Finnish masters of melancholic metal, Amorphis, recently announced the release of their new upcoming album, Under The Red Cloud. The worldwide release is scheduled for September 4th via Nuclear Blast.

The fourth making-of episode gives an insight into the studio with Esa Holopainen and into Tomi Koivusaari’s guitar as well as Niclas Etelävuori’s bass recordings:

The third making-of episode examines the vocal recordings for the new album:

The second making-of trailer gives insight into their studio work, especially the drum recordings:

The first making-of trailer gives insight into the pre-production in Helsinki with producer Jens Bogren:

In anticipation of Under The Red Cloud, Amorphis have released the lyric video for the first single, “Death Of A King” (feat. Chrigel Glanzmann (Eluveitie, flute) and Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth, percussion)). Watch the clip below.

Guitarist and founding member Esa Holopainen comments: “It was a great honor to have such talented musicians appearing on “Death Of A King”. Each one of them puts his personality and character in the very right spot“.

 “Death Of A King” is available digitally via iTunes, Nuclear Blast MP3, Amazon MP3 and Google Play.

“The album is titled Under The Red Cloud and the artwork is done by Valnoir Mortasonge,“ Esa Holopainen recently stated. “Valnoir is well known from his works for Laibach, Paradise Lost, Watain, Behemoth and many more. It was a great pleasure to work with him as he caught the lyrical topics really well. Colors and details describe the music perfectly.“

Under The Red Cloud tracklisting:

“Under The Red Cloud”
“The Four Wise Ones”
“Bad Blood”
“The Skull”
“Death Of A King”
“Sacrifice”
“Dark Path”
“Enemy At The Gates”
“Tree Of Ages”
“White Night”

Bonus tracks (digipak & 2LP):

“Come The Spring”
“Winter’s Sleep”

Pre-order your copy of Amorphis‘ new masterpiece at this location.

Esa comments: “Under The Red Cloud is produced by Jens Bogren who did amazing job with the album. There's a lot's of elements in the songs but every note and element is in perfect harmony so that the result is fucking heavy and melodic. All I can say is that Under The Red Cloud will be in my personal Top 3 Amorphis albums that we've ever done.“

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic Tales From The Thousand Lakes, Amorphis will play at some European festivals this summer. In September, they will start touring in support of their upcoming release. Find the band’s live itinerary at this location.