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* CreativeDifferences: ''Far From The Sun'' was an overall compromise album, as none of the band members had any clear idea what direction they should be taking. Pasi Koskinen eventually left the band due to the lack of motivation, as his side project band Ajattara took more and more his time and dedication.
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* ShoutOut: The opening melody of ''Magic and Mayhem'' is borrowed from an old Finnish folk song ''Soittajapaimen''.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with two Tomis (Koivusaari and Joutsen). In earlier line-up there were also bassist Olli-''Pekka'' Laine and drummer ''Pekka'' Kasari.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Based on the first singles, ''Circle'' may be the heaviest album of the band since the early days.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand[=/=]MyspeldRokband: "Amorphis" comes from the word ''amorphous'', nicely fitting their changing musical style.
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is arguably ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal.Music/HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is arguably ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Aplenty! Most notable are ''Elegy'' compared to ''Thousand Lakes'' (from Death Metal to a more progressive direction, with a new clean vocalist), and ''Eclipse'' compared to ''Far From The Sun'' (from progressive rock to a more straightforward HeavyMetal, Music/HeavyMetal, with a change of vocalist).
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* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (''Eclipse'' is about Kullervo, ''Silent Waters'' about Lemminkäinen, ''Skyforger'' about Ilmarinen, and ''The Beginning of Times'' about Väinämöinen). ''Circle'' switches the format by telling an original story, while based on Finnish folklore.
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* ConceptAlbum: ''Tales'' and ''Elegy'' take their lyrics almost straight from the ''Kalevala'' and the poetry collection ''Kanteletar''. The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (''Eclipse'' is about Kullervo, ''Silent Waters'' about Lemminkäinen, ''Skyforger'' about Ilmarinen, and ''The Beginning of Times'' about Väinämöinen). ''Circle'' switches the format by telling an original story, while based on Finnish folklore.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This apparently happened to Kimi Rantala, the former keyboardist; according to the ''Tales from the 20 Years'' dockumentary, they practically lost contact with him after ''Elegy tour'' and had to get Santeri Kallio to play keyboards in ''Tuonela''.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This apparently happened to Kimi Rantala, the former keyboardist; according to the ''Tales from the 20 Years'' dockumentary, they practically lost contact with him after ''Elegy tour'' ''Elegy'' tour and had to get Santeri Kallio to play keyboards in ''Tuonela''.
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* AudienceParticipationSong: Joutsen usually makes the crowd to sing the chorus of ''House of Sleep''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This apparently happened to Kimi Rantala, the former keyboardist; according to the ''Tales from the 20 Years'' dockumentary, they practically lost contact with him after ''Elegy tour'' and had to get Santeri Kallio to play keyboards in ''Tuonela''.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. 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 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to both 9 and 6, but is usually around 7 or 8.
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* 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 7 6 or 6.7. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to both 9 and 6, but is usually around 7 or 8.
* PowerBallad: ''Her Alone''.
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* RecordProducer: They've been a technical DIY variety for a long time, as despite the albums having a nominal producer, the band has usually done the work themselves. For ''Circle'' they seem to have collaborated in mutual understanding with Peter Tägtgren.
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* RecordProducer: They've been a technical DIY variety for a long time, as despite the albums having a nominal producer, the band has usually done the work themselves. For ''Circle'' they seem to have collaborated in mutual understanding with Peter Tägtgren.Tägtgren.
* TruckDriversGearChange: Used in ''The Smoke'' and ''White Swan'', for example.
* TruckDriversGearChange: Used in ''The Smoke'' and ''White Swan'', for example.
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* HarshVocals: Common. Since ''Elegy'' they've been usually [[SopranoAndGravel accompanied with clean vocals]] (formerly by Koivusaari & Koskinen duo, recently by Joutsen handling both).
* NoseYodeling: Pasi Koskinen's usual vocal style.
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* RecordProducer: They've been a technical DIY variety for a long time, as despite the albums having a nominal producer, the band has usually done the work themselves. For ''Circle'' they seem to have collaborated in mutual understanding with Peter Tägtgren.
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* MagnumOpus: ''Tales From The Thousand Lakes'' and ''Elegy''.
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* SignatureSong: ''Black Winter Day'', ''My Kantele'' and ''House of Sleep'' are probably the main contenders.
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* ForeignLanguageTitle: ''Tuonela'' is a Finnish name for the realm of the dead.
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* CoveredUp: ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' [[note]]The ending track from ''The Karelian Isthmus'', and one of the more frequently played songs from it[[/note]] is a cover song from Abhorrence, an underground death metal band in which Tomi Koivusaari played before Amorphis, and which split up in 1990.
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* CoverVersion: They've covered songs from TheDoors, {{Hawkwind}}, Kingston Wall and Abhorrence.
** CoveredUp: It's more than likely that you've heard ''VulgarNecrolatry'' [[note]]The ending track from Necrolatry''[[note]]The Abhorrence cover in ''The Karelian Isthmus'', and one of the more frequently played songs from it[[/note]] is a cover song from Abhorrence, an underground death metal band in which Tomi Koivusaari played before Isthmus''[[/note]] first via Amorphis, as Abhorrence were fairly shortlived and which split up in 1990.obscure band.
** CoveredUp: It's more than likely that you've heard ''Vulgar
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* {{AGoodNameForARockBand}}/MyspeldRokband: "Amorphis" comes from the word ''amorphous'', nicely fitting their changing musical style.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. 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 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to both 9 and 6, but is usually around 7 or 8.
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* RearrangeTheSong: The 20th anniversary compilation album ''Magic and Mayhem''.
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* RecordProducer: They've been a technical DIY variety for a long time, as despite the albums having a nominal producer, the band has usually done the work themselves. For ''Circle'' they seem to have collaborated in mutual understanding with Peter Tägtgren.
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** ''The Privilege of Evil'' EP (1993)
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** ''Magic And Mayhem - Tales From the 20 Years''[[note]]A compilation album of [[RearrangeTheSong re-recorded tracks]] from ''Isthmus'', ''Tales'' and ''Elegy''.[[/note]] (2010)
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** ''Magic And Mayhem - Tales From the 20 Early Years''[[note]]A compilation album of [[RearrangeTheSong re-recorded tracks]] from ''Isthmus'', ''Tales'' and ''Elegy''.[[/note]] (2010)
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** ''The Privilege of Evil'' Ep (1993)
** ''A Black Winter Day'' EP (1995)
** ''My Kantele'' Ep (1997)
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* CoveredUp: ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' [[note]]The ending track from ''The Karelian Isthmus'', and one of the more frequently played songs from it[[/note]] is a cover song from Abhorrence, an underground death metal band in which Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari played before Amorphis, and which split up in 1990.
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* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (''Eclipse'' is about Kullervo, ''Silent Waters'' about Lemminkäinen, ''Skyforger'' about Ilmarinen, and ''The Beginning of Times'' about Väinämöinen).
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**Väinämöinen). ''Circle'' switches the format by telling an original story, while based on Finnish folklore.folklore.
* CoveredUp: ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' [[note]]The ending track from ''The Karelian Isthmus'', and one of the more frequently played songs from it[[/note]] is a cover song from Abhorrence, an underground death metal band in which Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari played before Amorphis, and which split up in 1990.
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* CoveredUp: ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' [[note]]The ending track from ''The Karelian Isthmus'', and one of the more frequently played songs from it[[/note]] is a cover song from Abhorrence, an underground death metal band in which Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari played before Amorphis, and which split up in 1990.
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* {{AGoodNameForARockBand}}/MyspeldRokband: "Amorphis" comes from the word ''amorphous'', nicely fitting their changing musical style.
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[[quoteright:346:http://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.]]
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* BadassLonghair: Not only is Joutsen's hair long, but it's in [[DreadlockRasta dreadlocks]].
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is likely ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish Metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is likely arguably ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish Metal metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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* MagnumOpus: ''Tales From The Thousand Lakes'' and ''Elegy''.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. The Early Era (''The Karelian Isthmus'' and ''Tales'') were in around 8-10, while the later, more progressive albums (''Tuonela'', ''Am Universum'') were in 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to9, both 9 and 6, but is usually about 7-8.around 7 or 8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. The Early Era (''The Karelian Isthmus'' and ''Tales'') were in around 8-10, while the later, more progressive albums (''Tuonela'', ''Am Universum'') were in 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, StonerRock, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is likely ''Tales From the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish Metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, StonerRock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is likely ''Tales From a the Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish Metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. The Early Era (''The Karelian Isthmus'' and ''Tales'') were in around 8-10, while the later, more progressive albums (''Tuonela'', ''Am Universum'') were in 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to 9, but is usually about 7-8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies between albums. The Early Era (''The Karelian Isthmus'' and ''Tales'') were in around 8-10, while the later, more progressive albums (''Tuonela'', ''Am Universum'') were in 7 or 6. Their newer material (''Eclipse'' onward) gets occasionally to 9, but is usually about 7-8.
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* AscendedFanboy: Tomi Joutsen was a long-time fan of Amorphis before he joined band.
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* AscendedFanboy: Tomi Joutsen was a long-time fan of Amorphis before he joined the band.
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* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (Eclipse is about Kullervo, Silent Waters about Lemminkäinen, Skyforger about Ilmarinen, and The Beginning of Times about Väinämöinen).
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* AscendedFanboy: Tomi Joutsen was a long-time fan of Amorphis before he joined band.
* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala(Eclipse (''Eclipse'' is about Kullervo, Silent Waters ''Silent Waters'' about Lemminkäinen, Skyforger ''Skyforger'' about Ilmarinen, and The ''The Beginning of Times Times'' about Väinämöinen).
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* HeyItsThatVoice: In their more recent albums you can occasionally hear [[Music/{{Tarot}} Marco]] [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Hietala]] in backing vocals.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Aplenty! Most notable are ''Elegy'' compared to ''Thousand Lakes'' (from Death Metal to a more progressive direction, with a new clean vocalist), and ''Eclipse'' compared to ''Far From The Sun'' (from progressive rock to a more straightforward HeavyMetal, with a change of vocalist).
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* SignatureSong: ''Black Winter Day'', ''My Kantele'' and ''House of Sleep'' are probably the main contenders.
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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band founded in 1990. Starting out as a DeathMetal band, they have changed their style almost continuously shifting between different genres, with MelodicDeathMetal, ProgressiveMetal, FolkMetal, Stoner Rock, and HeavyMetal. Their most famous album is likely ''Tales From a Thousand Lakes'', which is considered a classic in Finnish Metal scene. It also started their trademark of using Literature/{{Kalevala}} and other Finnish folklore as a source of lyrical concepts.
Current members
* Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar (1990–present), growled vocals (1990–1997, 2010)
* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar (1990–present)
* Jan Rechberger – drums (1990–1995, 2002–present), keyboards, synthesizer (1990–1993)
* Santeri Kallio – keyboards (1998–present)
* Niclas Etelävuori – bass, backing vocals (2000–present)
* Tomi Joutsen – clean and harsh vocals (2005–present)
Former members
* Olli-Pekka Laine – bass (1990–2000)
* Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards (1993–1995)
* Kim Rantala – keyboards (1995–1997)
* Pekka Kasari – drums (1995–2002)
* Pasi Koskinen – clean vocals (1995–2004)
Discography:
* ''Karelian Isthmus'' (1992)
* ''Tales From a Thousand Lakes'' (1994)
* ''Elegy'' (1996)
* ''Tuonela'' (1999)
* ''Am Universum'' (2001)
* ''Far From The Sun'' (2003)
* ''Eclipse'' (2006)
* ''Silent Waters'' (2007)
* ''Skyforger'' (2009)
* ''The Beginning of Times'' (2011)
* ''Circle'' (2013)
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* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (Eclipse is about Kullervo, Silent Waters about Lemminkäinen, Skyforger about Ilmarinen, and The Beginning of Times about Väinämöinen).
** ''Circle'' switches the format by telling an original story, while based on Finnish folklore.
* HeavyMithril
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: melodic folk death heavy metal with influences of jazz and progressive rock.
* NewSoundAlbum: Aplenty! Most notable are ''Elegy'' compared to ''Thousand Lakes'' (from Death Metal to a more progressive direction, with a new clean vocalist), and ''Eclipse'' compared to ''Far From The Sun'' (from progressive rock to a more straightforward HeavyMetal, with a change of vocalist).
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Current members
* Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar (1990–present), growled vocals (1990–1997, 2010)
* Esa Holopainen – lead guitar (1990–present)
* Jan Rechberger – drums (1990–1995, 2002–present), keyboards, synthesizer (1990–1993)
* Santeri Kallio – keyboards (1998–present)
* Niclas Etelävuori – bass, backing vocals (2000–present)
* Tomi Joutsen – clean and harsh vocals (2005–present)
Former members
* Olli-Pekka Laine – bass (1990–2000)
* Kasper Mårtenson – keyboards (1993–1995)
* Kim Rantala – keyboards (1995–1997)
* Pekka Kasari – drums (1995–2002)
* Pasi Koskinen – clean vocals (1995–2004)
Discography:
* ''Karelian Isthmus'' (1992)
* ''Tales From a Thousand Lakes'' (1994)
* ''Elegy'' (1996)
* ''Tuonela'' (1999)
* ''Am Universum'' (2001)
* ''Far From The Sun'' (2003)
* ''Eclipse'' (2006)
* ''Silent Waters'' (2007)
* ''Skyforger'' (2009)
* ''The Beginning of Times'' (2011)
* ''Circle'' (2013)
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!!This band may exhibit the following tropes:
* ConceptAlbum: The "Joutsen era" albums have a recurring theme of being based on one of the main characters of Kalevala (Eclipse is about Kullervo, Silent Waters about Lemminkäinen, Skyforger about Ilmarinen, and The Beginning of Times about Väinämöinen).
** ''Circle'' switches the format by telling an original story, while based on Finnish folklore.
* HeavyMithril
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: melodic folk death heavy metal with influences of jazz and progressive rock.
* NewSoundAlbum: Aplenty! Most notable are ''Elegy'' compared to ''Thousand Lakes'' (from Death Metal to a more progressive direction, with a new clean vocalist), and ''Eclipse'' compared to ''Far From The Sun'' (from progressive rock to a more straightforward HeavyMetal, with a change of vocalist).
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