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01. Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds
02. The Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter
03. Burning Creation
04. The Mighty Doors Of The Speargod's Hall
05. Under The Grayclouded Winter Sky

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:44:51
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01. Ride For Vengeance
02. The Dragons' Flight Across The Waves
03. Without Fear
04. Victorious March
05. Friends Of The Suncross
06. Abandoned
07. Amon Amarth
08. Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:41:23
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01. Bleed For Ancient Gods
02. The Last With Pagan Blood
03. North Sea Storm
04. Avenger
05. God, His Son And Holy Whore
06. Metalwrath
07. Legend Of A Banished Man
08. Thor Arise

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:49:34
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01. Bastards Of A Lying Breed
02. Masters Of War
03. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
04. Risen From The Sea (2000)
05. As Long As The Raven Flies
06. A Fury Divine
07. Annihilation Of Hammerfest
08. The Fall Through Ginnungagap
09. Releasing Surtur's Fire
10. Eyes Of Horror

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:40:04
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01. An Ancient Sign Of Coming Storm
02. Where Death Seems To Dwell
03. The Fate Of Norns
04. The Pursuit Of Vikings
05. Valkyries Ride
06. The Beheading Of A King
07. Arson
08. Once Sealed In Blood

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:43:28
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01. Twilight Of The Thunder God
02. Free Will Sacrifice
03. Guardians Of Asgaard
04. Where Is Your God?
05. Varyags Of Miklagaard
06. Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags
07. No Fear For The Setting Sun
08. The Hero
09. Live For The Kill
10. Embrace Of The Endless Ocean

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Length / Продолжительность: 01:07:34
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01. Twilight Of The Thunder God
02. Guardians Of Asgaard
03. Live For The Kill
04. Varyags Of Miklagaard
05. Runes To My Memory
06. Cry Of The Black Birds
07. Hermod's Ride To Hel
08. Asator
09. Pursuit Of Vikings
10. Fate Of Norns
11. Death In Fire
12. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard
13. Victorious March
14. Children Of The Grave

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:57:37
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01. War Of The Gods
02. Tock's Taunt
03. Destroyer Of The Universe
04. Slaves Of Fear
05. Live Without Regrets
06. The Last Stand Of Frej
07. For Victory Or Death
08. Wrath Of The Norsemen
09. A Beast Am I
10. Doom Over Dead Man
11. Balls To The Wall (Accept cover)
12. War Machine (Accept cover)

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Length / Продолжительность: 01:02:20
Tracks / Треклист:
01. First Kill
02. Wanderer
03. On A Sea Of Blood
04. One Against All
05. Raise Your Horns
06. The Way Of Vikings
07. At Dawn’s First Light
08. One Thousand Burning Arrows
09. Vengeance Is My Name
10. A Dream That Cannot Be (feat. Doro Pesch)
11. Back On Northern Shores
12. Death In Fire 2016
13. Death In Fire (Live)

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Length / Продолжительность: 01:17:43
Tracks / Треклист:
01. The Pursuit Of Vikings
02. As Loke Falls
03. First Kill
04. The Way Of Vikings
05. At Dawn's First Light
06. Cry Of The Blackbirds
07. Deceiver Of The Gods
08. Destroyer Of The Universe
09. Death In Fire
10. Father Of The Wolf
11. Runes To My Memory
12. War Of The Gods
13. Raise Your Horns
14. A Dream That Cannot Be
15. Guardians Of Asgard
16. Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Length / Продолжительность: 00:57:03
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01. Fafner's Gold
02. Crack The Sky
03. Mjolner, Hammer Of Thor
04. Shield Wall
05. Valkyria
06. Raven's Flight
07. Ironside
08. The Berserker At Stamford Bridge
09. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails
10. Skoll And Hati
11. Wings Of Eagles
12. Into The Dark

RUS
Amon Amarth — шведская метал-группа, играющая в жанре мелодичный дэт-метал. Название группы значит «Роковая гора» на синдарине, эльфийском языке, и отсылает к горе Ородруин из «Властелина Колец». Основной тематикой группы является германо-скандинавская мифология. Музыку Amon Amarth составляет сочетание гроулинга с использованием двойной бас-бочки, «тяжелыми» мелодиями и эпическими текстами.
История
Группа была основана в 1992 году в городе Тумба, пригороде Стокгольма, изначально под нецензурным названием Scum. Первым составом группы были вокалист Йохан Хегг, гитаристы Андерс Ханссон и Олави Микконен, бас-гитарист Тэд Лундстрём и ударник Нико Мейра. Первое демо группы, «Thor arise», оказалось столь неудачным, что студия отказалась его выпускать. В 1994 году, уже под названием Amon Amarth, группа записала «the Arrival of the Fimbul Winter», который был издан тиражом в одну тысячу копий и был распродан за двенадцать часов. Студию для записи предоставила группа Hypocrisy

Дебютный альбом «Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds» был выпущен на сингапурском лейбле Pulverised records в 1996 году. После этого группу заметили известные издания, пишущие о рок-музыке, и вскоре Amon Amarth получили контракт с крупной компанией Metal Blade. На нём группа издаётся начиная с альбома 1998 года «Once Sent from the Golden Hall».

Незадолго до записи группа сменила ударника, а прямо перед турне в поддержку альбома из Amon Amarth ушёл гитарист Ханссон. На его место взяли Йохана Содерберга.

К 2007 году группа выпустила шесть полноценных альбомов и завоевала широкую популярность среди поклонников дэт-метала.

В июле 2008 года Amon Amarth завершают работу над новым студийным альбомом под названием Twilight of the Thunder God. Альбом был записан в студии Fascination Street в шведском городе Оребро. В качестве гостей на Twilight of the Thunder God отметились многие известные музыканты, в том числе вокалист Entombed Ларс-Горан Петров на композиции Guardians of Asgaard, гитарист Children Of Bodom Роопе Латвала на Twilight of the Thunder God и финские виолончелисты Apocalyptica на Live For The Kill. Альбом вышел 17 сентября в на Metal Blade Records.

После успеха альбома Twilight of the Thunder God, Amon Amarth переиздают свои ранние альбомы. Первым был переиздан альбом Once Sent From A Golden Hall. Он появился в продаже 7 февраля 2009 года в Германии, Австрии, Швейцарии и Италии, а 2 марта по всей Европе в формате двойного диджипака. Следом, 22 мая 2009 года в Германии, 25 мая в Европе, в виде двойного диджипака переиздается The Avenger. 1 сентября в Европе на лейбле Metal Blade Records вышло подарочное переиздание альбома The Crusher.

Свой восьмой студийный альбом Amon Amarth решили назвать Surtur Rising. Также как и предыдущий альбом, Surtur Rising был записан в студии Fascination Street в Оребро, за исключением барабанов, запись которых проходила в студии Park в Стокгольме. Альбом назван в честь Сурта, огненного великана и владыки Муспельхейма (огненной земли), старейшего из живых существ в девяти мирах в северной мифологии. Surtur Rising вышел 25 марта 2011 года в Германии, Австралии, Швейцарии, 28 марта в остальных странах Европы, 29 марта в США.


ENG
Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien′s Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and history, and so they have been linked with Viking metal. The band is composed of vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg, bassist Ted Lundström and drummer Jocke Wallgren. Amon Amarth has released ten studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, one video album, and ten music videos. Its first studio album, Once Sent from the Golden Hall, debuted in 1998. Five more studio releases followed, before the band saw its breakthrough with the 2008 album Twilight of the Thunder God, which debuted at No. 10 on the Swedish album charts and No. 50 on the US Billboard 200. Three more albums, Surtur Rising, Deceiver of the Gods, and Jomsviking followed in 2011, 2013, and 2016, respectively.

History
Johan Hegg in 2017
Formation (1988–1991)
The band emerged from the previous death metal band Scum, founded in 1988 by Paul "Themgoroth" Mäkitalo (Dark Funeral) on vocals, Olavi Mikkonen on guitar, Petri Tarvainen on bass and Vesa Meriläinen guitar.

Early recordings (1992–1997)
After a 1991 demo, Scum broke up and Amon Amarth formed in 1992. Hegg replaced Mäkitalo on vocals, Anders Hansson joined on guitar, and Ted Lundström replaced Tarvainen on bass. recorded its first demo Thor Arise (1993). Raw and uneven in sound and execution, it was never officially released due to low quality standards, but the band caught the attention of extreme metal fans with its own "infectious brand of epic-sounding brutality and unadorned conviction". In 1994 another demo entitled The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter was recorded; this time 1,000 copies were indeed issued.

In 1996, they signed with Pulverised Records, on which they released their first MCD, Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds, which sold 6000 copies.

Signed with Metal Blade (1998–2007)

Olavi Mikkonen in 2016
They then signed with Metal Blade Records which released the debut album Once Sent from the Golden Hall. Described as "a compelling fusion of buzzsaw riff work, melodic harmonies and soul-crushing rhythms punctuated by Hegg’s callous black/death roar and accounts of Norse battles and treachery" it made sure Amon Amarth's popularity rose internationally. According to Allmusic, the song that bore the group's namesake was the most memorable, containing "the chaotic noises of battle, the screams of the dying, and much sword-clashing to boot." Since then they have performed at multiple Canada and US tours, festival appearances, eight music videos, and appearances in over 100 metal magazines.

In June 1998, as the band was about to commence a tour alongside Deicide, Six Feet Under and Brutal Truth, guitarist Anders Hansson left and was replaced by Johan Soderberg. After the tour Martin Lopez quit to join Opeth and Fredrik Andersson (ex-A Canorous Quintet) came in. With him in Spring 1999 the band recorded and released its second full-length, The Avenger. The release was supported by the X-Mas Massacre Festivals Tour with Morbid Angel headlining.

The Crusher, released in 2001, was considered (according to whom?) to be its most aggressive album. In support of it the band went on tour with Marduk and Vader, taking part in No Mercy Festival. its first American tour in autumn 2001 though had to be cancelled (due to the September 11 attacks) and was held later, in January 2002, without Marduk, Amon Amarth headlining. In April 2002 the band toured Europe with Vomitory and in August performed at Wacken Open Air before 12.000 metal fans. In Berno Studio in Malmo Versus The World was recorded and came out, The Viking Edition comprising a bonus CD which included demos Thor Arise and Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter. Touring continued up until Spring 2004 when the band started working on Fate of Norns album which was released on 6 September 2004. The follow-up, With Oden on Our Side (2006), has shown (according to AllMusic) that "Amon Amarth continue to be champions of the worldwide death metal tournament" and rose to number 26 in the US Top Independent album charts. The album's material though was not included in the DVD Wrath Of The Norsemen (the song of the same title would be found in the 2011 album) which was released in May 2006, having turned gold in US (platinum - in Canada) ever since.

In early January 2008, its first tour of Australia and New Zealand took place, supporting Dimmu Borgir, after finishing a US and Canadian tour with Sonic Syndicate and Himsa.

Renewed contract with Metal Blade (2008–2014)

Ted Lundström in 2017
Amon Amarth extended its record deal with Metal Blade Records for three more albums. After extending its record deal, the band released Twilight of the Thunder God, which featured guest appearances by Lars Göran Petrov of Entombed, Roope Latvala of Children of Bodom, and the cello metal band Apocalyptica. Accompanying the release of the album was an eight-page comic strip based on Norse mythology which was released by magazines in Europe. Twilight of the Thunder God which is considered its breakthrough album, reached number 50 in the US, number 6 in Germany, number 10 in Finland, number 11 in Sweden, number 14 in Austria, number 21 in Switzerland. It ended up at the number 7 position in Revolver Magazine’s Top 20 Albums that year.

Amon Amarth embarked on a North American headlining tour in October 2008, with support from Ensiferum, Belphegor, and The Absence. In 2009 the band returned to the States for another successful series of dates with Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch and Lazarus AD and later in 2010 with Holy Grail and Eluveitie. In between, Amon Amarth were named "Best Breakthrough Act" at Metal Hammer's prestigious Golden Gods Awards. The band also supported Slayer in its Unholy Alliance Chapter III European tour. Amon Amarth played its first show in India, headlining the Deccan Rock Festival in Bangalore on 5 December 2009.

On 30 November 2010, Amon Amarth confirmed its next album entitled Surtur Rising would be released in Spring 2011. The drums were recorded at Park Studios, while bass and guitars were recorded at Fascination Street Studios. On 27 January 2011 Metal Blade Records released the new album's first single, titled "War of the Gods", on YouTube. On 29 March 2011, Surtur Rising was released in North America. To support the album, the band embarked on a 4-month world tour with Children Of Bodom and Ensiferum, among others.

Amon Amarth performed at Wacken Open Air in 2012, Hellfest 2013, Download Festival 2013, Sweden Rock Festival and Mayhem Festival 2013.

On 25 June 2013 Amon Amarth released its ninth studio album, Deceiver of the Gods. The album cover, according to the band, depicted Ragnarök the last battle between the Æsir gods and Loki, accompanied by the army of the dead.

Departure of Fredrik Andersson, Jomsviking and next album (2015–present)

Jocke Wallgren in 2016
On 19 March 2015 Amon Amarth posted on its Facebook page that it had parted ways with drummer Fredrik Andersson after 17 years of collaboration.

The band released its 10th album Jomsviking on 25 March 2016. A session drummer, Tobias Gustafsson, was recruited for completion of the album.

From 22 March to 25 March, the band performed four intimate album release shows in London, Paris, Tilburg and Berlin, to mark the release of Jomsviking. They also supported Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Metal Church on the Dystopia tour in the United States in September and October 2016, and headlined a tour in the UK and Ireland with Testament as special guests.

On 30 September 2016 Amon Amarth announced Jocke Wallgren is now the full-time drummer.

In an August 2017 interview at Bloodstock Open Air festival, guitarist Johan Söderberg stated that Amon Amarth plans to begin working on their eleventh studio album after the end of the Jomsviking tour. He is quoted as saying, "After this summer, we're done touring with this album. That's when we're gonna start to write stuff for the next one."

Musical style and lyrics

Johan Hegg, frontman of Amon Amarth performing 21 July 2009
Amon Amarth, under its former name Scum, originally played grindcore. However, it then changed its name to Amon Amarth and adopted a death metal style henceforth the band is now usually considered melodic death metal.

The band bases most of its song lyrics on Norse mythology, the Viking Age, and the pre-Christian world, themes which under-gird a heavy metal style known as Viking metal. Viking metal originally emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s as an ideological offshoot of black metal, made popular by such bands as Bathory and Enslaved. Amon Amarth, though a death metal band, is often labeled as Viking metal due to its lyrical themes.

In regard to the band's reputation as a Viking metal band, Imke von Helden writes in "Barbarians and Literature: Viking Metal and its Links to Old Norse Mythology" that "During the 1990s, Swedish Amon Amarth added a new dimension to the definition of viking metal by means of its death metal style of music." She further explains in "Scandinavian Metal Attack: The Power of Northern Europe in Extreme Metal" that

Though most Viking metal bands have a black metal background, Viking metal is defined by topics rather than music. That is why death metal bands like Amon Amarth and Unleashed are often included in the league of Viking metal bands.

— Imke von Helden
When asked to comment on the band's genre, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:

We play death metal. We write about Vikings so, therefore, some refer us to Viking metal, but I have no idea what that is. I can't imagine the Vikings were into metal at all except on the swords and stuff. And musically, I guess they only played these strange lip instruments and some bongos or whatever.

— The Metal Web's interview with Johan Hegg
Hegg has also addressed the band's relationship to the pagan metal phenomenon and its choice of subject matter:

We don't really see ourselves as one of those bands doing pagan folklore music. The reason we took the Viking theme and mythology theme as a lyrical theme for the band was, perhaps, more accidental from the start. When we wrote the first song with Viking lyrics, we felt it was a topic that suited the music that we wanted to write really well...It was something different, as well, from a lot of other bands. In Sweden, I think only Bathory and Unleashed had done anything like it. For us, it was to do something different, to stand out a little bit, to use those lyrics.

— The Norse Mythology Blog's interview with Johan Hegg