The album's material though was not included in the DVD Wrath Of The Norsemen (the song of the same title would be found in the 2011 album) which was released in May 2006, having turned gold in US (platinum - in Canada) ever since. The follow-up, With Oden on Our Side (2006), has shown (according to AllMusic) that "Amon Amarth continue to be champions of the worldwide death metal tournament" and rose to number 26 in the US Top Independent album charts. Touring continued up until Spring 2004 when the band started working on Fate of Norns album which was released on 6 September 2004. In Berno Studio in Malmo Versus The World was recorded and came out, The Viking Edition comprising a bonus CD which included demos Thor Arise and Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter. In April 2002 the band toured Europe with Vomitory and in August performed at Wacken Open Air before 12.000 metal fans. Their first American tour in autumn 2001 though had to be cancelled (due to the 11 September attack) and was held later, in January 2002, without Marduk, Amon Amarth headlining. In support of it the band went on tour with Marduk and Vader, taking part in No Mercy Festival. The Crusher album released in 2001 was considered to be their most aggressive. The release was supported by the X-Mas Massacre Festivals Tour with Morbid Angel headlining. With him in Spring 1999 the band recorded and released their second full-length, The Avenger. After the tour Martin Lopez quit to join Opeth and Fredrik Andersson (ex-A Canorous Quintet) came in. In June 1998, as the band was about to commence a tour alongside Deicide, Six Feet Under and Brutal Truth, guitarist Anders Hansson left and was replaced by Johan Soderberg. According to Allmusic, the song that bore the group's namesake was the most memorable, containing "the chaotic noises of battle, the screams of the dying, and much sword-clashing to boot." Since then they have done multiple Canada and US tours, festival appearances, seven music videos, and appearances in over 100 metal magazines. Described as "a compelling fusion of buzzsaw riff work, melodic harmonies and soul-crushing rhythms punctuated by Hegg’s callous black/death roar and accounts of Norse battles and treachery" it made sure Amon Amarth' popularity rose internationally. They then signed with Metal Blade Records which released the debut album Once Sent from the Golden Hall. In 1996, they signed with Pulverised Records, on which they released their first MCD, Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds, which sold 6000 copies. In 1994 another demo entitled The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter was recorded this time 1,000 copies were indeed issued. Raw and uneven in sound and execution, it was never officially released due to low quality standards, but the band caught the attention of extreme metal fans with its own "infectious brand of epic-sounding brutality and unadorned conviction". Īfter a 1991 demo (credited to Scum) the band changed their name to Amon Amarth in 1992 and recorded their first demo Thor Arise (1993). Scum made no impression upon the burgeoning Stockholm metal scene, but then Johan Hegg came in: it was his "imposing stature -like growl" that were beginning to shape the image and the sound of the band which now started to incorporate Viking-related themes. Formed in 1988 as Scum by Paul "Themgoroth" Mäkitalo ( Dark Funeral) on vocals, Olavi Mikkonen on guitar, Nico Mehra on drums and Vesa Meriläinen guitar, the band originally played grindcore based on "jagged riffs, dark atmospheres, untethered vitriol and copious amounts of mead".
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