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The Avenger is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records on September 2, 1999. It was also released as a digipak version, containing a bonus track "Thor Arise", a re-recording of the title track from their first demo, Thor Arise. The album was also released as an LP version. Later, Metal Blade Records re-released the album in 2005 on Picture LP, limited to 500 hand-counted copies.
[edit] Quote and feud
Exact quote for the album, by the band:
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"Any references made to implicate that there are cover bands out there that
really sucks [sic] found in this recording are purely intentional."
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The quote was a result of a short-lived feud with heavy metal band Hammerfall and feared consumers and press alike viewed the album as unoriginal or a near-cover work of another band.
[edit] Track listing
- "Bleed for Ancient Gods" − 4:31
- "The Last with Pagan Blood" − 5:39
- "North Sea Storm" − 4:56
- "Avenger" − 7:11
- "God, His Son and Holy Whore" − 4:00
- "Metalwrath" − 3:50
- "Legend of a Banished Man" − 6:05
- "Thor Arise" − 5:07 (re-recording of track from Thor Arise demo, bonus track for digipak only)
[edit] Credits
[edit] Band members
- Engineered and mixed by Peter Tägtgren.
- Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm by Peter In De Betou, April 1999.
- Cover and layout by Thomas Everhard.
