The Forest Seasons

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The Forest Seasons
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Studio album by
Released21 July 2017 [1]
StudioSonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre Melodic death metal, symphonic metal, power metal
Length54:00
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Wintersun
Wintersun chronology
Time I
(2012)
The Forest Seasons
(2017)
Time II
(2024)

The Forest Seasons is the third studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Wintersun. It was released on 21 July 2017 via Nuclear Blast. [2] The band cited Antonio Vivaldi's violin concerto The Four Seasons as an inspiration for the album title. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jari Mäenpää.

No.TitleLength
1."Awaken from the Dark Slumber (Spring)"
Part I: "The Dark Slumber"
Part II: "The Awakening
"
14:40
2."The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"12:18
3."Eternal Darkness (Autumn)"
Part I: "Haunting Darkness"
Part II: "The Call of the Dark Dream"
Part III: "Beyond the Infinite Universe"
Part IV: "Death
"
14:08
4."Loneliness (Winter)"12:54
Total length:54:00

Personnel

Credits for The Forest Seasons adapted from liner notes. [3]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 170
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 16

References

  1. WINTERSUN – start crowdfunding, "The Forest Seasons" available for pre-order now! Retrieved 16 March 2017
  2. 1 2 Wintersun reveal track list and concept of "The Forest Seasons"! Nuclear Blast on Facebook.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017
  3. (2017). "The Forest Seasons liner notes". In The Forest Seasons [CD booklet]. Nuclear Blast.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. "Wintersun: The Forest Seasons" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2017.