Limited double vinyl LP pressing. First time available on vinyl in the U.S.! 1996 album by the Finnish metal band. Elegy was their first to feature a majority of clean vocals, sung by new vocalist Pasi Koskinen. The music and lyrics were inspired by the traditional Finnish ballads and poems compiled in the Kanteletar by Elias Lönnrot in 1840. The primary genre of the album is progressive metal, with strong folk influence, as well as elements of melodic death metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal.