Amon Amarth

My favorite melodic death metal band from Sweden, formed in 1992. Their song are about Vikings, warfare and Norse mythology. Their name came from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Amon Amarth is Sindarin name for Mount Doom.Their new album Sutur Rising is going to be released in up coming days and I'm definitely going to get it. I'm really looking forward to it because Johan's brutal growl is...just brutal.

Members:
Johan Hegg - Vocals
Olavi Mikkonen - Guitar
Johan Söderberg - Guitar
Ted Lundström - Bass
Fredrik Andersson - Drums

Discography(only full-length):
Once Sent from the Golden Hall 1998
The Avenger 1999
The Crusher 2001
Versus the World 2002
Fate of Norns 2004
With Oden On Our Side 2006
Twilight of the Thunder God 2008
Surtur Rising 2011


I have seen them one on open-air festival Masters of Rock and I must say it was amazing. They were singing a song about a storm and a real storm really came. Lightning striking and thunder rumbling everywhere around us. We were soaked through in seconds, but nobody cared, we were just jumping and yelling. Best festival experience ever. Even though I had to spent the rest of the night as a homeless, because my tent was full of water. Next day was a complete nightmare. Starved and tired to death, I decided to go home one day earlier. I don't regret that, because there was no band I wanted to see that day.