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
Released	30 January 2008
Recorded	January–July 2007
Studio	Rockstar Productions Studio, Hyvinkää, Finland
Genre	Symphonic metal, power metal
Length	35:50
Label	KHY Suomen Musiikki
Producer	Lari 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
"River of Tuoni" Released: 30 January 2008 "My Only Star" Released: 30 January 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Temple	[1]
Rock Hard	7.0/10[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

No.	Title	Length
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.	"Evil Inside Me"	3:47
11.	"Dreamchaser" (Japan bonus track)	4:00

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

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

External links

• "River Of Tuoni" at discogs

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