Androz said:
I don't see what they have in common but I LOVE both Moontower and Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Some of the riffs and growls on Moontower remind me of Tales From The Thousand lakes. Maybe it's just me though.
But I love that progressive death metal sound with those deep growling vocals and the super heavy but melodic riffs. Especially when there is that proggy atmosphere (Dream Theater's song Pull Me Under or Time Requiem's self titled album are good examples of that proggy atmosphere). Orphaned Land has a little of that on some of their songs, although maybe it's just the setting on my iPod.
There's a Swedish band called Pandemonium (I think that's how they spell their name, but I'm not exactly sure). They also have that 70's prog sound mixed with death metal. I don't have any of their albums yet, but I've heard many of their songs.
I love everything Amorphis put out. I did a review on Eclipse too.
Tuonela is amazing. I could listen to the first track for hours.
Elegy is amazing too. That melody in On Rich And Poor is addicting. I also love the part during the last two and a half minutes of My Kantele (Intrumental Reprise) with the kantele and the 70's synths.
I love all their albums basically.
If you're only used to the more melodic Amorphis though, even Tales and Elegy, the The Karelian Isthmus album will be a real surprise to you. It's a really slow doomy death album. I would even call it grind if Bolt Thrower is considered a grind band, although that Amorphis album is very slow and some of the stuff from Bolt Thrower is pretty fast.
I've never seen it say anywhere that Denmark is not Scandinavia. In fact, it's usually Finland that is not called part of Scandinavia, although I think it is.
