924 - Amorphis Black Winter Day 1994

Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. In 1994, Amorphis released their second studio album, "Tales from the Thousand Lakes", a concept album based on the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. This 1994 release, while still strongly rooted in death metal, was their first significant step toward a new direction as melodic clean vocals were added, provided by Ville Tuomi. "Black Winrer Day" is a classic.