AMORPHIS live at Rock Hard Festival 2024; professional video of the full show in streaming – Digital Mediaverse

On May 17, the Finns AMORPHIS They performed in the 2024 edition of the Rock Hard Festival at the amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Below you can see a professional video of the band’s full concert, courtesy of WDR Rockpalast.

Setlist:

“Northwards”
“On the Dark Waters”
“The Smoke”
«Sky Is Mine»
“The Moon”
«Thousand Lakes / The Castaway»
«Silver Bride»
“The Wolf”
“Brother and Sister”
«Amongst Stars»
“Wrong Direction”
“Black Winter Day” (with Magic and Mayhem intro)
«My Kantele»
«House of Sleep»
“The Bee”

Immerse yourself in an unsurpassed musical phenomenon: The 30th anniversary of the emblematic album by AMORPHIS«Tales From The Thousand Lakes«, is celebrated with a live recording that sets new standards in terms of brilliance and intensity.

This unique release, available on Blu-ray+CD and vinyl, was recorded on the iconic Tavastia Club from Helsinki, Finland, in chronological order. Available from July 12 through Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM)this release highlights the incomparable dynamism and artistic uniqueness of AMORPHIS. Rarely has the raw power and emotional depth of a live performance been so authentically captured as in this sonic memoir and extraordinary concert film.

Get ready for the upcoming celebrations of «Such…» and watch the live video of «Drowned Maid«, which is also part of the upcoming Blu-ray.

«’Drowned Maid‘is the classic 90s crossover AMORPHIS. In retrospect, with keyboards and primitive sound effects, the union of gloomy death metal and folk-prog somehow does the trick,” recalls the bassist. Olli-Pekka Laine. “This song was a live favorite back then, and it’s still a pleasure to play today!”

You can listen/buy the song here.

Pre-order Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia) in the physical format of your choice, save it in advance to your favorite DSP, or order digitally to receive “Drowned Maid” (Live At Tavastia) instantly, here.

Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia) will be available in the following formats:

• Blu-ray+CD-digipak
• 2LP in gatefold (blue black powder | crystal black powder)
• digital

Amorphis will return to North America this fall on a joint tour with his Dark Tranquillity bandmates. The trip, which will travel through more than two dozen cities, will begin on September 3 in Richmond, Virginia, and end on October 6 in New York. The opening act will be Fires In The Distance.

Amorphis comments: “We are beyond excited to announce this tour with our brothers from Sweden, Dark Tranquillity. It’s been a long time and we miss our North American fans very much. It will be a unique package of Scandinavian death metal with both bands performing as headliners each night. We are going to devastate the continent like a storm; so we’ll all see you there and we’ll have a night of metal to remember.”

Dates:

September
3 – Canal Club – Richmond, VA
4 – Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
6 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA * Amorphis Headlining date
7 – Conduit – Orlando, FL
9 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
10 – Trees – Dallas, TX
11 – The Rock Box – San Antonio, TX
13 – Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
14 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
15 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA
17 – DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
18 – Goldfields Roseville – Roseville, CA
20 – Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
21 – Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC
22 – The Heart – Seattle, WA
24 – Metro – Salt Lake City, UT
26 – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
27 – Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
28 – The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
29 – The Forge – Joliet, IL

October
1 – Opera House – Toronto, ON
2 – Fairmount Theater – Montreal, QC
3 – La Source de la Martinière – Quebec City, QC
4 – The Middle East Down – Cambridge, MA
5 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
6 – Gramercy Theater – New York, NY

Amorphis are:
Tomi Joutsen – vocals
Esa Holopainen – guitars
Tomi Koivusaari – guitars
Olli-Pekka Laine – bass
Olli-Pekko-Pekalainen – piano
Jan Rechberger – drums