Versus the World (Amon Amarth album)
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| Studio album by Amon Amarth | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2002 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | August 2002 (Berno Studio) | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 47:49 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Berno Paulsson, Amon Amarth | |||
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| Rock Hard (de) | 9/10 |
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Versus the World is the fourth full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth, released on November 18, 2002 by Metal Blade Records. It was also released with a bonus disc featuring the Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds EP as well as their two demos; Thor Arise, The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter (the first being unreleased before) and a German version of "Victorious March" entitled "Siegreicher Marsch" which was on Once Sent from the Golden Hall. The song "Death in Fire" was made into a music video. Versus the World was the first Amon Amarth album to showcase a more midpaced and heavy sound, unlike their earlier faster works. A deluxe edition was released in 2009 that featured the album remastered by Jens Bogren, and a bonus cd of the original album played live in its entirety in Bochum, Germany.
When asked to comment on the album, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:-
In 2005, Versus the World was ranked number 413 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
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