Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth is a melodic daith metal baund frae Tumba, Swaden. The feck o their sangs is anent Norse Meethology.

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Amon Amarth on Metalmania Festival 2005 in Poland

The baund wes foundit in 1992 unner the name Scum, oreeginally playin in a goregrind style, but suin chynged tae a mair melodic daith metal style, wi leerics taen frae Norse Meethology. Aboot this time they chynged their name tae Amon Amarth, taen frae the Sindarian leid cleckit bi Tolkien, meanin Ben Weird (tho in his warks its mair aften kent as Oroduin, or Mount Doom).

Mony fowk cries thaim "Viking Metal", tho the baund thaimsels dinna gree wi this - as lilter Johan Hegg says:

We play Daith Metal. We scrieve aboot Vikings sae therefor some refers tae us as Viking Metal, but I dinna hae ony idea whit thon is.

Line-up

Current members

Johan Hegg − Liltin
Johan Söderberg − Guitars
Olavi Mikkonen − Guitars
Ted Lundström − Bass Guitar
Fredrik Andersson − Drums

Umwhile members

Anders Hansson − Guitars
Nico Kaukinen − Drums
Martin Lopez − Drums
Themgoroth − Liltin

Discography

Demos an sel released

Demo 1 (unner the name Scum) (1992)
Thor Arise (1993)
The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter (1994)

Albums

Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds (1996)
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)