The Forest Seasons

The Forest Seasons is the third studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Wintersun. It was released on 21 July 2017 via Nuclear Blast.^[2] The band cited Antonio Vivaldi's violin concerto The Four Seasons as an inspiration for the album title.^[2]

The Forest Seasons
Studio album by Wintersun
Released	21 July 2017[1]
Studio	Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland
Genre	Melodic death metal, symphonic metal, power metal
Length	54:00
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Wintersun
Wintersun chronology
Time I (2012) The Forest Seasons (2017) Time II (2024)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jari Mäenpää.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Awaken from the Dark Slumber (Spring)" Part I: "The Dark Slumber" Part II: "The Awakening"	14:40
2.	"The Forest That Weeps (Summer)"	12:18
3.	"Eternal Darkness (Autumn)" Part I: "Haunting Darkness" Part II: "The Call of the Dark Dream" Part III: "Beyond the Infinite Universe" Part IV: "Death"	14:08
4.	"Loneliness (Winter)"	12:54
Total length:		54:00

Personnel

Credits for The Forest Seasons adapted from liner notes.^[3]

Band members Jari Mäenpää – lead vocals, all instruments, samples and orchestrations (Credited as Winter) Teemu Mäntysaari – backing vocals, growling shouts, choirs (Credited as Spring) Jukka Koskinen – low growling vocals, backing vocals, choirs (Credited as Autumn) Kai Hahto – credited, but did not perform on the album (Credited as Summer) Production 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 (Spring)' 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 (hjules.com) Album booklet and photos: Jari Mäenpää Wintersun logo: Ritual (nucleart.com)

The Forest Expendables Choir on "The Forest That Weeps (Summer)" Teemu Mäntysaari (Wintersun) Jukka Koskinen (Wintersun) Heri Joensen (Tyr) Markus Toivonen (Ensiferum) Jukka-Pekka Miettinen (Kirkkokahvit & Atmosphere Enterprise) Mathias Nygård (Turisas) Olli Vänskä (Turisas) Perttu Vänskä (Scoring Helsinki) Jussi Wickström (Turisas) Kasper Mårtenson (Turisas) Jesper Anastasiadis (Turisas) Aleksi Sihvonen (Medicated) Daniel Freyberg (Children of Bodom & Naildown) Micko Hell (Denigrate & Gloomy Grim) Mikko Salovaara Mitja Harvilahti (Moonsorrow)

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6]	170
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7]	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	16