Elegy is the third studio album by Finnish progressive metal band Amorphis. It is their first to feature a majority of clean vocals, sung by new vocalist Pasi Koskinen. This also marks the first album with drummer Pekka Kasari who replaced Jan Rechberger and the only album with keyboardist Kim Rantala. The music and lyrics are inspired by the traditional Finnish ballads and poems compiled in the Kanteletar by Elias Lönnrot in 1840.
In 2004, Relapse Records reissued Elegy as a digipak, featuring four live bonus tracks. The songs "Against Widows", "On Rich and Poor", "My Kantele", and "Song of the Troubled One" were all re-recorded on Magic & Mayhem – Tales from the Early Years. "My Kantele" was covered on Live & Acoustic by Thurisaz.
Track listing
Bonus CDs
Notes Songs recorded live at Ilosaarirock, Finland, on 12 July 1997.
Personnel Amorphis Pasi Koskinen – clean/lead vocals (1–6, 8, 9, 11), occasional growling (2, 6) Esa Holopainen – lead guitar Tomi Koivusaari – rhythm guitar, co-vocal/death growl (1, 2, 4–9); tambourine Olli-Pekka Laine – bass Kim Rantala – keyboards Pekka Kasari – drums
Additional personnel Mixed at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England Engineer: Pete Coleman Assistant engineer: Dave Buchanan Mastered by Dave Shirk at SAE Mastering Produced by Amorphis and Hiili Hiilesmaa. Executive producers: William J. Yurkiewicz Jr. and Matthew F. Jacobson Cover art: Kristian Wåhlin
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