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Black Winter Day

EP by

Amorphis

Released

31 January 1995

Recorded

September 1993 (1)
September 1994 (2–5)

Studio

Sunlight Studios

Genre

Length

13:59

Label

Relapse

Producer

Amorphis
Tomas Skogsberg

Amorphis chronology

Tales from the Thousand Lakes
(1994)

Black Winter Day
(1995)

Elegy
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Black Winter Day is a split EP by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis with Dutch death metal band Gorefest, released in 1995. The track "Black Winter Day" is one of the band's best-known songs and continues to be a crowd favourite in live performances to this very day.^[2]

The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.

The song is also covered by Dol Ammad and the track appears on their album Winds of the Sun.^[3]

This is the last Amorphis release with Kasper Mårtenson and to have the band's original logo.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Black Winter Day"	traditional	Kasper Mårtenson	3:48
2.	"Folk of the North"	(instrumental)	Tomi Koivusaari	1:17
3.	"Moon and Sun"	traditional	Koivusaari	3:36
4.	"Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son"	traditional	Koivusaari	5:10

Bonus track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
5.	"Light My Fire" (The Doors cover)	The Doors	The Doors	2:52
Total length:				16:44

Fear – Gorefest, split
No.	Title	Note	Length
5.	"Fear"		4:31
6.	"Raven"		3:07
7.	"Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94"		3:54
8.	"Fear"	Live	5:10
Total length:			29:52

Personnel

Amorphis

Amorphis – arrangements, recording and engineering
- Tomi Koivusaari – vocals and rhythm guitar
- Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
- Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
- Kasper Martenson – keyboards
- Jan Rechberger – drums

Additional personnel

Ville Tuomi – speech/spoken word
Tomas Skogsberg – recording & engineering

Gorefest

Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals and bass
Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitars
Frank Harthoorn – guitars
Ed Warby – drums

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Black Winter Day Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ "Amorphis – Band". Amorphis.net. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ Dol Ammad - Winds Of The Sun, retrieved 26 December 2022

v t e Amorphis
Esa Holopainen Tomi Koivusaari Santeri Kallio Jan Rechberger Tomi Joutsen Olli-Pekka Laine
Studio albums	The Karelian Isthmus Tales from the Thousand Lakes Elegy Tuonela Am Universum Far from the Sun Eclipse Silent Waters Skyforger The Beginning of Times Circle Under the Red Cloud Queen of Time Halo
EPs and demos	Disment of Soul Privilege of Evil Black Winter Day My Kantele
Compilations	Story - 10th Anniversary Chapters Magic & Mayhem – Tales from the Early Years
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