Summary
River of Tuoni is the debut full-length studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn.
| River of Tuoni | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 30 January 2008 | |||
| Recorded | January–July 2007 | |||
| Studio | Rockstar Productions Studio, Hyvinkää, Finland | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 35:50 | |||
| Label | KHY Suomen Musiikki | |||
| Producer | Lari Takala, Tommi Kuri, Tuomas Seppälä | |||
| Amberian Dawn chronology | ||||
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| Singles from River of Tuoni | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Temple |   [1] |
| Rock Hard | 7.0/10[2] |
The songs "River of Tuoni" and "My Only Star" from the album were the first Amberian Dawn tracks to have a music video recorded, in May of 2008 and January 2009 respectively.[3][4]
The bonus track "Dreamchaser" is an instrumental version of a song by Atheme One, a band which featured founding Amberian Dawn members Tuomas Seppälä, Tommi Kuri, Heikki Saari and Tom Sagar. The song appeared on the band's demo, which had a limited release in 2006 and was later sold through Amberian Dawn's forum and Facebook group in December 2010.[5]
All songs from this album are featured as downloadable content songs on the Rock Band Network.
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Heidi Parviainen; all music is composed by Tuomas Seppälä
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "River of Tuoni" | 3:00 |
| 2. | "My Wings Are My Eyes" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Lullaby" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Valkyries" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Fate of the Maiden" | 2:50 |
| 6. | "My Only Star" | 4:21 |
| 7. | "The Curse" | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Passing Bells" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Sunrise" | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Evil Inside Me" | 3:47 |
| 11. | "Dreamchaser" (Japan bonus track) | 4:00 |
Personnel edit
- Amberian dawn
- Heidi Parviainen – vocals
- Kasperi Heikkinen – clean guitar parts on "My Only Star", 1st and 3rd solo on "Dreamchaser"
- Tuomas Seppala – all other guitars, additional keyboards, producer, assistant engineer
- Tom Sagar– keyboards
- Tommi Kuri – bass
- Joonas Pykälä-Aho – drums
- Guest/session musicians
- Heikki Saari – drums
- Jarmo Lahtiranta – kettle drums
- Vakosametti – choir (Erkki Kaikkonen, Juha Palkeinen, Markku Haikenen, Mikko Moilanen, Teemu Paananen, Tommi Kohlemainen) on "My Wings Are My Eyes", "Lullaby" and "Passing Bells"
- Peter James Goodman – male vocals on "Lullaby" and "Passing Bells"
- Production
- Lari Takala – producer, engineer, mixing
- Tommi Kuri – producer, assistant engineer
- Tero-Pekka Virtanen – mixing
- Svante Forsbäck – mastering
External links edit
- "River Of Tuoni" at discogs
References edit
- ^ Kontogeorgatos, Dimitris (23 June 2008). "Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni (CD)". Metal Temple.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ Schiffbauer, Conny (August 2008). "Review Album : Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni". Rock Hard (in German). No. 255. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni (music video) on YouTube
- ^ Amberian Dawn - My Only Star (music video) on YouTube
- ^ Amberian Dawn forum Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine