The Avenger (album)
The Avenger was the second full-length album by the Death Metal band Amon Amarth. It was released by Metal Blade Records on September 2, 1999. It was the first album to feature the guitarist Johan Söderberg and the drummer Fredrik Andersson.[1] The digipak version contained a re-recording of their first demo Thor Arise. It was first released in LP format, but was then re-released by Metal Blade Records in 2005.
| The Avenger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 2, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | March 1999 at The Abyss in Pärlby | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 36:12 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Peter Tägtgren | |||
| Amon Amarth chronology | ||||
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Quote
Amon Amarth said,
| “ | Any references made to implicate that there are cover bands out there that
really sucks [sic] found in this recording are purely intentional. |
” |
It was the result of a short-lived feud with HammerFall.
Track List
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bleed for Ancient Gods" | 4:31 |
| 2. | "The Last with Pagan Blood" | 5:39 |
| 3. | "North Sea Storm" | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Avenger" | 7:11 |
| 5. | "God, His Son and Holy Whore" | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Metalwrath" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Legend of a Banished Man" | 6:05 |
Total length: |
36:12 | |
| Digipak Bonus Track | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 8. | "Thor Arise" (re-recording of track from Thor Arise demo, digibak bonus) | 5:07 | |||||||
Band Members
Reviews
The album got very good reviews. Allmusic.com said it was "mixing lightning-quick rhythms and noisy guitar textures with deep, growling grooves." They gave it 3.5 stars out of 5.[2]
References
- ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young, Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu (London, England: Jawbone Press, 2007), p. 357
- ↑ "Review by Steve Huey on Allmusic.com".