The Forest Seasons
The Forest Seasons is the third studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Wintersun. It was released on July 21, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. The band cited Antonio Vivaldi's violin concerto The Four Seasons as an inspiration for the album title.Track listing
Personnel
Credits:Band members
- Jari Mäenpää - lead vocals, all instruments, samples and orchestrations '
- Teemu Mäntysaari - backing vocals, growling shouts, choirs '
- Jukka Koskinen - low growling vocals, backing vocals, choirs
- Produced by Jari Mäenpää
- Music: Jari Mäenpää
- Lyrics: Jari Mäenpää
- All arrangements by Jari Mäenpää
- Vocals: Jari Mäenpää
- Additional low growling vocals: Jukka Koskinen
- Additional growling shouts: Teemu Mäntysaari
- 3-man Choir on the 'Awaken From The Dark Slumber ' by Jari Mäenpää, Teemu Mäntysaari and Jukka Koskinen
- Guitars, drums, bass, synthesizers, samples, and orchestrations: Jari Mäenpää
- Engineer: Jari Mäenpää
- Recorded by Jari Mäenpää
- Mixed by Jari Mäenpää
- Mastered by Jari Mäenpää
- Album cover: Gyula Havancsák and Jari Mäenpää
- Album booklet and photos: Jari Mäenpää
- Wintersun logo: Ritual
The Forest Expendables Choir on "The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"
- Teemu Mäntysaari
- Jukka Koskinen
- Heri Joensen
- Markus Toivonen
- Jukka-Pekka Miettinen
- Mathias Nygård
- Olli Vänskä
- Perttu Vänskä
- Jussi Wickström
- Kasper Mårtenson
- Jesper Anastasiadis
- Aleksi Sihvonen
- Daniel Freyberg
- Micko Hell
- Mikko Salovaara
- Mitja Harvilahti
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