Black Winter Day

"Black Winter Day"

Single by Amorphis

from the album Tales from the Thousand Lakes

Released

January 31, 1995

Recorded

September 1993 (1)

September 1994 (2-5) at Sunlight Studios

Genre

Melodic death metal, doom metal

Length

13:59

Label

Relapse

Producer(s)

Amorphis & Tomas Skogsberg

Amorphis singles chronology

Tales from the Thousand Lakes
(1994)

Black Winter Day
(1995)

Elegy
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Black Winter Day is the title of a compilation / single / split / by the Finnish band Amorphis, released in 1995. The track "Black Winter Day" is one of the band's best-known songs and continues to be a crowd favourite in live performances to this very day.^[2]

The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.

This is the last Amorphis release with Kasper Mårtenson and to have the band's original logo.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Black Winter Day"	traditional	Kasper Mårtenson	3:48
2.	"Folk of the North"	(instrumental)	Tomi Koivusaari	1:17
3.	"Moon and Sun"	traditional	Koivusaari	3:36
4.	"Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"	traditional	Koivusaari	5:10

Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Light My Fire" (The Doors cover)	2:52
Total length:		16:44

Fear - Gorefest Split
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Fear"	4:31
6.	"Raven"	3:07
7.	"Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94"	3:54
8.	"Fear"	5:10
Total length:		29:52

Personnel

Amorphis

Tomi Koivusaari – vocals, rhythm guitar
Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
Kasper Martenson – keyboards
Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
Jan Rechberger – drums
Amorphis - arrangements, recording & engineering

Additional personnel

Ville Tuomi – speech & spoken word
Tomas Skogsberg - recording & engineering

Gorefest

Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals and bass
Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitars
Frank Harthoorn – guitars
Ed Warby – drums

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Black Winter Day Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
↑ "Amorphis - Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

Amorphis

Tomi Joutsen Esa Holopainen Tomi Koivusaari Niclas Etelävuori Santeri Kallio Jan Rechberger Pasi Koskinen Olli-Pekka Laine Pekka Kasari Kim Rantala Kasper Mårtenson

Studio albums	The Karelian Isthmus (1992) Tales from the 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) Under the Red Cloud (2015)

EPs	Disment of Soul Privilege of Evil Black Winter Day My Kantele

Compilations	Story - 10th Anniversary Chapters Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years

Related articles	Discography Abhorrence Kalevala

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