AMORPHIS - 15th Studio Album Out Now via Reigning Phoenix Music
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Enter Borderland: AMORPHIS - 15th Studio Album Out Now via Reigning Phoenix Music
ORDER/STREAM BORDERLAND
“The Finns’ trademark sound has been refined and nurtured to the point of near perfection.”
METAL HAMMER (UK)
“Absolutely staggering from start to finish!”
POWERPLAY (UK)
“The band should soon be declared part of Finland’s national cultural heritage.”
METAL HAMMER (DE)
““Borderland” is narrative, gripping, and compelling.
A new high point in an impressive career that doesn’t seem to be coming to an end soon!”
AARDSCHOK (NL)
“Album of the Month”
ROCK HARD (FR)
Borderland, the 15th studio album from Finnish metal visionaries AMORPHIS, is out now through Reigning Phoenix Music. Borderland represents a passage, a crossing into unexplored realms of sound and spirit. It’s the final call before AMORPHIS rise again on stage this autumn, a beacon for what lies ahead.
Borderland is not merely a name, but a threshold where past meets future, where myth bleeds into memory, and where music becomes both guide and guardian. With this record, AMORPHIS invite their listeners to step with them into a space at once familiar and untamed. Here, horizons shift, echoes resound, and new destinies are forged in sound.
The journey to Borderland began at Hansen Studios (Denmark) in late 2024 and early 2025, under the masterful production of Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, AMARANTHE, PRIMAL FEAR). The album’s striking artwork was created by renowned Dutch artist Marald Van Haasteren (METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH, KVELERTAK, ALCEST), while the ever-thoughtful lyricism of Pekka Kainulainen once again provides AMORPHIS’ music with a profound narrative depth.
Focus Track: "Fog To Fog"
Among the album’s highlights is the haunting focus track "Fog To Fog," a piece born of desolate landscapes and timeless echoes.
Keyboardist Santeri Kallio recalls: “I travelled as far north as I could, to the last corner of the Arctic Ocean, and there I found the inspiration for 'Fog To Fog'; dead black cliffs and feelings frozen forever. A journey to the Norwegian fjords, where no one lives voluntarily...maybe the Vikings once upon a time, most likely out of necessity.”
From the icy edge of the Arctic to the echoes of ancient Vikings, "Fog To Fog" captures a voyage through frozen memories and silent landscapes, where solitude is a whisper of survival. The black cliffs stand as monuments to resilience, their shadows whispering tales of necessity and destiny. In this journey, AMORPHIS present a testament to the human spirit’s endurance amid the cold, unyielding wilderness. In every frozen breath, a story of life pushed to the brink unfolds.
Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5TIPBwZsRQ
With Borderland, AMORPHIS cross yet another frontier in their sound, bridging myth and modernity, melody and heaviness, darkness and hope. It’s an album both monumental and intimate, inviting fans to follow them into landscapes where the only certainty is transformation.
Get your ‘passport’ to Borderland here: https://amorphis.rpm.link/borderlandPR
More from Borderland:
"Light And Shadow" OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO:
"Bones" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO:
"Dancing Shadow" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO:
Jan Rechberger (drums & percussion), Tomi Joutsen (vocals; front),
Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine (bass; back), Esa Holopainen (guitars),
Santeri Kallio (keys), Tomi Koivusaari (guitars)
Photo credit: Sam Jamsen
AMORPHIS live:
European “Blood Dynasty” 2025 Tour
w/ ARCH ENEMY, ELUVEITIE, GATECREEPER
10.10.2025 DE Stuttgart - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
11.10.2025 DE Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle *LOW TICKETS*
12.10.2025 DE Munich - Zenith
14.10.2025 HU Budapest - Barba Negra
15.10.2025 AT Vienna - Gasometer *LOW TICKETS*
17.10.2025 DE Berlin - Columbiahalle *LOW TICKETS*
18.10.2025 CZ Prague - Sportovní hala Fortuna
19.10.2025 PL Gliwice - PreZero Arena *LOW TICKETS*
21.10.2025 CH Zurich - The Hall
22.10.2025 IT Milan - Alcatraz
23.10.2025 FR Lyon - Radiant-Bellevue *LOW TICKETS*
25.10.2025 ES Madrid - Palacio Vistalegre
27.10.2025 FR Paris - Zénith *LOW TICKETS*
28.10.2025 NL Amsterdam - AFAS Live
30.10.2025 UK Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
31.10.2025 UK Manchester - O2 Apollo
01.11.2025 UK London - eventim Apollo
03.11.2025 LU Esch-sur-Alzette - Rockhal
04.11.2025 BE Brussels - Ancienne Belgique *SOLD OUT*
05.11.2025 DE Leipzig - Haus Auensee *LOW TICKETS*
07.11.2025 SE Gothenburg - Partille Arena
08.11.2025 SE Stockholm - Annexet *LOW TICKETS*
10.11.2025 FI Helsinki - Helsingin Jäähalli
12.11.2025 NO Oslo - Sentrum Scene *LOW TICKETS*
13.11.2025 DK Copenhagen - Poolen
14.11.2025 DE Hanover - Swiss Life Hall *LOW TICKETS*
15.11.2025 DE Dusseldorf - Mitsubishi Electric Halle
“Borderland” Tour 2025
Presented by Grey Beard Concerts & Management
29.11.2025 FI Jyväskylä - John Smith Frozen
05.12.2025 FI Ikaalinen - Spa & Resort
06.12.2025 FI Kempele - Zemppi Areena
12.12.2025 FI Lappeenranta - Saimaan Rauha
13.12.2025 FI Kajaani - Kajaani Halli
18.12.2025 FI Tampere - Tavara-asema
19.12.2025 FI Seinäjoki - Rytmikorjaamo
20.12.2025 FI Turku - Logomo
27.12.2025 FI Lahti - Möysän Musaklubi
31.12.2025 FI Lohja - Spa & Resort
29.01. - 02.02.2026 US Miami, FL - 70,000 Tons of Metal
27. - 31.07.2026 RO Râșnov - Rockstadt Extreme Fest *NEW*
05. - 08.08.2026 CZ Jaroměř - Brutal Assault
06. - 08.08.2026 DE Schlotheim - Party.San Metal Open Air
06. - 09.08.2026 DE Kortrijk - Alcatraz Metal Festival
12. - 15.08.2026 DE Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze Open Air
13. - 15.08.2026 DE Sulingen - Reload Festival
Info & Tickets: https://amorphis.net/tour
About AMORPHIS
With Borderland, the title of the album couldn’t have been chosen more fittingly. Throughout their career, spanning over more than three decades, AMORPHIS -- Tomi Joutsen (vocals), Esa Holopainen (guitars), Tomi Koivusaari (guitars), Olli-Pekka Laine (bass), Santeri Kallio (keyboards) & Jan Rechberger (drums & percussion) -- have been an ever-evolving act, wandering on an exciting boundary-pushing path. From their sinister death metal debut Karelian Isthmus over genre-defining mid-90s melodic death works like Tales From The Thousand Lakes and Elegy as well as the melodic 2000’s grandeur of Eclipse or Skyforger to records combining the very best of all prior eras to refreshing new soundscapes (f.e. Under The Red Cloud or Queen Of Time): Whatever this group works on promises long-range success.
With 2022’s Halo, the Finn’s were rewarded for their researching musical approach once again: The album marked AMORPHIS’ sixth no. 1 album in Finland, even cracked the top 3 of the official German album chart, and last but not least the sextet took home two awards from the prestigious Emma Gaala (“Band of the Year” & “Export of the Year”).
The impact of Halo became a driving force for what’s to come. Rather than rushing into a follow-up, the band chose to step back from live performances and focus fully on their next chapter. The result is Borderland - a meticulously crafted opus that builds on their celebrated recent era, while seamlessly weaving in new, timely elements. It’s a bold, organic continuation of their journey, shaped by experience and guided by vision.
AMORPHIS are:
Tomi Joutsen | vocals
Esa Holopainen | guitars
Tomi Koivusaari | guitars
Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine | bass
Santeri Kallio | keys
Jan Rechberger | drums & percussion
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