Queen of Time

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Queen of Time
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Studio album by
Amorphis
Released18 May 2018
Recorded2017–2018
StudioFascination Street Studios
Genre
Length57:29
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jens Bogren [4]
Amorphis chronology
Under the Red Cloud
(2015)		Queen of Time
(2018)		 Halo
(2022)
Professional ratings
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Queen of Time is the thirteenth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released worldwide on 18 May 2018 through Nuclear Blast. This is the first album since 1999's Tuonela to feature original bassist Olli-Pekka Laine who rejoined the band in 2017, making this the first time since 1994's Tales from the Thousand Lakes that all four original band members played together on an album. [10] The album was produced by Jens Bogren, who was described as "a true brother in spirit." [11]

Contents

Critical reception

Queen of Time received positive reviews upon release.

Blabbermouth praised the use of a variety of instruments such as flutes, saxophone, reeds, or xylophones, calling the compositions "long, layered and resonant". [12]

Louder wrote: "Amorphis are incredible songwriters; everything from stirring opener The Bee through to lavish, dramatic closer Pyres On The Coast boasts at least one life-affirming hook, and vocalist Tomi Joutsen has never sounded more commanding." [13]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Pekka Kainulainen

No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Bee"Santeri Kallio5:30
2."Message in the Amber" Esa Holopainen 6:44
3."Daughter of Hate"Holopainen6:20
4."The Golden Elk"Kallio6:22
5."Wrong Direction"Holopainen5:09
6."Heart of the Giant"Kallio6:32
7."We Accursed"Kallio4:59
8."Grain of Sand"Holopainen4:44
9."Amongst Stars" (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen)Kallio4:50
10."Pyres on the Coast"Holopainen6:19
Total length:57:29
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
11."Honeyflow" (featuring Akira Takasaki)Kallio5:15
Total length:62:44
Vinyl and Digipak editions bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
11."As Mountains Crumble"Olli-Pekka Laine6:17
12."Brother and Sister"Kallio6:03
Total length:69:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 66
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [18] 45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [19] 1
French Albums (SNEP) [20] 84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [22] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] 46
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [24] 98
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [25] 45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [27] 3

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