Versus the World (Amon Amarth album)

Versus the World

Studio album by Amon Amarth

Released

November 18, 2002
(see release history)

Recorded

August 2002 (Berno Studio)

Genre

Melodic death metal

Length

47:49

Label

Metal Blade

Producer

Berno Paulsson, Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth chronology

The Crusher
(2001)

Versus the World
(2002)

Fate of Norns
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard (de)	9/10^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]

Versus the World is the fourth full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth, released on November 18, 2002 by Metal Blade Records. It was also released with a bonus disc featuring the Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds EP as well as their two demos; Thor Arise, The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter (the first being unreleased before) and a German version of "Victorious March" entitled "Siegreicher Marsch" which was on Once Sent from the Golden Hall. The song "Death in Fire" was made into a music video. Versus the World was the first Amon Amarth album to showcase a more midpaced and heavy sound, unlike their earlier faster works. A deluxe edition was released in 2009 that featured the album remastered by Jens Bogren, and a bonus cd of the original album played live in its entirety in Bochum, Germany.

When asked to comment on the album, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:-

“	This is the darkest, heaviest and most melancholic album we've ever done and the atmosphere can be felt through the whole album. I would say it's the most even album we've done so far and that the concept can be recognized in every song.	”
	— Johan Hegg interview with The Metal Web

Reception

In 2005, Versus the World was ranked number 413 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Death in Fire"	4:54
2.	"For the Stabwounds in Our Backs"	4:56
3.	"Where Silent Gods Stand Guard"	5:46
4.	"Versus the World"	5:22
5.	"Across the Rainbow Bridge"	4:51
6.	"Down the Slopes of Death"	4:09
7.	"Thousand Years of Oppression"	5:42
8.	"Bloodshed"	5:13
9.	"...And Soon the World Will Cease to Be"	6:57
Total length:		47:49

Viking Edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Siegreicher Marsch" (German version of "Victorious March") (Recorded during the Versus the World sessions)	7:54
2.	"Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds" (Remastered)	3:53
3.	"The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter" (Second demo)	4:26
4.	"Burning Creation"	4:59
5.	"The Mighty Doors of the Speargod's Hall"	5:43
6.	"Under the Greyclouded Winter Sky"	5:36
7.	"Burning Creation" (Demo)	4:49
8.	"Arrival of the Fimbul Winter" (Demo)	4:38
9.	"Without Fear" (Demo)	4:42
10.	"Risen from the Sea"	5:43
11.	"Atrocious Humanity"	5:54
12.	"Army of Darkness"	5:27
13.	"Thor Arise" (first demo)	6:31
14.	"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover)	4:22
Total length:		74:38

Release history

Region	Date
Europe	Nov 18, 02
North America	Mid Jan, 03

Personnel

Band members

Fredrik Andersson - drums
Olavi Mikkonen - lead guitars
Johan Hegg - vocals
Johan Söderberg - rhythm guitars
Ted Lundström - bass

Other

Engineered and mixed by Peter Tägtgren.
Remastered by Henrik Larsson in September 2002.
Cover by Tom Thiel and Thomas Everhard

References

↑ "Rock Hard review". issue 187. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r611719
↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 44. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.

Amon Amarth

Johan Hegg Johan Söderberg Olavi Mikkonen Ted Lundström Martin Lopez Anders Hansson Nico Mehra Fredrik Andersson

Studio albums	Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) The Avenger (1999) The Crusher (2001) Versus the World (2002) Fate of Norns (2004) With Oden on Our Side (2006) Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) Surtur Rising (2011) Deceiver of the Gods (2013) Jomsviking (2016)

EPs	Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds

Demos	Thor Arise

Videos	Wrath of the Norsemen

Related	Discography

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