Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth at With Full Force festival
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Viking-themed melodic death metal
Years active	1992 – present
Label(s)	Metal Blade
Website	amonamarth.com
Members
Fredrik Andersson Johan Hegg Johan Söderberg Olavi Mikkonen Ted Lundström
Former members
Anders Hansson Nico Mehra Martin Lopez

Amon Amarth is a viking-themed melodic death metal band from Sweden founded in 1992 in Tumba, named after a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The name means "Mount Doom" in Sindarin, one of Tolkien's Elvish languages.

The five Swedish musicians are known for their songs based on Norse Mythology. This is an element that originally emerged as a sub-genre of black metal known as viking metal in the early 1990s, made popular by such bands as Bathory and Enslaved, although the band's sound is more in the vein of mid period Bolt Thrower.

Formed under the name Scum, they switched to the name Amon Amarth in 1992 and released a demo recording, The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter, in 1994, selling all 1000 demo discs in less than 12 hours. This demo brought them to sign at Pulverised Records on which they released in 1996 their first MCD "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds" from which they sold 6000 copies (6000 copies in 4 different versions, this info is directly provided from Pulverised). This release brought them to Metal Blade Records. With the release of the album Once Sent from the Golden Hall in 1998 their popularity rose on an international level and since has brought forth multiple U.S. tours, four music videos, and appearances in over 100 metal magazines.

When commenting on the name of the band, vocalist Johan Hegg said:-

Their latest album, With Oden on our Side, was released in 2006 on September 22nd (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) / September 25th (Europe) / October 5th (Canada).

Aestheticom, a music video production company, was chosen to produce videos for Runes to My Memory and Cry of the Black Birds, both directed by Bill Schacht.

When asked to comment on the bands genre, Johan Hegg said:-

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