Amorphis - Halo (2022)

With a career spanning more than thirty years, Finnish veterans Amorphis are back with their thirteenth album, entitled Halo.

The successor to the excellent Queen of Time, Amorphis has found a formula that has worked very well since the middle of the band's discography. At first betting on a sound based entirely on extreme metal, today they have managed to create a unique identity mixing Death with heavy doses of Progressive, Folk, Gothic and other occasional strands. This is clear throughout the ten songs on Halo. Tomi Joutsen, the vocalist and one of the people responsible for this change, is still in top form, exquisitely blending guttural vocals with cleaner, more melodic vocals, naturally one of Amorphis' mainstays. The guitar duo continues to deliver precise riffs and solos and a rapport that is essential to the Finnish band's sound.

Halo is once again the band's interpretation of traditional Kalevala epics, continuing the trilogy begun with Under the Red Cloud, released in 2015. Here we have another incredible album from a band that doesn't make mistakes, or minimize their mistakes too much, heavier, much more progressive and extremely well done Halo will be one of the albums talked about this year for sure.
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