Finnish metallers AMORPHIS are about to their new album, Skyforger, and Australia's PyroMusic caught up with them to talk about the album, their songwriting process and whether they will tour Australia.

The following is an excerpt from the interview with guitarist Tomi Koivusaari:

Q: How long do Amorphis plan to tour this record for?

A: "We already will be very busy till end of the year at least. (I) don't know yet if it still continues after that. First we will have summer festivals, then tours in South America, Europe, Finland, as well as some shows in Russia and Australia.

Q: Great to hear. Some Amorphis fans have written the band off during the time that Tomi Joutsen (vocals) has joined and as the band's overall sound has changed. Is there anything you would like to say to those fans who perhaps haven't given the current incarnation of Amorphis a chance?

A: "Everyone is free to make decisions what music they want to listen (to), of course. We are making music for ourselves (in the) first place, that means that we are doing music which we found honest to ourselves, and which feels right, to keep flame to make music. So if someone doesn't like what we do, what can I say. To some people, (it) seems to be most important to think if some music is inside of some genre or not, can I dig it or not. I think simply that music is music, and categorizing music just kills creativeness and originality."

You can read the interview here.

Skyforger is scheduled for release on May 29th (Europe) and June 16th (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27th in Finland). The follow-up to the Eclipse and Silent Waters LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki.

The tracklisting for the CD is as follows: 'Sampo', 'Silver Bride', 'From The Heaven Of My Heart', 'Sky Is Mine', 'Majestic Beast', 'My Sun', 'Highest Star', 'Skyforger', 'Course Of Fate', 'From Earth I Rose', 'Godlike Machine' (US bonus track).

'Silver Bride', the new video from Amorphis, can be viewed below.

Commented guitarist Esa Holopainen: "Director Owe Lingvall did a great job with 'Silver Bride'. We are very happy how the video came out and it really serves the song."

The 'Silver Bride' single recently topped the national chart in the band's home country of Finland.