"From the mystic dreams of nighttime.."

I did like the song Silver Bride a lot when I first played it. But when I was listening to Sky is Mine on Amorphis's Myspace streaming, I really felt Tomi's mystic voice is coming like a mystic dream of silent night!

te mystic musical with mystic voiced Sky is Mine is probably the best song of the album with the best vocal work of Tomi Joutsen.

Preliminary listens confirmed that the band was trying their hand at a more prog-oriented album, but it also appeared that they had pulled it off. It seemed that they had learned from their past mistakes and had retained the strong melodies, death growls and stylish keyboard accompaniment of the past but had integrated those elements into prog rock structures that pushed the clean vocals and choruses to the forefront. This blend of strong guitar melodies and catchy choruses resulted in an album that's instantly appealing and enjoyable. Due to this outcome, it didn't seem to matter that the death growls had been relegated mostly to a support role or that heavier sections were few.

I waited for this album for a long, very long time. Since Eclipse, I tend to wait for every new Amorphis album.

The third album with singer Tomi Joutsen (who our own MetalGeorge gives "savior" status to), Skyforger maintains that sinewy, gentle ebb that Eclipse ushered in. There's no real aggression here, save for the direct knock-off of Opeth's "The Grand Conjuration," "Majestic Beast" which is a clunker. But for the most part, Skyforger rides Joutsen's er, majestic voice, and Esa Halopainen's lead guitar lines.

Some graceful moments pop up during the chorus of "Sky Is Mine" and the opening strands of "From the Heaven of My Heart," which have a nice, Tuonela feel to them. Probably the same can be applied for "My Sun," which doesn't leave much of an impression. "Highest Star" and "Course of Fate" do recall the more glorious moments of Eclipse, which emerge as the more redeeming moments on the album.

this album is much much more melodic than their any other album and also Tomi has shown much more melodic and of course, mystic vocal work of him. Not to mention Esa and Tomi's guitar works and Jan's drums work.

Skyforger is just a piece of best-ness. Its great in many ways which proves Amorphis will still be making such great albums for another long time!

First off words alone can't do this Cd Justice. You have to listen to this cd to be able to comprehend it's greatness. I first heard this cd like a month ago when they were streaming it off of there myspace and I was floored. This is an amazing cd in my opinion flawless. last year the standout cd for me was Scar Symmetry's "Holographic Universe". This year it's Amorphis and there beast of a cd called Skyforger. I listen to it all from death metal to progessive to thrash etc... Skyforger in my humble opinon is the Cd of 2009 and everything else that comes out after this cd is just fighting for the 2nd best cd of the year, it's just that good and it's only june, well technically as of writing this it's now July.

I have most of Amorphis's Cd's with the previous singer and now with this guy and I personally like the new guy. His clean vocals are mesmerizing and so relaxing but in contrast his death vox are gritty and gutteral and powerful just how i like them... like scar symmetry's old singer Christian there aren't many vocalist's out there that can carry the death vox and clean vox and do them both with incredible power and passion... most guys can either do great death and a pathetic clean vocals or visa versa but this vocalist is incredible, this is a very melodic/progressive death metal cd... it balances everything just perfectly. I'm done just go and buy this cd and judge for yourself how great this cd is, you will not be dissappointed...

Simply amazing!

The songs on the album mix melodic singing with a few strategically placed growls but do not overdo it. Most of the songs spend their time switching between folksy and gothic, or combining the two together! Hard to compare to other bands as this music is fresh and not overdone. If I was forced to compare I would say Therion is the only other band that can compare melodies and uniqueness of style.

We're a little over the halfway point of 2009 and I'm going to guess that Skyforger will finish in my top 5, if not my top 3, of this year's best. I've listened to this album countless times over the past few months to digest it. With that said, I haven't grown tired of it at all! The melodies, along with the music, simply keeps my attention. Amorphis is a band that I feel like has "cross over" potential, unlike few bands within metal at the moment. To say, they're hard to pigeon hole, is an understatement! If you like metal that's moody, atmospheric, yet melodic, then buy this disc. There's not any one element that is overly used or over the top. With that said, Amorphis seems to be hitting on all cylinders and have found a perfect balance with their latest release.

In my opinion this is one of Amorphis' best albums. I'm a big fan of their work with Pasi but the new stuff with Tomi Joutsen is phenomenal.