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0.00Want to ReadBuy on AmazonRate this bookPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Viking metal musical groups, Bathory, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, List of Viking metal bands, Obscurity, Turisas, Tyr, Folkearth, Enslaved, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Ancient Rites, Unleashed, Vintersorg, Manegarm, Thyrfing, Glittertind, Equilibrium, Forefather, In Battle, Doomsword, Himinbjorg, Falkenbach, Windir, Thronar, Solstafir, Einherjer, Asmegin, Heidevolk, Adorned Brood, Sequester, Mithotyn, Myrkgrav, Otyg, Trollfest, Black Messiah. Excerpt: Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden founded in 1992, and takes its name from the Sindarin translation of Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The band comprises vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Soderberg, bassist Ted Lundstrom and drummer Fredrik Andersson. Amon Amarth has released eight studio albums, one EP, one DVD, and seven music videos. Formed in 1988 as Scum by Paul "Themgoroth" Makitalo (Dark Funeral) on vocals, Olavi Mikkonen on guitar, Nico Mehra on drums and Vesa Merilainen guitar, the band originally played grindcore based on "jagged riffs, dark atmospheres, untethered vitriol and copious amounts of mead." Scum made no impression upon the burgeoning Stockholm metal scene, but then Johan Hegg came in: it was his "imposing stature Thor-like growl" that were beginning to shape the image and the sound of the band which now started to incorporate Viking-related themes. After a 1991 demo (credited to Scum) the band changed their name to Amon Amarth in 1992 and recorded their first demo Thor Arise (1993). Raw and uneven in sound and execution, it was never officially released due to low quality standards but the band caught the attention of extreme metal fans with its own "infectious brand of epic-sounding brutality and unadorned conviction." In 1994 another demo entitled The Arri...

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