"The critical voices, for whom the predecessor "Skyforger" turned out too dreamy and soft, will fall silent in view of "Beginning Of Time": Finally the band again uses the full potential of Tomi Joutsen's changeable voice. Without returning to the Death Metal of the early days, a good 2 / 3 of the songs are again at least partially provided with his distinctive, expressive growls. In addition, Amorphis keep the compositions exciting with rhythmic breaks unusual for them, as well as the use of a guest vocalist in several tracks, preventing the album from being remembered as just a younger brother of the aforementioned hit silver." ROCK HARD | Björn Thorsten Jaschinski /// "The fusion of Nordic-folkloristic metal with the warm Prog atmosphere of the seventies has never been better achieved by Amorphis." ORKUS | Björn Springorum /// "Amorphis outdo themselves again and give us another masterpiece of Finnish metal with The Beginning Of Times." METAL HAMMER | Gunnar Sauermann /// "Rarely have they sounded more harmonious than on this, predominantly gothic metal album, which repeatedly makes excursions into dreamy progressive passages and folk melodies. With lots of piano and perfect instrumentation, this is probably their most Finnish-sounding work." SONIC SEDUCER | Yvonne Zymolka /// "Amorphis deliver another hit album with this one! " ZILLO | Emma Perez