Introduce me to Amon Amarth

[Wings of a dream]

Alright, I've wanting to get into this band for a while now so....

Give me any info you can, good songs, albums, similar bands, or just about anything that'll get me listening to them. And they're black metal right?

 

[Taliesin]

The one track to get into them must be "Death In Fire", but there are also the all time masterpiece "Victorious March", "The Last with Pagan Blood", "Bleed for ancient Gods"
They dont vary their style much so you either love em or you hate em. I love both Death and Viking Metal and I think they're an excellent crossbreed

 

[PanzerKunt]

Download Death in Fire and check the Amon Amarth forum.

 

[Klein]

Yeah, I'd call them Death and Viking Metal...'Death in Fire', 'Pursiut of Vikings' and my all time fav. 'For the Stabwounds in our back' are their must-hear-songs (for me).

For the Stabwounds starts with a slow riff, and with a bell tolling....and then hell opens up as you stand in the middle of the moshpit......

So sit there on your golden throne
Soon we will arise
Time for vengeance is coming soon
The time for all to die!

Amon Amarth challenged Bodom for beeing my fav. Band once, but due to the lack of variation their didn't do it in the end...

 

[Justinschut]

I saw them live... they are angry people making a lot of noise

 

[PanzerKunt]

where noise = a fuken great show

 

[Wings of a dream]

where noise = a fuken great show

you meant music right?

And thanks! I'll check those songs out and let you all know how it goes.


And viking metal? what genre is that?

 

[PanzerKunt]

Well obviously.

Viking metal is "insert genre here" metal that has lyrics/themes/whatever related to the viking ages.

 

[Yetti]

i started with their avenger album. fuckin' awesome

 

[perfecterror]

i love amon amarth... i wish i could see them live someday. i asked janne (on the ask janne thread) if he liked amon amarth, and he said he hadn't listen to them, but he said that they may tour together one day... i would travel anywhere to see that!

 

[Taliesin]

Ive seen them 3 times, they're an awesome live band

 

[TheTechnogoat]

A fury divine and death in fire are good ones, if u like them u should check out Nevermore if u hadnt already

 

[ND24/7]

And viking metal? what genre is that?

Epic death metal that has those crunchy 'in your face' riffs. Kinda similar to old Hypocrisy mixed with a more epic feeling yeah. Pretty much that I'd say.

 

[Heavenscent]

Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, shit like that. I say Turisas is Viking too.

 

[Taliesin]

Thyrfing are in a comparable vein as well, although most of the Viking Metal bands are less Death Metal and more folkish and varied in riffs and song structure than Amon Amarth

 

[EagleFlyFree]

thyrfing are GREAT! their last 3 albums are very distinct, they all sound great in their own way
the last one is special, at first i hated it cause it sounds a bit too modern if you catch my drift, but they're definitively not jumping ship, they're still death metal and have great melodies
i listen to it quite a lot these days

 

[Taliesin]

I didnt like Valdr Galga so much, I found it too catchy, but it's still a good album. Urkraft is quite good as well, get it if you havent already. Thyrfing are great, but they're not too comparable to AA.. Id rather compare them to Ensiferum or Moonsorrow ^^