Amon Amarth (band)

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Amon Amarth

Background information
Origin Sweden Sweden
Genre(s) Melodic death metal
Years active 1990–present
Label(s) Metal Blade
Website http://amonamarth.com
Members
Fredrik Andersson
Johan Hegg
Johan Söderberg
Olavi Mikkonen
Ted Lundström
Former members
Anders Hansson
Nico Mehra
Martin Lopez

Amon Amarth is a viking-themed melodic death metal band from Sweden founded in 1990 in Tumba, named after a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The name means "Mount Doom" in Sindarin.

The five Swedish musicians are known for their songs based on Norse Mythology, with such tunes as The Arrival of The Fimbul Winter, Pursuit of Vikings and Versus the World. This is an element that originally emerged as a sub-genre of black metal known as viking metal in the early 1990s, made popular by such bands as Enslaved, although the band themselves do not actually exemplify the genre's sound.

Formed under the name Scum, they switched to the name Amon Amarth in 1992 and released a demo recording, The Arrival of Fimbul Winter, in 1994, selling all 1000 demo discs in less than 12 hours. With the release of the album Once Sent From the Golden Hall in 1998 their popularity rose on an international level and since has brought forth multiple U.S. tours, three music videos and appearances in over 100 metal magazines.

Their latest album, With Oden on our Side was released September 22nd (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) / September 25th (Europe) / October 5th (Canada).

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Cover Date of Release Title Label
1993 Thor Arise Lagret
1994 The Arrival of Fimbul Winter Lagret
1996 Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds Pulverised
1998 Once Sent From the Golden Hall Metal Blade
1999 The Avenger Metal Blade
2001 The Crusher Metal Blade
2002 Versus The World Metal Blade
2004 Fate of Norns Metal Blade
2006 With Oden on our Side Metal Blade

[edit] Videography

  • Death in Fire (2003)
  • The Pursuit of Vikings (2004)
  • Wrath of the Norsemen (2006) (3-disc live concert DVD set)
  • Runes To My Memory (2006)

[edit] Members

Amon Amarth on Metalmania Festival 2005 in Poland
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Amon Amarth on Metalmania Festival 2005 in Poland

[edit] Past members

[edit] External links

Amon Amarth
Fredrik Andersson | Johan Hegg | Johan Söderberg | Olavi Mikkonen | Ted Lundström
Former Members: Anders Hansson | Nico Mehra | Martin Lopez
Discography
Albums: Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds | Once Sent From the Golden Hall | The Avenger | The Crusher | Versus the World | Fate of Norns | With Oden on our Side
DVDs: Wrath of the Norsemen
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