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Tumba, Stockholm, Sweden (1992 – present)

Deeply rooted in melodic death metal with lyrics centred around Viking history and Norse mythology, Amon Amarth (formerly known as Scum) formed in 1992 in Tumba, Sweden, a southern suburb of Stockholm. They began writing material with lots of melodies, harmonies and lyrics about Vikings and the norse Pantheon. In summer 1993 they entered Lagret Studio to record the Thor Arise demo, which would later on appear on the bonus disc of the album Versus the World. The band continued rehearsing and writing stronger material and again entered the studio. The result was the second demo, The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter. This time the band was much more satisfied with the sound and songs and launched it to an unsuspecting underground. The response was overwhelming, quickly selling out of the first pressing and secured them a one off deal with Singapore’s Pulverised Records.

This time they decided to use Abyss Studio, owned by Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy, and during five days in November 1995 the MCD Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds was recorded. The five track recording contained three new songs plus two re-recorded tracks from the band’s second demo. The MCD was released in April 1996 and continued the band’s build to world dominance. June 1996 saw the exiting of drummer Nico who was quickly replaced with Martin Lopez. During this time labels began to show interest and after much consideration the band chose to sign with Metal Blade.

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Die_In_a_Fire wrote:
yesterday evening

tranquilpride clearly hasn't heard any real death metal then.. pity...

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Hildesheimer_ wrote:
yesterday evening

If we leave out the fact that Amon Amarth aren't even death metal.

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Ashona223 wrote:
yesterday evening

love Amon Amarth

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tranquilpride wrote:
yesterday evening

Amon Amarth has the best death metal riffs imho, that’s why i love them!

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fishingforshark wrote:
yesterday afternoon

will they release a new album later this year

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Adriaan_gtr1 wrote:
Saturday evening

awesome!

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Dark-Devourer wrote:
Friday evening

forever EPIC[13]

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Dark-Devourer wrote:
Friday evening

All the albums Rulezz!!! \m/ [2]

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T0m_Me wrote:
Friday evening

"WARNING! Listening to Amon Amarth may cause ADRENALINE RUSH" rofl

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Dark-Devourer wrote:
Friday morning

Fuck! Under the Northern Star is fuckin awesome it should be on top

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x_DrHurt_x wrote:
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All the albums Rulezz!!! \m/

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Matheusmetal15 wrote:
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EPIC [12]

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DeadlyDevil wrote:
Thursday evening

The best.. EPIC [11]

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EPIC [6]

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"WARNING! Listening to Amon Amarth may cause ADRENALINE RUSH. " [2]

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