Versus The World - Amon Amarth

Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Amon Amarth / Limited Edition / Audio CD released 2002-11-04 at Metal ... more

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Newest Review: ... with melodic death metal, with a tendency to carry off a rhythm through relentless tremolo-picking (that's about the only ... more

... technical term I know for guitar playing, so it's nice of the band to give me the opportunity to use it ad nauseam). While the band has remained mostly stable across its continuing career, it's the drummer that has tended to revolve in a Spinal Tap manner with most releases, and here Fredrik Andersson proves himself to be the most interesting member of the band, his rhythms evoking the Ancient Norse imagery much more successfully than the often boring guitars and vocals of Johan Hegg, whose angry growl now sometim...more

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	Versus the World Release Date: 2002 - 11 - 04, Audio CD, Metal Blade Last Update 27.11.2009 05:48	£ 18.57

Versus the World
Release Date: 2002 - 11 - 04, Audio CD, Metal Blade

Last Update 27.11.2009 05:48

£ 18.57

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Versus The World - Amon Amarth: Diluted Wrath of the Norsemen (655 words)
by - written on 14/01/08 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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'Versus the World' was the start of a new era for Amon Amarth, achieving relative breakthrough status in the metal world at the same time they toned down the aggression and intensity of their Viking-themed death metal. Coincidence, or shameful change of direction for something more commercially viable? Either way, 'Versus the World' stands out in the discography as the point at which Amon Amarth stopped being exciting, and all their songs started to sound more or less the same. These nine songs are all very similar in their mid-speed melodic death metal and growled conquest narratives, with the exception of two songs that feature some higher-pitched lead ... Read the complete review