---
title: "The Beginning of Times by Amorphis"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/4aba88b0-80ee-4dca-a49f-835ddff4c3ff"
artist: "Amorphis"
year: 2011
label: "Nuclear Blast"
---

# The Beginning of Times

**The Beginning of Times** is an album by Amorphis, released in 2011 on Nuclear Blast.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Beginning of Times |
| Artist | Amorphis |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2011 |
| Label | Nuclear Blast |
| Catalog number | NB 2674-2 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Place in discography | 15 of 22 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Battle for Light | 5:35 |
| 2 | Mermaid | 4:24 |
| 3 | My Enemy | 3:25 |
| 4 | You I Need | 4:22 |
| 5 | Song of the Sage | 5:27 |
| 6 | Three Words | 3:55 |
| 7 | Reformation | 4:33 |
| 8 | Soothsayer | 4:09 |
| 9 | On a Stranded Shore | 4:13 |
| 10 | Escape | 3:52 |
| 11 | Crack in a Stone | 4:56 |
| 12 | Beginning of Time | 5:42 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Folk Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/folk-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) · [Symphonic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-metal)

## Release tags

Progressive Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Skyforger (2009)](https://themetalnet.com/album/59e4e2f4-c2ac-37c4-b766-a4ac85bd3b91)
- Next release: [Circle (2013)](https://themetalnet.com/album/c600b87e-938c-40cc-925c-debd11e62554)

## Artist

- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/4aba88b0-80ee-4dca-a49f-835ddff4c3ff](https://themetalnet.com/album/4aba88b0-80ee-4dca-a49f-835ddff4c3ff). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt