Amorphis – “Elegy”
Not having the money to buy every release out there, I exchanged the above mentioned and got this. What a transition indeed! Most of the time when a band sounds like one thing and then suddenly they decide to change for what ever reasons, I usually hate it, like the above mentioned. Call me hypocritical, a dirty little Mexican, a pervert, a wimp, or whatever you want, but I really enjoyed this release. Even though this sounds nothing like anything they have done, it is a progression I accept with open ears. This was so strange, I was not expecting this release to sound like it did. Very melodic and pretty complex. This album contains very little of the death metal vocals, which is logical considering this is not death metal at all. The new vocals took me a while to get used to, but hey, I got used to it. Any ways, anyone familiar with AMORPHIS might enjoy this, just keep an open mind to it and listen to it more than once.