![]() ![]() In the less common moment where they focus on brutality ahead of melody, they still do it expertly – as in Blood Eagle or We Shall Destroy. I tend not to review such popular bands, or those with so many reviews, but I just had to offer my diverging opinion here. I've been listening to this band for about 15 years, and I might be tempted to even say this is their best album, period. Past there, you might make an argument, but of anything since Fate Of Norns, there's no question in my mind, this is their strongest album. It's more melodic than Surtur Rising, more consistent than Twilight of the Thunder God, or Jomsviking, and all the same, still more true to the band's sound than With Oden On Our Side. This subtle shift in style is the only thing that can account, in my mind, for the lukewarm response this album seemed to have gotten. What the band has done here is add a flavor of classic heavy metal in the spirit of Judas Priest with tremendous results, and refined the blending of vicious and bittersweet to virtual perfection. But what has always been Amon Amarth's strength and signature, is their poignant melodic guitar melodies that are as heroic as they are sorrowful, and leave the band's overall sound as melodic as it is brutal. Hegg's brutal growls leave no wiggle room in defining this as anything but death metal, along with the deep, crushing guitar tone, and double-bass filled drum beats. ![]() Rather than being melodic death metal, Amon Amarth is death metal, which happens to be melodic. At this point in their careers the music has become a touch formulaic, but extremely well honed. Amon Amarth's 9th studio album is one that sees them diving headlong into their most melodic aspects. ![]()
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