Amorphis for Progressive Metal

Edited by javajeff - June 08 2021 at 14:41

I've seen some OBVIOUS (well, I'm assertive here) prog metal bands rejected here. I don't think Amorphis is an outright prog metal band. I think Cradle of Filth is far more progressive than them.

This post has been written by a huge Amorphis fan.

P.S. BTW, I prefer their pre-Joutsen era. Their "new" albums have lost their charm for me, sadly...

Edited by Shadowyzard - June 08 2021 at 14:53

Cristi wrote: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=122381

yam yam wrote: They've been suggested 8 or 9 times in total since February 2006, 3 times in 2011 alone. The second of those three threads is actually still open, and was revived as recently as May 2018, but despite a couple of prominent special collaborators expressing their desire for them to be included over the years, they have never received sufficient support from the prog metal team as a whole to get them in. Here are the last three threads: January 2011 March 2011 (revived in May 2018) October 2011 Two members of the current prog metal team have previously voted 'yes' for them, and the one who seemed most opposed to their addition no longer seems to be active in the team, since despite his profile on here suggesting he is still a member, he doesn't show up in the progfreak charts anymore. Talking of progfreak, it seems that the subject of Amorphis's inclusion here was discussed in the collab zone again about four or five months ago: https://progfreak.com/Amorphis-51491.html?path=pa/recent. That chart certainly looks strange for a rejection lol! The old no votes, of which there were plenty, don't show up in the recent history though. I guess Amorphis are simply not destined to be included here, and it looks like we just have to accept that I'm afraid.

I love the band and my prog ears are satisfied listening to them for whatever that is worth. I can get bored of straight rock or metal, but Amorphis does satisfy.

But it needs to be added if you want to review a band. It is a review site, so I don't understand why they can't be added. There is already a huge prog related section.

Cristi wrote: javajeff wrote: But it needs to be added if you want to review a band. It is a review site, so I don't understand why they can't be added. There is already a huge prog related section. what's progressive about them? They are competent skilled musicians, other than that, I'm not surprised they've been rejected before to be honest.

I think people don't want to create the huge catalog of albums that is required. I wouldn't be surprised if the setup is just too much work for someone. A new band has one album for example.

Adding the albums would be no problem at all really. If the band were ever to make it here then any registered member could contribute to the task of completing the discography. Incidentally, Amorphis's co-founder and guitarist Esa Holopainen released an excellent self-titled solo album as 'Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen' at the end of May. This album was facilitated by the past year of lockdowns, meaning that he was unable to tour with the band, and includes some superb guest vocalists. Again, it's something that probably wouldn't be widely regarded as true prog metal on here, but it contains some really excellent melodic metal for those that enjoy that particular genre. Playlist on YouTube Music if anyone fancies a listen.

Not to be a party pooper, but I would really love to see an updated, outright bio written on this band.  I have been inundated by having to write bios lately, and quiet frankly, it's very time consuming, even for the short bios as some bands have little bits of information all over the internet.