Under the Red Cloud

Under the Red Cloud
Studio album by
Amorphis
Released4 September 2015
StudioFascination Street Studios
Genre
Length49:56
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerJens Bogren[3]
Amorphis chronology
Circle
(2013) 		Under the Red Cloud
(2015) 		Queen of Time
(2018)

Under the Red Cloud is the twelfth studio album by Finnish progressive metal band Amorphis, released worldwide on 4 September 2015 through Nuclear Blast. The album was produced by Jens Bogren, who was described as "just the right person" by keyboardist Santeri Kallio.[4][5][6] This would be the band's last album with longtime bassist Niklas Etelävuori who left in 2017.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Under the Red Cloud"Pekka KainulainenSanteri Kallio5:33
2."The Four Wise Ones"KainulainenEsa Holopainen4:40
3."Bad Blood"KainulainenKallio5:23
4."The Skull"KainulainenTomi Koivusaari5:04
5."Death of a King"KainulainenKallio5:14
6."Sacrifice"KainulainenHolopainen3:56
7."Dark Path"KainulainenHolopainen5:08
8."Enemy at the Gates"KainulainenHolopainen5:07
9."Tree of Ages"KainulainenKallio4:36
10."White Night"KainulainenHolopainen5:15
Total length:49:56
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Come the Spring"KainulainenKoivusaari3:27
12."The Wind"KainulainenKallio5:48
Digipak Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Come the Spring"KainulainenKoivusaari3:27
12."Winter's Sleep"KainulainenKallio6:37
"Live at Loud Park 13", Bonus CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Shades of Gray"KainulainenHolopainen7:28
2."Narrow Path"KainulainenKallio4:46
3."Sky Is Mine"KainulainenKallio4:22
4."Silver Bride"KainulainenHolopainen4:18
5."Into Hiding"traditionalHolopainen, Olli-Pekka Laine4:09
6."My Kantele"traditionalHolopainen6:39
7."Nightbird's Song"KainulainenKoivusaari5:09
8."Hopeless Days"KainulainenHolopainen5:24
9."House of Sleep"Paavo HaavikkoHolopainen5:29
CD2: Live-CD: "An Evening with Friends at Huvila" Bonus CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Enigma"KainulainenHolopainen5:33
2."Far from the Sun"Pasi KoskinenAmorphis5:00
3."Silent Waters"KainulainenKallio5:53
4."My Kantele"traditionalHolopainen5:09
5."Silver Bride"KainulainenHolopainen4:56
6."Sampo"KainulainenKallio6:54
7."Alone"KoskinenAmorphis6:57
8."The Wanderer"KainulainenKallio4:54
9."Her Alone"KainulainenHolopainen7:46

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth[7]
Angry Metal Guy[8]
PopMattersmixed[9]
Cryptic Rock[10]

Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. Cryptic Rock reviewed the album, finding that it had more of a focus on melody than the previous album, and it had a wider variety of instruments, which was more in line with the band's pre-2012 work. "The Four Wise Ones" was described as an "instant classic" song, "pure melodic death metal at its finest."[11] Cryptic Rock also saw songs that were heavy metal, folk metal and rock ballads.[11]

Under the Red Cloud debuted at No. 144 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling 1,600 units in the US in its first week.

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 50
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 85
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 11
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[21] 21
UK Progressive Albums (OCC)[22] 10
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[23] 16

Personnel

Engineers

  • Lasse Väyrynen – Jan Rechberger's percussion
  • David Castillo – Martin Lopez's percussion
  • Jyri Riikonen – grand piano, Hammond and Rhodes
  • Jonas Olsson
  • Viktor Stenqvist

References

  1. ^ Van Horn, Jr., Ray (13 October 2015). "Under the Red Cloud – Amorphis". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ Lawson, Dom (16 May 2018). "Amorphis – Queen Of Time album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ "AMORPHIS Complete Pre-Production For New Album". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ^ Booth, Alison (4 September 2015). "Interview With Santeri Kallio, AMORPHIS: "We're extremely excited to hear some feedback from the fans"". Metal Shock Finland. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ "AMORPHIS Keyboardist Santeri Kallio On Working With Producer JENS BOGREN – "He Was Always Shouting 'Give Me More Energy'"; Audio". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ^ "AMORPHIS Under The Red Cloud". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Amorphis, Under the Red Cloud". Blabbermouth.
  8. ^ "Amorphis, Under the Red Cloud". Angry Metal Guy. September 2015.
  9. ^ "Amorphis, Under the Red Cloud". PopMatters. 15 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Amorphis, Under the Red Cloud". CrypticRock. 21 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud (Album Review)". Cryptic Rock. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Amorphis: Under the Red Cloud" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Lescharts.com – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 37. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  21. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Official Progressive Albums Chart Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  24. ^ "AMORPHIS: To Release New Album "Under The Red Cloud" In September". Metal Shock Finland. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.


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