Amorphis Has Sold Gold in Finland With Their Eclipse and Silent Waters Albums

One of my all-time favorite bands, Amorphis, has sold gold in Finland. Amorphis received the gold discs for their Eclipse and Silent Waters albums in Finnish Metal Expo in February 2008. Amorphis is one of the pioneers of Finnish metal music. The band was formed by guitarist Esa Holopainen and drummer Jan Rechberger in 1990. Amorphis became known in 1996 when they released their classic album Elegy. During the time Amorphis has moved from straightforward death metal to death metal and progressive metal. Amorphis are well known for their use of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics.

As shown in the video below, Amorphis were awarded in the Finnish Metal Expo in last weekend. In the video they speak Finnish, so most of our readers it is hard to understand

Here’s a quick translation:

Annoying Dude on right side: “Esa, please say few words for this audience while I pick up the gold discs.”
Esa Holopainen: “Thanks dudes! This is not a big thing for music industry, but for us this is a significant accomplishment.”
Lady on left side: “Santeri, please tell us what’s coming up with Amorphis this year.”
Santeri Kallio: “Well, we have booked few gigs to Finland and we are waiting for the summer festivals.”
Lady on left side: “Can you open any secrects or are there any secrets?”
Santeri Kallio: “No, not much secrets. We are going to enjoy sauna at least.”
Annoying Dude comes back: “Let’s start giving these gold discs for selling Eclipse and Silent Waters 15.000 copies in Finland. Here’s for Niklas.. and here’s for Koivusaari.. and next Santeri.. and here’s for Holopainen and the drummer. Ladies and gentlemen, gold level has been reached!”

Those who understand Finnish notice that this is not a direct translation. Translating Finnish and especially Helsinki area slang into English is not that easy, so I rather translate it so that readers can really understand what happens in the video.

Oh, and the annoying dude is just one annoying dude in Finnish media and a groupie in metal music scene. You probably figured it out that I don’t give him much respect.

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