The Forest Seasons

The Forest Seasons
Studio album by Wintersun
Released	July 21, 2017[1]
Studio	Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Length	54:00
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Wintersun
Wintersun chronology
Time I (2012) The Forest Seasons (2017) Time II (2024)

The Forest Seasons is the third studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Wintersun. It was released on July 21, 2017 via Nuclear Blast.^[2] The band cited Antonio Vivaldi's violin concerto The Four Seasons as an inspiration for the album title.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jari Mäenpää

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Awaken from the Dark Slumber (Spring)" Part I: "The Dark Slumber" Part II: "The Awakening"	14:40
2.	"The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"	12:18
3.	"Eternal Darkness (Autumn)" Part I: "Haunting Darkness" Part II: "The Call of the Dark Dream" Part III: "Beyond the Infinite Universe" Part IV: "Death"	14:08
4.	"Loneliness (Winter)"	12:54
Total length:		54:00

Personnel

Credits for The Forest Seasons adapted from liner notes.^[3]

Band members

• Jari Mäenpää – lead vocals, all instruments, samples and orchestrations (Credited as Winter)
• Teemu Mäntysaari – backing vocals, growling shouts, choirs (Credited as Spring)
• Jukka Koskinen – low growling vocals, backing vocals, choirs (Credited as Autumn)
• Kai Hahto - credited, but did not perform on the album (Credited as Summer)

Production, credits

• Produced by Jari Mäenpää
• Music: Jari Mäenpää
• Lyrics: Jari Mäenpää
• All arrangements by Jari Mäenpää
• Vocals: Jari Mäenpää
• Additional low growling vocals: Jukka Koskinen
• Additional growling shouts: Teemu Mäntysaari
• 3-man Choir on the 'Awaken From The Dark Slumber (Spring)' by Jari Mäenpää, Teemu Mäntysaari and Jukka Koskinen
• Guitars, drums, bass, synthesizers, samples, and orchestrations: Jari Mäenpää
• Engineer: Jari Mäenpää
• Recorded by Jari Mäenpää
• Mixed by Jari Mäenpää
• Mastered by Jari Mäenpää
• Album cover: Gyula Havancsák and Jari Mäenpää (hjules.com)
• Album booklet and photos: Jari Mäenpää
• Wintersun logo: Ritual (nucleart.com)

The Forest Expendables Choir on "The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"

• Teemu Mäntysaari (Wintersun)
• Jukka Koskinen (Wintersun)
• Heri Joensen (Tyr)
• Markus Toivonen (Ensiferum)
• Jukka-Pekka Miettinen (Kirkkokahvit & Atmosphere Enterprise)
• Mathias Nygård (Turisas)
• Olli Vänskä (Turisas)
• Perttu Vänskä (Scoring Helsinki)
• Jussi Wickström (Turisas)
• Kasper Mårtenson (Turisas)
• Jesper Anastasiadis (Turisas)
• Aleksi Sihvonen (Medicated)
• Daniel Freyberg (Children of Bodom & Naildown)
• Micko Hell (Denigrate & Gloomy Grim)
• Mikko Salovaara
• Mitja Harvilahti (Moonsorrow)

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	170
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7]	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	16

References

1. WINTERSUN – start crowdfunding, "The Forest Seasons" available for pre-order now! Retrieved March 16, 2017
2. Wintersun reveal track list and concept of "The Forest Seasons"! Nuclear Blast on Facebook.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017
3. (2017). "The Forest Seasons liner notes". In The Forest Seasons [CD booklet]. Nuclear Blast.
4. "Austriancharts.at – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
5. "Ultratop.be – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
6. "Ultratop.be – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
7. "Wintersun: The Forest Seasons" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Wintersun – The Forest Seasons". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

External links

• "The Forest Seasons" album on YouTube
• "Album Review: WINTERSUN The Forest Seasons – Metal Injection". Metal Injection. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-11-22.