bands similar to Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

[ohiogrinder]

I'm looking for similar bands, but don't recommend me old Swede death, cause I already listen to that stuff. I'm looking for bands similar to the first two records by Amorphis. slightly folky, viking themes a plus, scuzzy buzzy guitar riffs (Sunlight Studios style production), can have either all harsh vocals or a mix of harsh and cleans.

 

[Seditious]

Thyrfing

 

[ohiogrinder]

any album in particular?

 

[Einherjar86]

I'd say Excelsis, but I'm not sure they're exactly what you're looking for. Their production quality isn't very good, and they're slightly more melodic than early Amorphis. But here's their myspace:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=71928892

Also, perhaps Finntroll?

 

[tagradh]

By Thyrfing my favorite album is probably 'Valdr Galga' or 'Farsotstider'. I guess if you like Thyrfing and haven't heard them then you should check out Moonsorrow 'Kivenkantaja' is the album I listen to most by them.

 

[Einherjar86]

Thyrfing, Finntroll and Moonsorrow are all really good folk/black metal bands, but they have a distinctly different sound from early Amorphis. Where I can see similarities in Thyrfing, Finntroll and Moonsorrow, I really see very few in Amorphis; and yet, those are the only bands I can really come up with. I guess I'd say that comparing early Amorphis to these bands can really help a listener to distinguish between the traits of death metal and black/folk metal. They're similar in the folk aspect, but not in the delivery of the music.

That probably doesn't help at all. Decide for yourself.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Yeah, I'm...really failing to try to think of ANYTHING remotely similar to early Amorphis!

 

[tagradh]

Yeah, I'm...really failing to try to think of ANYTHING remotely similar to early Amorphis!

Pwetty much. One of, sadly, a few bands that have a fairly unique sound.

 

[Skepticism]

Not folky, but maybe you might want to check out Infernal Gates - From the Mist of Dark Waters. It's somewhat like Amorphis with the Death and Doom but it's not really folky. Great album nonetheless.

 

[Seditious]

any album in particular?

honestly I love a couple songs off each album, I'd really be hard-pressed to choose one. Going strictly percentage-wise, I'd say Hednaland (Demo, 1996) or Vansinnesvisor.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

lmao percentage-wise?

 

[Seditious]

lmao percentage-wise?

higher content of songs I like and love.

I do like some songs on Thyrfing, Urkraft, and Valdr Galga, but if I have to pick one album it may as well be one with 'twice as many songs I love' as one of these.

I won't here disagree with the one anyone else recommends.

 

[Seditious]

Yeah, I'm...really failing to try to think of ANYTHING remotely similar to early Amorphis!

word. just listened to a few favorites from that album ("Black Embrace", "The Gathering", and "Warrior's Trial") and couldn't think of shit that was mid-tempo death metal with a middle-eastern tip.

Bolt Thrower is about the closest thing I've heard, sadly.

 

[Life Sucks]

I've never heard anything that sounds similar to The Karelian Isthmus. That combination of melody, old school death metal, and early Finnish dm weirdness can't be found anywhere else.

 

[Vilden]

Speaking of finnish dm, I have heard that term alot lately but I only really know about early Amorphis and early Sentenced. Any other band I should check out?
/threadjacking deluxe

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Paradise Lost - Gothic is about as close as I could say

 

[Slayed Necros]

Speaking of finnish dm, I have heard that term alot lately but I only really know about early Amorphis and early Sentenced. Any other band I should check out?
/threadjacking deluxe

Yeah man, definitely check out these:

Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Demilich - Nespithe
Belial - Gods of the Pit pt. II / Wisdom of Darkness
Cartilage - The Fragile Concept of Affection
Adramelech - Psychostasia
Purtenance - Member of Immortal Damnation
Depravity - Silence of the Centuries
Mordicus - Dances From Left
Disgrace - Grey Misery
Funebre - Children of the Scorn
Mythos - Pain Amplifier
Vomiturition - Headtales / A Leftover

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I think I might actually like Finnish death metal more than Swedish. Definitely in terms of quality over quantity.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Yeah, I'm almost leaning that way too. But, as far as my top ten goes, there's probably equal portions of both.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Demigod, Amorphis, and Adramelech have a darker sound than, say, Dismember, Entombed, and Unleashed (not to say that those bands don't have a "dark" sound but I think Finland pulls it off better).