''River of Tuoni'' is the debut full-length studio album by

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band

Amberian Dawn Amberian Dawn is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 2006 by Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri. Their fifth album '' Re-Evolution'' (a re-recorded compilation with a new singer) was released on KHY Suomen Musiikki & Encore Music in sum ...

. The songs "River of Tuoni" and "My Only Star" from the album were the first Amberian Dawn tracks to have a

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recorded, in May of

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and January

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respectively. The bonus track "Dreamchaser" is an instrumental version of a song by

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, a band which featured founding Amberian Dawn members

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, Tommi Kuri,

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

Track listing

Personnel

;Amberian dawn *

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– vocals *

Kasperi Heikkinen Kasperi Heikkinen (born 1980) is a guitar player who is best known as a member of Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn. He played in the band from early 2007 until late 2012. He is also the guitarist for Finnish metal bands Merging Fl ...

– clean guitar parts on "My Only Star", 1st and 3rd solo on "Dreamchaser" *

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– all other guitars, additional keyboards, producer, assistant engineer *Tom Sagar– keyboards *Tommi Kuri – bass *Joonas Pykälä-Aho – drums ;Guest/session musicians *

– drums *Jarmo Lahtiranta –

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*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

{{DEFAULTSORT:River Of Tuoni (Album) Amberian Dawn albums 2008 debut albums