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[edit] Videography

I don´t understand why Death in Fire, Pursuit of Vikings and Runes to my memory, which are music videos for songs, are listed in the same paragraph (called Videography) with Wrath of the norsemen, which is a triple DVD set that should be changed

I agree on what has been said.

[edit] Genre Dispute

I think it can be agreed upon that Melodic Death Metal / Viking Metal should be a good enough genre selected. Now lets just work on making the page more thorough. :-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SanctusAbMortis (talk • contribs) 09:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

viking metal is a genre that only concerns lyrics. The tag that is now up is unprofessional and ingoring logic. Scipo 23:09, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

That's what you think, but the consensus previous discussions have brought up. Edits reverted. ~ | twsx | talkcont | 23:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Where, prey tell are these discussions. And no it is not my opinion, it's strait from the wikipedia article on Viking metal Scipo 02:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Viking metal is not just a genre that concerns lyrics. Look at (and listen to) bands such as Ensiferum, later Bathory, Tyr, etc. and you will see that viking metal is a distinctive genre of sound, not just lyrics. I agree, though, that you could argue that with Amon Amarth, as they do not play viking metal at all. For them it is just a lyrical genre. They play melodic death. Period. But that doesn't make viking metal a lyrical genre. If you listen to any of the bands I mentioned beforehand you will hear a very distinctive sound. For one the use of the "galloping" method in guitars is almost always used. Clean vocals to rough almost melodeath vocals are usually used. The sound is what could be considered "epic". Keyboards are usually used. Ambience and other sounds are also usually used to remind someone of a certain "atmosphere" associated with that time period (viking time!). There's other things, too. It is its owbn genre to be sure, though. Amon Amarth just happens to talk about vikings and they do use some of the "feel" that other viking metal bands do. Blizzard Beast $ODIN$ 21:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Would you maybe consider doing some work on the Viking metal page then? As it stands now, it says that Viking metal is merely a lyrical genre. --Managerpants (talk) 16:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Ok, but I believe it already mentions in the article the debate over the genre being a lurical or stand alone genre. Anyways, I believe it is a real genre, having listened to many viking metal bands, with a distinct sound. However, I'd hardly call AA viking metal. They're melodic death metal, with viking-inspired imagery, lyrics, etc. They do have a slightly different sound than most melodeath bands, though (a little more "epic" sound on their guitars), and because of the band being so pervasively called viking metal, I would just leave it as it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Navnløs (talk • contribs)

[edit] An ancient sign of coming storm lyrics

On a few lyrics sites, the lyrics for an ancient sign of coming storm are preceeded by the following text: "Där tog en nordlig vind skeppet, så att kungen ombord fördes med till strid mot två kungar De djärva kungarna Hälsade med pilskott Ordlöst i striden. Sköldarnas buller räckte."

Where do these words appear in the song, I can't hear any lyrics before "blood red bows plough the waves"

Also, what do the words mean? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.176.38.90 (talk • contribs).


[edit] Disambiguation

I think that when you type in "Amon Amarth" it should go to the Tolkien page for Orodruin, not to the band page. Amon Amarth is far more widely known in the Tolkien sense. I propose that "Amon Amarth" should be directed to Odoruin, and link to the band's page should be added from the Odoruin page.JanderVK

The above posting is false; You are mistaken. The band is widely famous in the rock music genre, while most people know mount doom as, well, mount doom. Also, while google results are no reliable source, searching for "amon amarth" there still is no result relating to mount doom within the first 20 pages. The change made a couple of weeks ago is perfeclty justified. ~ | twsx | talkcont | 13:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I disagree as well. Most people looking for the Tolkien page would type "Mount Doom" as their initial search. I don't picture anybody searching for "Amon Amarth" to find this. -- MisterHand 13:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Lets weigh the number of Tolkien fans (considering fans since/after 1937, 1960's, and immensely gained fans post-LOTR movies) to Amon Amarth fans. You do the math. "Widely famous" is Madonna, not Amon Amarth. Even than, Madonna goes to a disambiguation page due to historical uses of the name. Yes, Mount Doom is the most popular name used, but it also redirects to the lesser used name Orodruin. Anyhow, Amon Amarth is a Tolkien name, and originates from his books. That alone should merit that it should be directed to the Tolkien page of Orudruin first and foremost. Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge fan of the band, but this just sounds like fan POV to me... JanderVK
You claim the interpretation of the word for mount doom is more present to the public discourse than the band, yet you have not one argument. Work on that, i guess everybody here can be convinced of your point of view. ~ | twsx | talkcont | 06:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

You're supposed to put FOUR "~" to sign your post. Good job at failing. 72.39.159.155 04:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Can only add that "Amon Amarth" is mentioned only once or twice within JRRT's books. Current dispositions is perfectly justified. Súrendil 08:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Amon Amarth is the very uncommon name for Mount Doom. Keep it as it is Magicana 06:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Amon Amarth has practically no relevance at all to Tolkien. It is mentioned just briefly in the books and has no real significance. As already mentioned, go search for Amon Amarth in the worlds most popular search engine, Google.com. There are no references to Tolkien for at least 20 pages. Amon Amarth the band have sold hundreds of thousands of albums, have been on a world tour, are signed to the very popular Metal Blade record company, and have a contract for 3 more albums. Huge band with a huge fan base. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.229.70 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Oden's Gold

I think I remember a myspace bulletin from Amon Amarth talking about them planning to go into the studio later this year to record a new album. What interested me there was that (I think) it said "with a gold album under their belt" or something similar to that. With that one would assume that either "With Oden on our Side" or one of their previous albums went gold, but as far as I have seen none of their albums have any information about chart rankings, so this is making me wonder. Am I just imagining things or is this information just missing from wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.162.34.206 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Johan Hegg page?

I just noticed that searching for "Johan Hegg" redirects to the Amon Amarth page. That's the first time I've seen an artist's name redirect to the band he's in. Virtually every other member of every other band has their own page. Also, if "Johan Hegg" links to this page, someone should remove the link to "Johan Hegg" in the band members' section. It's just redundant. -76.16.71.212 (talk) 19:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, I just found out that Johan Söderberg's link in the band members' section links to the wrong Johan Söderberg. It links to this weird Swedish film director, not Amon Amarth's guitarist. -76.16.71.212 (talk) 20:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)