Halo (Amorphis album)

Halo
Studio album by
Amorphis
Released11 February 2022
RecordedJanuary-August 2021
StudioFascination Street Studios, Isolla Music and Sonic Pump Studios
Genre
Length55:46
LabelAtomic Fire
ProducerJens Bogren
Amorphis chronology
Queen of Time
(2018) 		Halo
(2022)
Singles from Halo
  1. "On the Dark Waters"
    Released: 28 January 2022

Halo is the fourteenth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis, released worldwide on 11 February 2022 through Atomic Fire Records.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AngryMetalGuy[1]
Blabbermouth.net9/10[2]
Bravewords6.5/10[3]
Distorted Sound10/10[4]
Louder[5]
Metal Injection8.5/10[6]
Metal Rules[7]
Metal Storm8.3/10[8]
Sonic Perspectives8.9/10[9]
Sputnikmusic3.7/5[10]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Pekka Kainulainen

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Northwards"Esa Holopainen5:30
2."On the Dark Waters"Holopainen4:47
3."The Moon"Santeri Kallio5:57
4."Windmane"Holopainen4:49
5."A New Land"Holopainen4:36
6."When the Gods Came"Kallio4:56
7."Seven Roads Come Together"Kallio5:38
8."War"Holopainen5:24
9."Halo"Kallio4:40
10."The Wolf"Holopainen4:46
11."My Name Is Night"Tomi Koivusaari4:43
Total length:55:46
Japanese edition bonus track[11]
No.TitleMusicLength
12."The River Song"Olli-Pekka Laine4:29
Total length:60:11
Japanese limited edition bonus Live CD (Disc 2)[12]
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Death of a King" (2019.1.16 Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway)Kallio6:42
2."Sacrifice" (2018.8.3 Wacken Open Air 2018, Wacken, Germany)Holopainen4:07
3."Amongst Stars" (2019.6.27 Provinssi 2019, Seinäjoki, Finland)Kallio4:59
4."Sky Is Mine" (2019.2.10 Le Transbordeur, Villeurbanne, France)Kallio4:37
5."Message in the Amber" (Barba Negra Music Club, Budapest, Hungary)Holopainen6:48
6."Her Alone" (2019.6.28 Tuska 2019, Helsinki, Finland)Holopainen6:54
7."The Castaway" (2018.8.10 Alcatraz Metal Festival 2018, Kortrijk, Belgium)
  • Holopainen
  • T. Koivusaari
  • Laine
  • K. Mårtenson
5:57
8."Grain of Sand" (2019.6.27 Provinssi 2019, Seinäjoki, Finland)Holopainen4:59
9."Hopeless Days" (2019.1.22 Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania)Holopainen5:40
10."We Accursed" (2019.6.28 Tuska 2019, Helsinki, Finland)Kallio5:10
Total length:56:03

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2022) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 42

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amorphis – Halo Review". AngryMetalGuy. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Amorphis Halo". Blabbermouth.net. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Amorphis – Halo". Bravewords. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Album Review: Halo – Amorphis". Distorted Sound. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Amorphis Halo". Loudersound. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Album Review: Amorphis Halo". Metal Injection. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Amorphis – Halo". Metal Rules. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Amorphis – Halo Review". Metal Storm. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Amorphis – Halo". Sonic Perspectives. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Amorphis Halo". Sputnikmusic. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. ^ "「Halo / ヘイロー」 | Ward Records". ワードレコーズ | Ward Records (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. ^ "「Halo / ヘイロー【CD+日本盤限定ライヴCD】」 | Ward Records". ワードレコーズ | Ward Records (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Amorphis – Halo" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Amorphis: Halo" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Amorphis – Halo" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 May 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
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