Borderland

Metal · 2025 · 11 tracks · 55m

Borderland

A fog-shrouded journey through Finnish myth. Massive riffs and Hammond organs collide with soaring baritone vocals and crushing melodic death metal intensity.

September 24, 2025 · Reigning Phoenix Music (2)

A heavy, atmospheric exploration of the space between myth and reality, draped in Nordic melancholy.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 55m

01

The Circle

4:35

02

Bones

4:55

03

Dancing Shadow

4:59

04

Fog to Fog

5:29

05

The Strange

4:19

06

Tempest

5:21

07

Light and Shadow

4:18

08

The Lantern

5:00

09

Borderland

5:31

10

Despair

5:20

11

Weavers

5:21

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition in 'Fog to Fog' where the dense wall of guitars suddenly parts for a haunting, isolated flute melody.

The title track's climax where Tomi Joutsen's clean baritone and deep growls layer into a massive, choral wall of sound.

The psychedelic 70s organ solo in 'Dancing Shadow' that briefly turns the metal anthem into a prog-rock fever dream.

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Where This Album Departs

How does Borderland sound next to the rest of Amorphis's catalogue?

Fog+1.8σ

Fog saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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