Amorphis - Borderland (Bonus tracks) [2LP Or Opaque]

“Borderland” is Amorphis’ fifteenth album, and this opaque gold double vinyl adds two bonus tracks to a record already built to last.

After thirty-five years of career, the Finnish group has earned the right to rest on its laurels, but constantly refuses to do so. Amorphis started out in death metal, explored folk and progressive, and settled into a sound that no one else really had: Tomi Joutsen's clean tenor alternating with his own growls, keyboards carrying melodies borrowed from the Finnish folk tradition, riffs heavy enough to satisfy anyone who came for metal. Jacob Hansen produces this record from 2025, and the mixing gives each of these elements space without the whole becoming too polished.

“Bones” is the obvious centerpiece, with its crushing bass and a chorus that opens like a clearing sky, and it’s the title track that gives this pressing its color. “The Circle” sets the record in motion with the band’s melodic instincts on full display, “Dancing Shadow” leans most toward the folk melodies that have always been their secret weapon, and the title track closes the main sequence with genuine grandeur before the bonus material arrives.