Amorphis. Photo Credit: Ville Juurikkala

Finnish dark metallers Amorphis have been demoing new songs for their upcoming twelfth studio album, due out in September. The band will begin preproduction this March in Helsinki with producer Jens Bogren, and recording at Bogren’s Fascination Street Studio in Sweden. Lyrics are written by Amorphis’ spiritual mentor, Pekka Kainulainen.

Amorphis Pre Production For The New Album.

“Like Kalevala, they are descriptions of natural phenomena, seasons and the human mind,” says Kainulainen. “Reoccuring situations where hope and uncertainty alternate. Attempting to gain advice from higher powers. The poems do not form a complete story per se, but they are drawn together by a certain theme. We live under a red cloud and once again, time weighs us.”

They are schedule to follow the album’s release with a world tour, which includes a European tour with Nightwish.