Black Winter Day is a split EP by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis with Dutch death metal band Gorefest, 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]
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| Released | 31 January 1995 | |||
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| Studio | Sunlight Studios | |||
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| Length | 13:59 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| 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.[3]
This is the last Amorphis release with Kasper Mårtenson and to have the band's original logo.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Black Winter Day" | traditional | Kasper Mårtenson | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Folk of the North" | (instrumental) | Tomi Koivusaari | 1:17 |
| 3. | "Moon and Sun" | traditional | Koivusaari | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son" | traditional | Koivusaari | 5:10 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 5. | "Light My Fire" (The Doors cover) | The Doors | The Doors | 2:52 |
| Total length: | 16:44 | |||
| No. | Title | Note | Length |
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| 5. | "Fear" | 4:31 | |
| 6. | "Raven" | 3:07 | |
| 7. | "Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94" | 3:54 | |
| 8. | "Fear" | Live | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 29:52 | ||
Personnel
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Amorphisedit
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Additional personneledit
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Gorefestedit
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References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Black Winter Day Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Amorphis – Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Dol Ammad - Winds Of The Sun, retrieved 26 December 2022