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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Ab initio, the band was a death metal act, however inside late albums it develop evolved into making songs that come extra distinctive when mainstream, but nonetheless by owning progressively complex arrangements.

Amorphis is easily known for their utilize of (a English translation of) the Finnish national heroic poem, Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics.

Line-up
Tomi Joutsen - Vocals Esa Holopainen - Guitar Tomi Koivusaari - Guitar Niclas Etelävuori - Bass Santeri Kallio - Keyboards Jan Rechberger - Drums

Former members
Pasi Koskinen - Vocals (1996-2004) Olli-Pekka Laine - Bass (1992-1999) Pekka Kasari - Drums (1996-2002)

Discography
Albums
A Karelian Isthmus (1992) Tales from either a Thousand Streams, lakes, and wells throughout (1994) Lament (1996) Tuonela (1999) Story - 10th Day of remembrance (Compilation, 2000) Am Universum (2001) Chapters (Compilation Video & DVD, 2003) Far from either a Sun (2003)

Singles and EPs
Amorphis (1991) Privilege of Evil (1993) Nigrify Winter Day (1994) Our Kantele (1997) Divinity (1999) Alone (2001) Day of Your systems Beliefs (2003) Evil In (2003)

Amorphis
Progressive metal band with lyrics and themes based on Finnish national epic, Kalevala.

Rollingstone.com: Amorphis
Includes a biography, discography, photos, audio/video, links and message board.

Rockmagic.net: Amorphis
Song lyrics indexed by album and alphabetically.

MetalTabs.com - Amorphis
Guitar, bass, and drum tablature.

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