Black Winter Day

Black Winter Day
EP by Amorphis
Released	31 January 1995 (1995-01-31)
Recorded	September 1993 (1) September 1994 (2–5)
Studio	Sunlight Studios
Genre	Melodic death metal doom metal
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

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