Die Finnen von AMORPHIS veröffentlichen ihr neues Album mit dem Titel Circle am 19. April 2013 via Nuclear Blast. Für die Songtexte des Konzeptwerks konnte wieder Pekka Kainulainen gewonnen werden. Dessen Statement zur Geschichte, die Circle erzählen wird, lest ihr hier:
The protagonist has been dealt a bad hand at birth. He´s always felt himself an outsider with strong potential to become marginalized. Through an accident, after a crisis, he finds a connection with his inner powers. A guide is sent to him, from some other time and place. He gets a chance to take hold of his own life and change his destiny. From the past of Carelian Finland he finds his own spiritual tribe and the power to turn the course of his doomed life. This is a story of survival.