Black Winter Day

Black Winter Day is an EP / single / split (with Gorefest) 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]

Black Winter Day
EP by
ReleasedJanuary 31, 1995 (1995-01-31)
Recorded
  • September 1993 (1)
  • September 1994 (2-5)
StudioSunlight Studios
Genre
Length13:59
LabelRelapse
Producer
  • Amorphis
  • Tomas Skogsberg
Amorphis chronology
Tales from the Thousand Lakes
(1994)
Black Winter Day
(1995)
Elegy
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

The song is also covered by Dol Ammad and the track appears on their album Winds of The Sun.

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

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Black Winter Day"traditionalKasper Mårtenson3:48
2."Folk of the North"(instrumental)Tomi Koivusaari1:17
3."Moon and Sun"traditionalKoivusaari3:36
4."Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"traditionalKoivusaari5:10
Bonus Track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
5."Light My Fire" (The Doors cover)The DoorsThe Doors2:52
Total length:16:44
Fear - Gorefest, Split
No.TitleNoteLength
5."Fear" 4:31
6."Raven" 3:07
7."Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94" 3:54
8."Fear"Live5:10
Total length:29:52

Personnel

References

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