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5 out of 5 stars

album of the year? maybe. instant classic at the least! October 16, 2006
27 out of 31 found this review helpful

I noticed that this album is in the 600's on the best selling amazon list. That's pretty good for an underground metal band i would say. I'm glad that a good band is finally getting noticed. In case anyone doesn't know, Amon Amarth is a band that plays a style of death metal dubbed "viking metal". Their lyrics, their image, their music is based upon the epic soundscapes of vikings, norse mythology, and battles of honor and glory. They are much like their death metal cousins, bolt thrower, in that respect. While bolt thrower pummels us with brutal vocals and riffs everywhere, Amon Amarth throws in deep throat vocals (that can still be understood somehow; what an amazing singer they have!) and a melodic but heavy wall of sound....much like an approaching army! Over the last few releases, AA have gotten a bit more melodic than their earlier stuff but they get their point across just as well as ever.

Their previous efffort, the fate of norns, was a good release but it was way too melodic and slow, even by AA standards. With this release, they pick up the pace quite a bit and once again find the perfect balance between heavy and melodic, epic and to the point.

Tracks 3, 5, 6, and 9 are my favorites. 3 is easily the heaviest, fastest song on the album and it pummels you until the exact second it's over. Track 9 is a slower (but still retardely heavy) track that captures perfect the epic sound of AA. On this sound, you have the melodic guitar, the slower melodic parts, the heavier guitar with the faster, more crunchy parts. The vocals, drums, and bass on this song all come togther with the others and create a very strong song, one of AA's best. The atompshere on this song is very very dark and full of despair and hoplesness. I love it.

5 out of 5 stars

With Oden On Our Side April 11, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

This is definately Amon Amarth's best album to date, and that is saying a lot. I've been a fan of these guys' Viking influenced Death metal for a long time. What really sets Amon Amarth apart from typical Death metal is the fact that they have a lot of melody to their work. There's a lot of high tremolo picking and whatnot. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of double bass to go around, there's just an overall epic feel to their sound. So what makes this album so special? It just seems as if they pushed their song writing up a few notches. You can pretty much understand their singer and everything he's saying. The solos have gotten alot better. These guys really set it off with this record! This is definately up there for one of the bests of 2006.

5 out of 5 stars

Amon Amarth's Best!! November 2, 2006
9 out of 13 found this review helpful

This album is amazing...Slower but very epic!!You do feel like you're getting ready for battle.It's a very melodic album.

Valhall Awaits Me pumps you up, never gets boring.Every song is amazing.
Cry Of The Blackbirds in my opinion is the best song on the album.

5 out of 5 stars

The Horsemen of Amon Amarth Strike back with a vengence that will be felt for years to come October 8, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

i have all amon amarths cd and in my opinion this is there best, fate of norms was good, but it was missing something, they found it on this cd, and no it's not VS the WORLD 2, it's much better, hard to believe because that cd was amazing. this cd contains a good blend of fast and heavy songs mix with a few nice slow chuggers.

now as much as i would like to point fingers and give my opinon which song is the best, that would be wrong on this cd, because all of the songs are of the highest caliber, and i havn't said that about a cd in years. it's just ashame there dvd came out before this cd, i would love to have seen some of these songs on it. by the way if you havn't picked up there dvd yet, you really should it amazing.

the feel of this cd is dark, i know there cd are generally the same in terms of lyrics and viking conquest, but you can really feel it in this cd you just get the feel you are leaving your homeland boarding a ship and headed off to war to pillage and plunder on a ship full of amor clad warriors with sword in one hand and ale in the other.

this cd has not left my car since i got the cd last week, and i'm not sure when it will, and this is my cd of choice for my ipod in the gym, seriously who can workout and listen to hip and and get motivated, i sure as heck cant. i'm sure i get some funny looks singing to the lyrics as i run and workout, good.

in closing there has been a handful of good cd this year and a few great ones and a few suprises, but WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE in my opinon you are going to be listening to the cd of the year no questions asked, the only thing i worry about is the bar has been set so high with this cd that the expectations of there next cd will be so high that it will be unreachable.

but until that time we must revel in the glory that is WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE, this cd is there pinnacle in my opinion, people will talk about this cd for years to come, i don't like using these comparsions often, but it is there master of puppets, or slaughter of the soul, get my point, in time this cd will become a classic.

until we set sail on our next voyage of conquest, warriors of odin unite and spread the word that WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE was sent from Valhalla itself , all hail Amon Amarth, cheers.

5 out of 5 stars

Forged in Snow and Ice November 21, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

One of the best metal albums of this decade. Second only to Vs The World for this band. Production quality is the best yet, and you can tell the band worked very hard to give us a true metal tour de force. Johan proves once again why he's one of the best in the business. His delivery is brutal, but somehow clear enough to understand, which is rare for a death vocalist. The Soderberg/Mikkonen guitar duo should get a grammy for this effort. These guys keep putting out pure, crystalline metal, album after album. And the rhythm section of Andersson and Lundstrom could not be tighter, providing the band that classic Amon Amarth "wall of sound."

There are no bad tracks on this CD. Highlights are Runes to My Memory, with a great chorus riff that just sticks in your head; Gods of War, where the first 2 minutes alone are just glorious viking metal; Asator, unreal riffs; and With Oden On Our Side, which seems to raise the gods from their slumber by itself!

Amon Amarth is able to do what many bands cannot- they innovate within their genre. These guys know where their strengths are and keep hammering away at it! Yet, their true gift is that they can give us these great epic metal assaults over and over without sounding stale. Each album is unique, but all are still connected with familiar themes: vikings, norse gods, battle and adventure. Combine this with some of the best riffs ever devised and you get classic metal for the ages.

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