This marks the first album by the band to feature Santeri Kallio on keyboards who performed as a session member and joined the band after in 1998. The album is named from Tuonela, the realm of the dead in Finnish mythology. The album also shares inspiration with many of the band's productions in the text and themes of the Kalevala, or Finnish Epic.
This album was the last release with original and long time bassist, Olli-Pekka Laine, until his return on 2018's Queen of Time. Laine quit a year after this release in 2000, because of musical differences and to focus on his family.[2]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Pasi Koskinen, except track ten by Antti Litmanen; all music is composed by Amorphis[3]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Way"
4:35
2.
"Morning Star"
3:50
3.
"Nightfall"
3:52
4.
"Tuonela"
4:32
5.
"Greed"
4:17
6.
"Divinity"
4:56
7.
"Shining"
4:24
8.
"Withered"
5:44
9.
"Rusty Moon"
4:56
10.
"Summer's End"
5:37
Total length:
46:48
Japanese release[4] and Australian release[5] bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
11.
"Northern Lights" (Recorded during Tuonela session)
