literature/{{Kalevala}}.

* Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar (1990–present), growled vocals (1990–1997, 2010)

* Santeri Kallio – keyboards (1998–present)

* Tomi Joutsen – clean and harsh vocals (2005–present)