With Oden on Our Side

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With Oden on Our Side
With Oden on Our Side cover
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)
Professional reviews
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 songs "Runes to My Memory" and "Cry of the Black Birds" were both made into music videos. The album takes on a heavier approach compared to their previous album Fate of Norns: according to vocalist Johan Hegg, in an interview with Dutch metal magazine Aardschok, this album would go back to their roots like their first album Once Sent from the Golden Hall.


The inspiration for the album art is of a depiction of Odin on the Tängvide image stone.
The inspiration for the album art is of a depiction of Odin on the Tängvide image stone.

When asked about the meaning of the album's title, the lead singer Johan Hegg, said - "Well, it kind of has several meanings to it. Oden is of course the highest god in Scandinavian mythology, and he's the god of warfare, wisdom, poetry and artistry. The reason we chose the title is that it suited the lyrical concepts of the album and signified the feeling we had during the writing and recording of the album. We literarily felt as if we had the Gods on our side." [1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Valhalla Awaits Me" – 4:43
  2. "Runes to My Memory" – 4:32
  3. "Asator" – 3:04
  4. "Hermods Ride to Hel: Loki's Treachery Pt 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] Bonus Disc (Limited Digipak Edition)

  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. "Hermods Ride to Hel: Lokes Treachery Pt 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
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
Demos: Thor Arise | The Arrival of Fimbul Winter
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