Finnish melancholic dark metal legends AMORPHIS unveil the second digital single taken from their upcoming live album »Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021)« which is set to be released on October 13, 2023 via Atomic Fire – just in time to celebrate the »Halo European Tour 2023« (their updated itinerary can be found below!).
Guitarist Esa Holopainen comments: “We shot a video for the song once back in the day when the »Queen Of Time« album was released originally. An interesting anecdote is that Tomi Joutsen and Pekka Kainulainen [also known as the band’s lyricist] both travelled to Norwegian Lapland to film the landscape shots.
But in the end you could only see Pekka in the video. Poor Tomi had to travel and to spend a couple of days in Norway for nothing.
The very nice video was directed by SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta, but you can now also witness the live version of the track and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.”
Watch the official ‘Wrong Direction’ live performance video over YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgRcxvjH18U
Stream/purchase the song here: https://amorphis.afr.link/wrongdirectionlivePR
Pre-order the album in the physical format of your choice (see below!), pre-save it on your favourite DSP or pre-order it digitally to receive ‘Wrong Direction (live)’ and ‘Amongst Stars [feat. Anneke van Giersbergen] (live)’ instantly now, here: https://amorphis.afr.link/queenoftimelivePR
Don’t forget to subscribe to Atomic Fire Records on YouTube to stay updated & to listen to ‘Wrong Direction (live)’ as well as other new tracks in the »AFR New Releases« playlist on Spotify: https://afr.link/spotifynewreleasesPR
More on »Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021)«:
‘Amongst Stars [feat. Anneke van Giersbergen]’ OFFICIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2n7kRg3h4
In 2021, one of the years of the corona pandemic, when the music world was forced into a standstill, AMORPHIS played two streaming concerts at the legendary Tavastia Club in Helsinki, Finland.
AMORPHIS keyboardist Santeri “Sande” Kallio recalls: “Firstly I thought it would feel like a long soundcheck, but quite contrary it felt pretty close to a real concert. Of course, the band had to take the energy boost only from each other’s playing and rely on the feelings what the songs bring in. Obviously, there was zero support nor energy help from an audience’s side.
Everybody probably agrees that nothing beats performing in front of a live audience, but I think we survived extremely well. One of the good sides was that everybody had to just concentrate on the music and playing 100% thus it simply was a one-shot chance.“
»Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021)«will be available in the following formats:
– CD-digipak + Blu-ray (EU)
– jewelcase CD + Blu-ray (US)
– 2LP in gatefold (green marbled)
– 2LP in gatefold (red marbled; exclusively available at Atomic Fire Records)
– digital
Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021)« – Track Listing:
01. The Bee
02. Message In The Amber
03. Daughter Of Hate
04. The Golden Elk
05. Wrong Direction
06. Heart Of The Giant
07. We Accursed
08. Grain Of Sand
09. Amongst Stars [feat. Anneke van Giersbergen]
10. Pyres On The Coast
Tickets:www.amorphis.net/tour
AMORPHIS are:
Tomi Joutsen | vocals
Esa Holopainen | guitars
Tomi Koivusaari | guitars
Olli-Pekka Laine | bass
Santeri Kallio | keyboards
Jan Rechberger | drums
AMORPHIS online:
www.amorphis.net
www.facebook.com/amorphis
www.instagram.com/amorphisband
www.twitter.com/amorphis
www.tiktok.com/@amorphisband
www.youtube.com/amorphis
