5. Shaman (Silent Waters)
"I'll send you plagues unnumbered
Destruction upon your house
I lay to waste your treasures
And slay your fairest daughter"
Just like A Servant, Shaman is from Silent Waters and based on one melody that gets repeated throughout the song, either in G minor or C minor. If there was one melody in the world I wish I had written, then it's probably this one! It's so freaking catchy and makes this song get stuck in your head, although there isn't a proper chorus in the tune. The wind instrument section is a nice break from the main part of the song. Shaman is really underrated and deserves more love than it gets!
4. Empty Opening (Eclipse)
"Beautiful yard, trees against the sky
There is an empty opening
They only live for one summer
This world is too good for me"
I'm one of the few weirdos who think Eclipse is the weakest Joutsen-era Amorphis album, but I have to admit that the few highlights it has are really amazing, especially Empty Opening. This song took a long time to grow on me and I always found it boring and thought it was the weakest song on Eclipse, until last year when it just... clicked. Empty Opening sounds closer to the Am Universum stuff than any other song on the newer releases - the delay riff is awesome (how surprising!), Tomi's vocals are powerful, the melody at 1:54 is beautiful and the whole song is a perfect closer. The lyrics are fitting, telling the sad end of Kullervo's story - he commits suicide after the death of his family, hence "nobody will bury [him]".
3. From Earth I Rose (Skyforger)
"Darkness was my light
Muteness was my tongue
Death was my life
Matter was my spirit"
Another closing song! From Earth I Rose starts similarly to Drowned Maid and A Servant, but after that it becomes something more unique and rhythmically interesting, perhaps due to the fact that it was composed by Tomi Joutsen. It's actually quite ironic that the last 2 minutes of the song don't include any vocals - it's like the new version of The Orphan. What makes FEIR so amazing for me is the instrumental ending: the overlapping guitar and keyboard soloing is awesome and makes you imagine the Amorphis guys jamming and having fun. That vision makes me smile and makes it nice to listen to this song. Hearing the third live performance (ever!) of FEIR last December was awesome, too bad I didn't have a camera with me, because there are no full live videos on YT.