River of Tuoni

River of Tuoni is the debut full-length studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn.

River of Tuoni
Studio album by
Amberian Dawn
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2008
RecordedJanuary–July, 2007
StudioRockstar Productions Studio, Hyvinkää, Finland
GenreSymphonic metal, power metal
Length35:50
LabelKHY Suomen Musiikki
ProducerLari Takala, Tommi Kuri, Tuomas Seppälä
Amberian Dawn chronology
Amberian Dawn (demo)
(2006)		 River of Tuoni
(2008)		 The Clouds of Northland Thunder
(2009)
Singles from River of Tuoni
  1. "River of Tuoni"
    Released: January 30, 2008
  2. "My Only Star"
    Released: January 30, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Temple[1]
Rock Hard7.0/10[2]

The songs "River of Tuoni" and "My Only Star" from the album were the first Amberian Dawn tracks to have a music video recorded, in May of 2008 and January 2009 respectively.[3][4]

The bonus track "Dreamchaser" is an instrumental version of a song by Atheme One, a band which featured founding Amberian Dawn members Tuomas Seppälä, Tommi Kuri, Heikki Saari and Tom Sagar. The song appeared on the band's demo, which had a limited release in 2006 and was later sold through Amberian Dawn's forum and Facebook group in December 2010.[5]

All songs from this album are featured as downloadable content songs on the Rock Band Network.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Heidi Parviainen; all music is composed by Tuomas Seppälä.

No.TitleLength
1."River of Tuoni"3:00
2."My Wings Are My Eyes"3:12
3."Lullaby"3:41
4."Valkyries"3:27
5."Fate of the Maiden"2:50
6."My Only Star"4:21
7."The Curse"4:04
8."Passing Bells"4:01
9."Sunrise"3:29
10."The Evil Inside Me"3:47
11."Dreamchaser" (Japan bonus track)4:00

Personnel
Amberian dawn
  • Heidi Parviainen – vocals
  • Kasperi Heikkinen – clean guitar parts on "My Only Star", 1st and 3rd solo on "Dreamchaser"
  • Tuomas Seppala – all other guitars, additional keyboards, producer, assistant engineer
  • Tom Sagar– keyboards
  • Tommi Kuri – bass
  • Joonas Pykälä-Aho – drums
Guest/session musicians
  • Heikki Saari – drums
  • Jarmo Lahtiranta – kettle drums
  • Vakosametti – choir (Erkki Kaikkonen, Juha Palkeinen, Markku Haikenen, Mikko Moilanen, Teemu Paananen, Tommi Kohlemainen) on "My Wings Are My Eyes", "Lullaby" and "Passing Bells"
  • Peter James Goodman – male vocals on "Lullaby" and "Passing Bells"
Production
  • Lari Takala – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Tommi Kuri – producer, assistant engineer
  • Tero-Pekka Virtanen – mixing
  • Svante Forsbäck – mastering

References
  1. Kontogeorgatos, Dimitris (23 June 2008). "Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni (CD)". Metal Temple.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. Schiffbauer, Conny (August 2008). "Review Album : Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni". Rock Hard (in German). No. 255. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. Amberian Dawn - River of Tuoni (music video) on YouTube
  4. Amberian Dawn - My Only Star (music video) on YouTube
  5. Amberian Dawn forum Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
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