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

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

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

Charts

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

  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".