AMORPHIS and I go back to '95, when we were both on tour, the (then) young Finns opening for PARADISE LOST throughout Germany and Eastern Europe. Since then I've met up with mainstays Tomi Koivusaari (guitar) and Esa Holopainen (guitar) almost annually, at some Euro-fest, the rare North American gig or, for the last seven years, as attendees at the Helsinki Metal Meeting (or its forerunner Finnish Metal Expo), in their hometown. Thus was the backdrop for a listening session for the albu...