Under the Red Cloud

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Under the Red Cloud
Amorphis Under The Red Cloud.jpg
Studio album by
Amorphis
Released4 September 2015
StudioFascination Street Studios
Genre
Length49:56
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jens Bogren [3]
Amorphis chronology
Circle
(2013)		Under the Red Cloud
(2015)		 Queen of Time
(2018)

Under the Red Cloud is the twelfth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released worldwide on 4 September 2015 through Nuclear Blast. The album was produced by Jens Bogren, who was described as "just the right person" by keyboardist Santeri Kallio. [4] [5] [6] This would be the band's last album with longtime bassist Niklas Etelävuori who left in 2017.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Under the Red Cloud"Pekka KainulainenSanteri Kallio5:33
2."The Four Wise Ones"KainulainenEsa Holopainen4:40
3."Bad Blood"KainulainenKallio5:23
4."The Skull"KainulainenTomi Koivusaari5:04
5."Death of a King"KainulainenKallio5:14
6."Sacrifice"KainulainenHolopainen3:56
7."Dark Path"KainulainenHolopainen5:08
8."Enemy at the Gates"KainulainenHolopainen5:07
9."Tree of Ages"KainulainenKallio4:36
10."White Night"KainulainenHolopainen5:15
Total length:49:56
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Come the Spring"KainulainenKoivusaari3:27
12."The Wind"KainulainenKallio5:48
Digipak Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Come the Spring"KainulainenKoivusaari3:27
12."Winter's Sleep"KainulainenKallio6:37
"Live at Loud Park 13 ", Bonus CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Shades of Gray"KainulainenHolopainen7:28
2."Narrow Path"KainulainenKallio4:46
3."Sky Is Mine"KainulainenKallio4:22
4."Silver Bride"KainulainenHolopainen4:18
5."Into Hiding"traditionalHolopainen, Olli-Pekka Laine 4:09
6."My Kantele"traditionalHolopainen6:39
7."Nightbird's Song"KainulainenKoivusaari5:09
8."Hopeless Days"KainulainenHolopainen5:24
9."House of Sleep" Paavo Haavikko Holopainen5:29
CD2: Live-CD: "An Evening with Friends at Huvila" Bonus CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Enigma"KainulainenHolopainen5:33
2."Far from the Sun" Pasi Koskinen Amorphis5:00
3."Silent Waters"KainulainenKallio5:53
4."My Kantele"traditionalHolopainen5:09
5."Silver Bride"KainulainenHolopainen4:56
6."Sampo"KainulainenKallio6:54
7."Alone"KoskinenAmorphis6:57
8."The Wanderer"KainulainenKallio4:54
9."Her Alone"KainulainenHolopainen7:46

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Angry Metal GuyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
PopMattersmixed [9]
Cryptic RockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]

Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. Cryptic Rock reviewed the album, finding that it had more of a focus on melody than the previous album, and it had a wider variety of instruments, which was more in line with the band's pre-2012 work. "The Four Wise Ones" was described as an "instant classic" song, "pure melodic death metal at its finest." [11] Cryptic Rock also saw songs that were heavy metal, folk metal and rock ballads. [11]

Under the Red Cloud debuted at No. 144 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 1,600 units in the US in its first week.

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 50
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [17] 85
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [18] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 11

Personnel

Engineers

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