With Oden on Our Side

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With Oden on Our Side
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	September 22, 2006
Recorded	May-June 2006
Genre	Melodic death metal Viking Metal
Label	Metal Blade
Producer(s)	Jens Bogren (recorded at Fascination Street Studios)
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Amon Amarth chronology
Fate of Norns (2004)	With Oden on our Side (2006)

With Oden on Our Side is the sixth full-length album released by the melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was recorded in May and June of 2006 and was released in Europe on September 22, 2006. A limited edition release was also made which has a second disc that includes live songs, demos and unreleased recordings. The song Runes to my Memory was made into a music video. It is the only song on the album so far to have a music video. The album takes on a heavier approach compared to their previous album Fate of Norns, with almost death metal sections. On the other hand, tracks such as "Valhall Awaits Me" and "Cry of the Black Birds" demonstrate a use of syncopation, arpeggio, and melody reminiscent of recent releases from Gothenburg melodic death metal groups such as Dark Tranquillity.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc 1 1.2 Disc 2 2 The album

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

1. "Valhall Awaits Me" (4:43)
2. "Runes to My Memory" (4:32)
3. "Asator" (3:04)
4. "Hermod's Ride to Hell - Lokes Treachery Part 1" (4:40)
5. "Gods of War Arise" (6:02)
6. "With Oden on Our Side" (4:34)
7. "Cry of the Black Birds" (3:49)
8. "Under the Northern Star" (4:17)
9. "Prediction of Warfare" (6:38)

[edit] Disc 2

1. "Where Silent Gods Stand Guard" (Live at Wacken 2004) (6:11)
2. "Death in Fire" (Live at Wacken 2004) (4:55)
3. "With Oden on Our Side" (Demo Version) (4:32)
4. "Hermond's Ride to Hell - Lokes Treachery Part 1" (Demo Version) (4:49)
5. "Once Sent from the Golden Hall" (Sunlight Recording 1997) (4:03)
6. "Return of the Gods" (Sunlight Recording 1997) (3:34)

[edit] The album

Singer Johan Hegg said in an interview with Dutch metal magazine Aardschok that this album would go back to their roots, more to the point death metal, like their first album "Once Sent From the Golden Hall".

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