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Amon Amarth (band)

Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth - Tuska 2011 - 10.JPG
Amon Amarth performing live at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2011 in Helsinki, Finland
Background information
Origin Tumba, Sweden
Genres Melodic death metal
Years active 1992–present
Labels Metal Blade
Associated acts Eternal Oath, This Ending, Roope Latvala
Website www.amonamarth.com
Members Olavi Mikkonen
Johan Hegg
Ted Lundström
Johan Söderberg
Jocke Wallgren
Past members Anders Hansson
Nico Kaukinen
Martin Lopez
Fredrik Andersson

Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien′s Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and history, and so they have been associated with Viking metal. The band is composed of vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg, bassist Ted Lundström and drummer Jocke Wallgren. Amon Amarth has released ten studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, one video album, and ten music videos. Its first studio album, Once Sent from the Golden Hall, debuted in 1998. Five more studio releases followed, before the band saw its breakthrough with the 2008 album Twilight of the Thunder God, which debuted at No. 10 on the Swedish album charts and No. 50 on the US Billboard 200. Three more albums, Surtur Rising, Deceiver of the Gods, and Jomsviking followed in 2011, 2013, and 2016, respectively.

The band emerged from the previous death metal band Scum, founded in 1988 by Paul "Themgoroth" Mäkitalo (Dark Funeral) on vocals, Olavi Mikkonen on guitar, Nico Mehra (aka Nico Kaukinen) on drums, Petri Tarvainen on bass and Vesa Meriläinen guitar.


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