My Kantele is a follow-up to Amorphis' excellent Elegy.
Elegy was an album that worked as a culmination point between death metal and progressive metal, and opened all doors in the rock world for Amorphis.
My Kantele doesn't contain anything very new and special; actually, it seems that all four previously unreleased tracks are just leftovers from Elegy.
That isn't a bad thing at all -- the new songs work well enough and of course these kinds of packages are gold for fans.
The most interesting songs on the EP are the covers, Hawkwind's "Levitation" and Kingston Wall's "And I Hear You Call." Amorphis covered "Levitation" very, very well -- but unfortunately they copied Kingston Wall's arrangement of the excellent "And I Hear You Call," so it doesn't offer a lot.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Brother-SlayerPasi Koskinen | Amorphis, Pasi Koskinen | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | LevitationDave Brock | Amorphis, Pasi Koskinen | Play | 05:53 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 3 | And I Hear You CallKingston Wall | Amorphis, Pasi Koskinen | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 | My Kantele (Acoustic Reprise) | Amorphis | Play | 05:55 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 5 | The Lost Son (The Brother-Slayer part 2) | Amorphis | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 24 mins | 56 MB | |||||
| 24 mins | 175 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amorphis | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Dave Brock | Composer |
| 3 | Peter Coleman | Mixing |
| 4 | Kai Hiilesmaa | Producer |
| 5 | Esa Holopainen | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer |
| 6 | Matthew F. Jacobson | Executive Producer, Producer |
| 7 | Pekka Kasari | Drums, Producer |
| 8 | Kingston Wall | Composer |
| 9 | Tomi Koivusaari | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Producer, Vocals |
| 10 | Pasi Koskinen | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 11 | Olli-Pekka Laine | Bass, Producer |
| 12 | Mamba | Percussion |
| 13 | Kim Rantala | Keyboards, Producer |
| 14 | Dave Shirk | Mastering |
| 15 | William J. Jr. Yurkiewicz | Executive Producer, Mastering, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |