still rememnber when this came out. dark tanquillity and in flames were already stars in the making back in ´98 but amon amarth was fresh blood on melodeath scene, they were different and found their own style
wow never heard their debut before and I am stunned! what a beautiful raw melodic death metal with black metal influences. And those stories... Pity they do not make such music anymore...
Fate of Norns, in my opinion, was their peak. Personally I'm glad they evolved past this, because black metal sounds really bad and it's hard not to notice the influence. It's like the drummer couldn't keep up at certain points and it screws with your head. Plus, yknow, being able to understand Johan is pretty cool. And I value hearing metal about my ancestors and theirs in a way that I can understand without a visual aid.
Love the black metal influence in Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds, This and The Avenger. The near melancholic guitars (such as in the closing section of the title track of the Nine Worlds) and the raw, almost painful screams of Johan really make them stand out.
Nothing about the first two albums is black metal lol. Tremolo picking is literally a foundational technique of the death metal genre and its hilarious how surprised you people are the fact that Early Amon Amarth is rooted into OSDM.
@@JohnKasarinlan You are totally wrong. Oldschool death metal never sounded like this record. Obituary is oldschool death metal and it has nothing to do with Amon Amarth's early work.
The first song set the tone for all other songs to follow and established Amon Amarth as the greatest band. I grew up in the 70s and this was the sound I was longing for. Thank you! 🤘
I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ,BUT FREDRIK WAS THE BEAST BACK THEN, AND I AM 60 AND PROBALBY 10 OF THE BEST DRUMMERS IN MY LIFE TIME. THAT I LIKE AND ADMIRE..
@@vagueofficialMartin Lopez played drums on “Once Sent From Golden Halls”. This is the only album that features Martin Lopez before he left to join Opeth.
All albums up to Twilight of the Thunder God were all-killer, no-filler Melodic Death Metal. In my opinion everything after was repetitions of themes and sounds that worked, and what was more broadly popular in the metal fanbase. But these formative albums were sonic Ragnarok; a valkyrie charge of driving force and a berserkers war cry of vocals. This debut is one of the strongest debuts in the genre, and for me hasn't been matched since.
Once Sent from the Golden Hall’s anniversaries through the years. 🤘🎸🗡️🇸🇪 1998: First being released 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003: 5th Anniversary 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008: 10th Anniversary 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013: 15th Anniversary 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018: 20th Anniversary 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023: 25th Anniversary
Every Amon Amarth album since has been them trying to outdo their initial effort. They've come close a couple times, but their first is still their best.
@@chinhoification For sure. Andersson's drumming is great - it's furious, tight, and powerful, but Lopez's drums on that first album are absolutely ferocious. There's an intensity to Once Sent From The Golden Hall that I've always attributed largely to the drumming, which Amon Amarth just never recaptured without Lopez.
Such a fantastic work, I remember when this was new I mustve listened to Victorious March like 1000 times that year, when I was like 15 lol killer track!
Yeaaahh victorious march was something else. I used to run a lot in college and I listen to that song in particular towards the end of the run to get me thru haha
First time I heard these guys was on a comp disc with Agalloch, Withering Surface and some other great bands. Friends of the Suncross just blew my mind.
DAS ERSTE OFFIZIELLE ALBUM WAR SCHON EIN BESTSELLER!!!! ABER DAS WAR SCHON DAS 2 TE,,,,,, ES GAB SCHON EIN INOFFIZIELLES ALBUM DAVOR!!!!!💥💥💥💥🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍👌👌👌🤘🤘🤘🤘💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💥💥💥
I have the feeling everyone in the Metal Scene forgets how AWESOME and ORIGINAL this album is. It is raw, brutal, there are sooo many great riffs in each song and the two monumental 8-minute epics are great🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 A live show where they play the whole thing would be fantastic ;)
Eh aquí el mejor álbum de amon amarth que an sacado como el primero álbum no an podido repetirlo es un discazo sin nada de relleno sólo esencia pura cien por cien canciones que se te pegan hasta la saciedad un excelente ia pondrían volver a intentarlo de repetir sacar un álbum tan bueno
El mejor álbum de la banda i el más death metal de toda su discografía i es que es un discazo un diez todas las canciones son un cien por cien excelente disco de los vikingos Amón amarth
classic. perhaps the best live band i know, if you get the chance go see them. If you do, say hi, im the guy in the moshpit shouting all the lyrics on the top of my lungs
@@Chaoslorden idk they're still pretty death metal just not as raw which is fine. Their newer stuff is great. Definitely not heavy metal. And they're old, what do you expect? Literally every band isnt how they used to be when they get old.
Yeah. This album is top 3 AA for sure. For me, these guys are another one where the tr00 kvlt attitude of "first albums" only kind of rings true. Sorry AA dudes but I've not even truely bothered to listen to the latest albums, not really since Twilight... Plodding, templated and cheesy. Their earlier works seem far more inspired. Melodic but still badass. Turning to the myths makes for better lyrics than the tv-show-esque "VIKINGS! HORNS! SHIELDS! THOR!" of the last ten years or whatever of releases. Even the more 'mundane' viking themes like in Dragons Flight come across better here. I wasn't "far" into non-mainstream metal when I came across these guys. I'd not really heard guitars like this unti this album, or early Opeth. It was a pretty cool discovery.
I listen to this, and the algorithm decides that I need to see a movie about the Chippendales. Not that I mind, but what is the Venn diagram of Amon Amarth fans and male stripping enthusiasts?
@@BlastinRope yeah because it’s illegal to be white. I get the joke. Don’t worry tho. Breaking point is soon, it’s not going to be banned before race war
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still rememnber when this came out. dark tanquillity and in flames were already stars in the making back in ´98 but amon amarth was fresh blood on melodeath scene, they were different and found their own style
So raw sounding and full of energy, these early Amon Amarth albums hold a special place in my heart
early albums has some superior power, this, avenger. the crusher and vs world is still insane to witness
@@eonmark847 so true
@@eonmark847 its a little sad that they lost this power to commercialism
@@AgAiNsT87 Agreed, i enjoy every album of theirs, but the first six are just timeless. With Oden On Our Side is the last true AA album.
Best album by Amon Amarth. A masterpiece...
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
This album is still one of my favourites.
wow never heard their debut before and I am stunned! what a beautiful raw melodic death metal with black metal influences. And those stories... Pity they do not make such music anymore...
Fate of Norns, in my opinion, was their peak. Personally I'm glad they evolved past this, because black metal sounds really bad and it's hard not to notice the influence. It's like the drummer couldn't keep up at certain points and it screws with your head.
Plus, yknow, being able to understand Johan is pretty cool. And I value hearing metal about my ancestors and theirs in a way that I can understand without a visual aid.
Love the black metal influence in Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds, This and The Avenger. The near melancholic guitars (such as in the closing section of the title track of the Nine Worlds) and the raw, almost painful screams of Johan really make them stand out.
@@SpaceEmperorGenos Fate of the Norms is where their sound is starting to get weaker.
Nothing about the first two albums is black metal lol. Tremolo picking is literally a foundational technique of the death metal genre and its hilarious how surprised you people are the fact that Early Amon Amarth is rooted into OSDM.
@@JohnKasarinlan You are totally wrong. Oldschool death metal never sounded like this record. Obituary is oldschool death metal and it has nothing to do with Amon Amarth's early work.
The first song set the tone for all other songs to follow and established Amon Amarth as the greatest band. I grew up in the 70s and this was the sound I was longing for. Thank you! 🤘
I think their old albums are better than new ones
as fuck bro, I'm so disappointed by the 3 last albums :/
Absolutely truth !! Now they're turn too much commercial
Especially the last two. Jomsviking was still fun imo.
yep people just don't know
Agreed. Still The Great Heathen Army delivered.
Yeah! My favorite Amon Amarth Album! Just raw Melodic Death Metal! 🤟
Los primeros albums de Amon Amarth son legendarios
Si Senor
I DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ,BUT FREDRIK WAS THE BEAST BACK THEN, AND I AM 60 AND PROBALBY 10 OF THE BEST DRUMMERS IN MY LIFE TIME. THAT I LIKE AND ADMIRE..
fredrik didnt play on this album.
@@ai_headbanger He did i think, the first drummer was on the demo tracks. Could be wrong tho.
@@vagueofficialMartin Lopez played drums on “Once Sent From Golden Halls”. This is the only album that features Martin Lopez before he left to join Opeth.
@@Agalloch1234 I see, thanks for the info.
This is not only the most underrated Amon Amarth album, it is the most underrated album of all time
I agree
Love this album and very raw and powerful album Amon Amarth is awsome
I like a great number of songs from this band, on all their albums.
Victorious Marchhhhhhhh
All albums up to Twilight of the Thunder God were all-killer, no-filler Melodic Death Metal. In my opinion everything after was repetitions of themes and sounds that worked, and what was more broadly popular in the metal fanbase.
But these formative albums were sonic Ragnarok; a valkyrie charge of driving force and a berserkers war cry of vocals. This debut is one of the strongest debuts in the genre, and for me hasn't been matched since.
Suttur rising in the same please
word!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surtur Rising was great too.
Great storytelling on this one. As said in earlier comments.. their first, their best.
LOVE this álbum I was 16 years old when i got It . It changed me .
Once Sent from the Golden Hall’s anniversaries through the years. 🤘🎸🗡️🇸🇪
1998: First being released
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003: 5th Anniversary
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008: 10th Anniversary
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013: 15th Anniversary
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018: 20th Anniversary
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023: 25th Anniversary
Every Amon Amarth album since has been them trying to outdo their initial effort. They've come close a couple times, but their first is still their best.
The best by a looooooooong slide. The rest is meh
@@TJW836 wrong
With oden on our side is my favorite
Guess that proves Martin Lopez's value
@@chinhoification For sure. Andersson's drumming is great - it's furious, tight, and powerful, but Lopez's drums on that first album are absolutely ferocious. There's an intensity to Once Sent From The Golden Hall that I've always attributed largely to the drumming, which Amon Amarth just never recaptured without Lopez.
Such a fantastic work, I remember when this was new I mustve listened to Victorious March like 1000 times that year, when I was like 15 lol killer track!
Yeaaahh victorious march was something else. I used to run a lot in college and I listen to that song in particular towards the end of the run to get me thru haha
First time I heard these guys was on a comp disc with Agalloch, Withering Surface and some other great bands. Friends of the Suncross just blew my mind.
Their vocals are definitely the best on this album. Incredible release.
Victorious March ♥️
Victorious march el mejor tema del álbum i su mejor tema de todos no puedes dejar de escuchar lo esa marcha vikinga
siegreicher marsch
@@endoplazmikretikulum1378 YES
Such an awesome band
There is no best album like there is no best ice cream flavour. Bring em all I’ll taste em upon my feeling of the day
There is a best album and it is this one. Hands down. This was and remains their Magnus Opus. Perfection...
Nice album, a incredible atmosphere... congrats from Brazil
Future for Metal!!!
This is soooooooooo good! The
atmosphere, the honesty and the rawness!
Berzerk Atmosphere, Melancholic Melodies, Brutal Scenery, Majestic Story Stelling. A tru Viking Album
DAS ERSTE OFFIZIELLE ALBUM WAR SCHON EIN BESTSELLER!!!! ABER DAS WAR SCHON DAS 2 TE,,,,,, ES GAB SCHON EIN INOFFIZIELLES ALBUM DAVOR!!!!!💥💥💥💥🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍👌👌👌🤘🤘🤘🤘💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💥💥💥
I have the feeling everyone in the Metal Scene forgets how AWESOME and ORIGINAL this album is. It is raw, brutal, there are sooo many great riffs in each song and the two monumental 8-minute epics are great🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
A live show where they play the whole thing would be fantastic ;)
Excelentísimo Albumazo Amon Amarth hasta morir en la colección!!
Victorious March топ✊
What a Masterpiece
Pros of their older stuff: Heavier sound, more unique compositions, powerful vocals
Cons: Wtf is he saying?
old school? yeeeeeaaaahhhhs!
Wow I just remember how good they were back then
Hell Yeaah!!!! Hail Amon Amarth!!!! My gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My gods too
Eh aquí el mejor álbum de amon amarth que an sacado como el primero álbum no an podido repetirlo es un discazo sin nada de relleno sólo esencia pura cien por cien canciones que se te pegan hasta la saciedad un excelente ia pondrían volver a intentarlo de repetir sacar un álbum tan bueno
El mejor álbum de la banda i el más death metal de toda su discografía i es que es un discazo un diez todas las canciones son un cien por cien excelente disco de los vikingos Amón amarth
classic. perhaps the best live band i know, if you get the chance go see them. If you do, say hi, im the guy in the moshpit shouting all the lyrics on the top of my lungs
Agreed, seem them twice and they do not disappoint
Victorious March is an absolute fkn banger
They should rerelease this album. The drummer lags behind in the fast(ish) doublebass parts. It holds the whole album back.
Still the best album in my opinion. Last couple of records have felt way too polished and boring, but I guess that's what the masses buy.
They changed styles quite a bit too. I lost most interest after Twilight of the thunder god, when they started losing their death metal touch imo.
@@Mustis1524 yeah got into some kind of heavy metal/mainstream sounding metal with a viking label slapped on it. Totally lost me there sadly.
@@Chaoslorden idk they're still pretty death metal just not as raw which is fine. Their newer stuff is great. Definitely not heavy metal. And they're old, what do you expect? Literally every band isnt how they used to be when they get old.
@@dubiousdevil9572 most bands either don’t know when to quit or can’t because of obligations
@@hazardeur Because people still need money. You cant just call it quits when you need money. Also who wants to quit something they love?
Classic
Oh Hell Yiiissss!
The older the Amon Amarth album, the better!
やっぱ初期が好き
Me too
私もそうです
Masterpiece… I jam Avenger more but this might be objectively their best. Drumming is otherworldly
Martin Lopez 🤘
Best AA album ever!!!
INCREÍBLE... De Principio a Fin... UNA OBRA MAESTRA, definitivamente
Estoy totalmente de acuerdo compañero como este disco del grupo obra maestra no ay ninguno increíble de principio a fin
Martin Lopez baby! Let's go!!!!!!!!
Ride for vengance 🦾
Хороший альбом. Пусть у нас в Киеве выступят. Ждём........
Yeah. This album is top 3 AA for sure. For me, these guys are another one where the tr00 kvlt attitude of "first albums" only kind of rings true. Sorry AA dudes but I've not even truely bothered to listen to the latest albums, not really since Twilight... Plodding, templated and cheesy.
Their earlier works seem far more inspired. Melodic but still badass. Turning to the myths makes for better lyrics than the tv-show-esque "VIKINGS! HORNS! SHIELDS! THOR!" of the last ten years or whatever of releases. Even the more 'mundane' viking themes like in Dragons Flight come across better here.
I wasn't "far" into non-mainstream metal when I came across these guys. I'd not really heard guitars like this unti this album, or early Opeth. It was a pretty cool discovery.
nowadays they are just inspired by fucking capitalism
just a bunch of soulless sellouts
great toilet army......
just compare the music.....
Definetely strong Swedish old school DM wibe at times
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
REAL & FANTASTIC VIKING MELODIC DEATH METAL!!!... HAIL SVERIGE!!!...
🤘
BRUTAL----LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN
Is it true that the drummer on this album was Martin Lopez (opeth,soen)?
Their earlier albums were superior and crafted with such passion...
I’ve found the key to the metal chest
Why the offensive to upload all kinds of albums here? I like it, but somehow it surprises me!
btw... best album from Amon Amarth
Offencesive...to up🤔🤨😶
Haaaa fucking great sounding hellyeahh
Way too original back then and so far
The bond forms are in the lockbox at the main post office here in Dallas if you need a new cock farm
Best album Amon amarth
I listen to this, and the algorithm decides that I need to see a movie about the Chippendales. Not that I mind, but what is the Venn diagram of Amon Amarth fans and male stripping enthusiasts?
Must surely be the burly, half naked men thing? Ahaha, funny regardless.
I always thought the drum in this album isn’t good …personally I don’t like
The drums are perfect, theres only a weird crash or ride part in "Abandoned" but still a great song.
@@vagueofficiallove the band, the album and the songs….not the drums in this album
this album is banned in 15 years btw
Y?
@@Cinerary considered natsoc propaganda and offensive to islam
@@BlastinRope yeah because it’s illegal to be white.
I get the joke. Don’t worry tho. Breaking point is soon, it’s not going to be banned before race war
@@BlastinRope what are u talkin abt bro
Best AA
new albums are like heavy metal with growls. not fun anymore :c
Ha number 169th like son! Lol
Martin Lopez on drums before he joined Opeth.