The Forest Seasons

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The Forest Seasons
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 21, 2017 [1]
StudioSonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
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 July 21, 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]

Band members

Production, credits

The Forest Expendables Choir on "The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"

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

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References

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