For those of you that read my story about discovering Amorphis, you know that I went almost 20 years without finding another person that likes Amorphis. When UTRC came out, I thought this would be the album that would make other metalheads stand up and take notice, and the band would start getting the respect they deserve (Honestly though, I've said that about most of their albums lol). Throughout the last year, I've seen little hints of this. My wife and a couple of other friends got into them, I ran into a dude at a restaurant who complimented me on my Amorphis hoodie. When they announced the US tour, I was surprised by how many of my FB friends came out of the woodwork and were excited about the tour (though they mostly seem like Old School fans from the Tales album).
Now, I am convinced that there is something going on. This weekend alone, I ran into 3 huge Amorphis fans! On Thursday, I was at the Soilwork/Unearth show, and ran into an old buddy. His friend that was with him sees my hoodie, and the first thing she says to me is "Oh my God!!! What's your favorite Amorphis song?!?!". Mine is "Winter's Sleep", hers was "Sampo".
The next day, I'm posting stuff on FB about the show, and this dude I met recently through my friends in Jungle Rot, starts talking with me about Soilwork. I mentioned something about Amorphis, as I am inclined to do, and it turned out that he was a big fan, and we both geeked out and talked about Amorphis tattoos we wanted to get. He said that UTRC is probably one of his top 20 albums of all time, and he wants to get a tattoo of the album cover.
AND THEN....Sunday night I'm at a benefit show for a friend of mine, and I see a dude wearing a "Tales" t-shirt, so we got to talking, and he's going to both of the shows that I'm going to!
Has anything like this been happening to anyone else lately? As a long time fan, this is very exciting to see! I think I need to get a hold of my brother and tell him to get on board with this lol!
Now, I am convinced that there is something going on. This weekend alone, I ran into 3 huge Amorphis fans! On Thursday, I was at the Soilwork/Unearth show, and ran into an old buddy. His friend that was with him sees my hoodie, and the first thing she says to me is "Oh my God!!! What's your favorite Amorphis song?!?!". Mine is "Winter's Sleep", hers was "Sampo".
The next day, I'm posting stuff on FB about the show, and this dude I met recently through my friends in Jungle Rot, starts talking with me about Soilwork. I mentioned something about Amorphis, as I am inclined to do, and it turned out that he was a big fan, and we both geeked out and talked about Amorphis tattoos we wanted to get. He said that UTRC is probably one of his top 20 albums of all time, and he wants to get a tattoo of the album cover.
AND THEN....Sunday night I'm at a benefit show for a friend of mine, and I see a dude wearing a "Tales" t-shirt, so we got to talking, and he's going to both of the shows that I'm going to!
Has anything like this been happening to anyone else lately? As a long time fan, this is very exciting to see! I think I need to get a hold of my brother and tell him to get on board with this lol!
