Amorphis discography explained

Artist:Amorphis
Studio:14
Live:5
Compilation:5
Video:1
Ep:3
Music Videos:23
Singles:16

The discography of Amorphis, a Finnish heavy metal band, consists of fourteen studio albums, five live albums, sixteen singles, three extended plays, and five compilation albums.

Amorphis was founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
FIN
[1]
GER
[2]
JPN
[3]
AUT
[4]
SWI
[5]
HUN
[6]
SWE
[7]
FRA
[8]
US
Heat

[9]
The Karelian Isthmus
  • Released: 1 November 1992
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
Tales from the Thousand Lakes
  • Released: 12 July 1994
  • Label: Relapse Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
  • Worldwide: 250,000[10]
Elegy
  • Released: 14 May 1996
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
86778
  • Worldwide: 130,000[11]
  • US: 15,100
Tuonela
  • Released: 29 March 1999
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
846
  • US: 12,765
Am Universum
  • Released: 3 April 2001
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
475
Far from the Sun
  • Released: 26 May 2003
  • Label: Virgin, EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
7
  • FIN: Gold
Eclipse
  • Released: 15 February 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
1561606929
  • FIN: Gold
Silent Waters
  • Released: 29 August 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
344744952
  • FIN: 19,998
  • FIN: Gold
Skyforger
  • Released: 27 May 2009
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
15565744833
  • FIN: 18,620
  • US: 1,300[16]
  • FIN: Gold
The Beginning of Times
  • Released: 25 May 2011
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
11637413225
Circle
  • Released: 19 April 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL
113392457133314111
  • FIN: Gold
Under the Red Cloud
  • Released: 4 September 2015
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
21038201125855
Queen of Time
  • Released: 18 May 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
14451131645843
  • FIN: Gold
Halo
  • Released: 11 February 2022
  • Label: Atomic Fire
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
13577442
" - " denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
FIN
GER
SWI
Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes
  • Released: 7 July 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD+DVD, Blu-ray
46
An Evening with Friends at Huvila
  • Released: 24 February 2017
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: LP, DL
Live at Helsinki Ice Hall
  • Released: 21 May 2021
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP
6 54 49
Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021)
  • Released: 13 October 2023
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP
14 60
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (Live at Tavastia)[24]
  • Released: 12 July 2024
  • Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
  • Formats: CD, LP

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
FIN
JPN
HUN
Story – 10th Anniversary
  • Released: 10 May 2000
  • Labels: Spinefarm, Relapse
  • Formats: CD
Chapters
  • Released: 17 June 2003
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Magic & Mayhem – Tales from the Early Years
  • Released: 17 September 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP
81606
Best of Amorphis
  • Released: 13 August 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: DL
His Story – Best Of
  • Released: 2 September 2016
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD
" - " denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Privilege of Evil
  • Released: 5 December 1993
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
Black Winter Day
  • Released: 31 January 1995
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
My Kantele
  • Released: 27 May 1997
  • Label: Relapse
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
width=25pxFIN
[25]
1999 "Divinity"3 Tuonela
2001 "Alone"1 Am Universum
2003 "Day of Your Beliefs"3 Far from the Sun
"Evil Inside" 20
2006 "House Of Sleep" 1 Eclipse
"The Smoke" 20
2007 "Silent Waters"2 Silent Waters
2009 "Silver Bride"1 Skyforger
"From the Heaven of My Heart"
2011"You I Need"[26] The Beginning of Times
2013"Hopeless Days"[27] 19 Circle
"The Wanderer"[28]
2015"Death of a King"Under the Red Cloud
"Sacrifice"
2018"Honeyflow"[29] Queen of Time
2022"On the Dark Waters" Halo
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

YearTitleDirectedAlbum
1995"Black Winter Day" Tales from the Thousand Lakes
1996"Against Widows" Elegy
1997"My Kantele"
1999"Divinity" Matt ZermanTuonela
2001"Alone" Am Universum
2003"Evil Inside" Taku Kaskela Far from the Sun
2006"The Smoke"[31] Eclipse
"House of Sleep" Owe Lingvall[32]
2007"Silent Waters"[33] Silent Waters
2009"Silver Bride" Owe Lingvall, Mirka Rantanen[34] Skyforger
2010"From the Heaven of My Heart"Owe Lingwall[35]
2011"You I Need"Oliver Sommer[36] The Beginning of Times
2013"Hopeless Days"[37] Patrick UllaeusCircle
"Nightbird's Song"Denis Goria
"The Wanderer"Patric Ullaeus[38]
2015"Sacrifice"Under the Red Cloud
"Death of a King"
2016"The Four wise Ones"
2017"Bad Blood"
2018"Wrong Direction"[39] Queen of Time
"Amongst Stars"[40]
2022"The Moon"Halo
"On the Dark Waters"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amorphis discography . Hung Medien . swedishcharts.com . 27 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Discographie von Amorphis. GfK Entertainment. 16 February 2022.
  3. Web site: アモルフィスのアルバム売上ランキング. ORICON STYLE. 19 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal . Austriancharts.at . 14 September 2007 . 2 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community . Hitparade.ch . 2 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Kereső - előadó/cím szerint - Archívum - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták . 19 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070100/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint . 24 September 2012 .
  7. Web site: Amorphis discography . Hung Medien . swedishcharts.com . 27 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Les charts français . Lescharts.com . 2 June 2015.
  9. Amorphis Chart History: Heatseekers Albums . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615235707/https://www.billboard.com/music/amorphis/chart-history/heatseekers-albums . 15 June 2018 . . 30 May 2018.
  10. Book: Nikula, Jone . Rauta-aika: Suomimetallin historia 1988–2002 . 130 . Finnish.
  11. Book: Seppo Bruun . Jukka Lindfors . Santtu Luoto . Markku Salo . Jee jee jee – Suomalaisen rockin historia . 489 . fi.
  12. Web site: Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The Us As Reported By Sound Scan. Blabbermouth.net. 30 April 2002 . 19 March 2015.
  13. Web site: Amorphis . Amorphis.net. 27 September 2014.
  14. Web site: Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt. 19 March 2015.
  15. Web site: Soundscan Report: Cannibal Corpse, Megadeth, Edguy, Amorphis. Blabbermouth.net. 29 March 2006 . 19 March 2015.
  16. Web site: Amorphis: 'Skyforger' First Week Sales Revealed. Blabbermouth.net. 24 June 2009 . 19 March 2015.
  17. Web site: Metal By Numbers 6/15: Still Causing Hysteria All These Years . Metalinsider.net . 15 June 2011 . 2 June 2015.
  18. Web site: Metal By Numbers 6/22: The Brides Set The Charts On Fire . Metalinsider.net . 22 June 2011 . 2 June 2015.
  19. Web site: Amorphis . Amorphis.net . 27 September 2014.
  20. Web site: Metal By Numbers 5/8: What's With HIM? . Metalinsider.net . 8 May 2013 . 2 June 2015.
  21. Web site: Metal By Numbers 5/15: Unstoppable Sales . Metalinsider.net . 15 May 2013 . 2 June 2015.
  22. Web site: Metal By Numbers 5/22: One Of Us Is Killing Album Sales . Metalinsider.net . 22 May 2013 . 2 June 2015.
  23. Web site: Amorphis. Facebook. 22 January 2020.
  24. https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Amorphis/Tales_from_the_Thousand_Lakes_-_Live_at_Tavastia/1240051
  25. Web site: Steffen Hung . Finnish charts portal . Finnishcharts.com . 2 June 2015.
  26. Web site: iTunes - Music - You I Need - Single by Amorphis. iTunes. 19 March 2015.
  27. Web site: iTunes - Music - Hopeless Days - Single by Amorphis. iTunes. 19 March 2015.
  28. Web site: iTunes - Music - The Wanderer - Single by Amorphis. iTunes. 19 March 2015.
  29. Web site: Honeyflow. Encyclopaedia Metallum.
  30. Web site: Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Musiikki DVD:t. 19 March 2015.
  31. Web site: AMORPHIS - live clip of 'the smoke' available. 19 March 2015.
  32. Web site: 'House Of Sleep' Video Online. 20 January 2006 . 19 March 2015.
  33. Web site: AMORPHIS - "silent waters" video posted online. 14 August 2007 . 19 March 2015.
  34. Web site: Amorphis: 'Silver Bride' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 11 May 2009 . 19 March 2015.
  35. Web site: Amorphis: 'From The Heaven Of My Heart' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 10 February 2010 . 19 March 2015.
  36. Web site: Amorphis: 'You I Need' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 20 May 2011 . 19 March 2015.
  37. Web site: AMORPHIS: "Hopeless Days" Music Video Release - Nuclear Blast USA. 19 March 2015.
  38. Web site: Amorphis: 'The Wanderer' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 11 June 2013 . 19 March 2015.
  39. Web site: Neilstein. Vince. Point Yourself in the Right Direction with Amorphis's New Jam "Wrong Direction". MetalSucks. 20 April 2018 . 22 May 2018.
  40. Web site: AMORPHIS: 'Amongst Stars' Video Released . . 18 May 2018 . 20 May 2018.