Black Winter Day
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{{Infobox album
| name = Black Winter Day
| type = EP
| artist = Amorphis
| cover = amorphis-blackwinterday.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=y|1995|01|31}}
| recorded = {{ubl|September 1993 (1)|September 1994 (2–5)}}
| venue =
| studio = Sunlight Studios
| genre = {{hlist|Melodic death metal|doom metal}}
| length = {{duration|m=13|s=59}}
| label = Relapse
| producer = {{hlist|Amorphis|Tomas Skogsberg}}
| prev_title = Tales from the Thousand Lakes
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Elegy
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}Rivadavia, Eduardo. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=black-winter-day-ep-mw0000628006|pure_url=yes}} "Black Winter Day Review"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
| noprose = yes
}}
Black Winter Day is a split EP by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis with Dutch death metal band Gorefest, released in 1995. The track "Black Winter Day" is one of the band's best-known songs and continues to be a crowd favourite in live performances to this very day.[http://www.amorphis.net/?page_id=2 "Amorphis – Band"]. Amorphis.net. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
The song is covered by Children of Bodom on their album I Worship Chaos.
The song is also covered by Dol Ammad and the track appears on their album Winds of the Sun.{{Citation |title=Dol Ammad - Winds Of The Sun |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2889892-Dol-Ammad-Winds-Of-The-Sun |language=en |access-date=2022-12-26}}
This is the last Amorphis release with Kasper Mårtenson and to have the band's original logo.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Black Winter Day
| lyrics1 = traditional
| music1 = Kasper Mårtenson
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = Folk of the North
| lyrics2 = (instrumental)
| music2 = Tomi Koivusaari
| length2 = 1:17
| title3 = Moon and Sun
| lyrics3 = traditional
| music3 = Koivusaari
| length3 = 3:36
| title4 = Moon and Sun Part II: North's Son
| lyrics4 = traditional
| music4 = Koivusaari
| length4 = 5:10
}}
{{Track listing
| total_length = 16:44
| headline = Bonus track
| title5 = Light My Fire
| note5 = The Doors cover
| lyrics5 = The Doors
| music5 = The Doors
| length5 = 2:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Fear – Gorefest, split
| total_length = 29:52
| extra_column = Note
| title5 = Fear
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = Raven
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = Horrors in a Retarded Mind '94
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 =Fear
| extra8 = Live
| length8 = 5:10
}}
Personnel
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= Amorphis =
- Amorphis – arrangements, recording and engineering
- Tomi Koivusaari – vocals and rhythm guitar
- Esa Holopainen – lead guitar
- Olli-Pekka Laine – bass guitar
- Kasper Martenson – keyboards
- Jan Rechberger – drums
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= Additional personnel =
- Ville Tuomi – speech/spoken word
- Tomas Skogsberg – recording & engineering
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= Gorefest =
- Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals and bass
- Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitars
- Frank Harthoorn – guitars
- Ed Warby – drums
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