Amorphis

We just go back to it.

I think the other thing, it was cool to hear that it was from Japan in 97 because it made it seem a little less tethered to Sweden, I think, because I just kind of associated this kind of melodic sound to like Scandinavia, whether it be Finland with Amorphis or like mostly Sweden, obviously, at the time.

And so it was like out of left field that like Chris was like, hey, band from fucking japan they're on the spanish label and it was just like you know i was still like trying to like i was a high school kid and i was still like kind of making sense of the world and all of this kind of international metal and it would just seem kind of like a uh you know an interesting anomaly and it wasn't i don't know it like it kind of made like was cool to know like oh japan's playing swedish death metal that's cool you know i mean like

huh i don't think until until uh after that it was basically like the hardcore bands that were starting to kind of pull some of that stuff in with unearthed and you know darkest hour and stuff but

Death Metal album I bought probably also around 93, 94 was the first Sentenced album, the Shadows of the Past, which made a huge impression on me.

Then I got the first Amorphis album from my cousin and of course the Privilege of Evil EP, which I still hail as one of the best Finnish Death Metal albums ever done.

But yeah, those were really important.

But You have to remember that this was like 95 and death metal was kind of like a bygone era at that age.

... worldly known.

But then in Finland you guys, like yourselves and Amorphis, which you will be touring with.

Yeah.

You know, you have your more mellow, uh-

... your time.

And, uh, people, don't forget to catch Netherworlds out October 16th.

And if you're catching this as well, they'll be, uh, Insomnium will be, uh, with Amorphis, the other great, uh, metal, metal death Finns, [laughs] at, uh, Beanfield Theatre November 18th.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, we were basically just, like, high school kids, 16, 17 at the time, and we were really inspired by w- well, the Finnish bands Amorphis and Sentenced at that time.

And they were-

Yeah

Leave wicked sight.

To shine it-

You guys, I mean, you mentioned Amorphis being a big influence.

You're heading to the United States with Amorphis here, uh, I mean November, December.

And, and for example, he was...

His idea to add the, uh, the clean vocals in The Hour Grows Late and ask Amorphis' Tomi Joutsen to sing the clean, clean part.

Became a really, really cool song.

And we also recorded everything with him, and, uh, it was really, really nice process, easy to work in the studio with him.

Nice.

Nice.

Well, I know one of the things that you'll be doing, I'm not sure the dates on it exactly, probably shortly after the album comes out, is that you're coming to the US alongside Amorphis-

Yeah