Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
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Free Music Review: every amon amarth rules do does this one!
Hit: 5 Stars
Sorrow throughout the nine worlds-9/10
once sent from the golden hall-10/10
the avenger-9/10
the crusher-8/10
versus the world-10/10
fate of norns dont own this but plan on getting it today! cant wait amon amarth rules
Free Music Review: hail vikings of sweden
Hit: 5 Stars
amon amarth is one of my favorite besides unleashed dark funeral caosbreed and other swedish bands in death metal amon amarth are true vikings and the new album fate of norns is awesome get it nowFree Music Review: Awesome cd
Hit: 5 Stars
This cd is as awesome as The Crusher. Nice melodies, nice metal (less heavy than The Crusher, but the melodies compensate that). I can really recommend it.Free Music Review: Slower but still brutal
Hit: 4 Stars
For those of you not familiar with Amon Amarth, they basically spew out epic death metal with Norse mythology flavored lyrics (as evidenced from song titles like "Valkyries Ride" and a viking horn blow to start off "Arson"). That's where the clichés stop though (well not quite, one band member is wearing a suit of chain mail armor in a photo insert). Unlike a lot of their contemporaries, Amon Amarth rely less on complex guitar work played as fast as possible and more on a bludgeoning wall of sound that is extremely heavy while retaining a big dose of melody.
To that end, "Fate Of Norns" fully explores the slower, more menacing style they've only been hinting at in the past few efforts. The sense of an impending viking raid and all the chaos therein still permeates their music but songs like "Where Death Seems To Dwell" and the title track "Fate Of Norns" showcase a more measured, darker approach than previous efforts. There's still more double bass than you can shake a stick at but it's used more judiciously than in the past. It typically plays a big part in the more triumphant sounding parts of many songs but a larger part of almost every song is devoted to a slower, more brooding sound highlighted above. I think it's most successfully realized on the closing cut "Once Sealed In Blood". Here the slower paced bass-heavy riffs keep a heightened sense of tension leading to the inevitable payoff in the form of a properly crushing chorus.
As to whether this is better than past efforts, I have to say I'm a bigger fan of their earlier work. When the bulk of the songs have a slower bent to them, like they do here, it's hard not to miss the ferocity and aggression of albums like "The Avenger" and "The Crusher". That's not to say this album is not worth picking up. These guys still blow away 99% of death metal bands out there even on an arguably non-death metal album like "Fate Of Norns". I think the big question is will they continue to slow their sound down as they have on each successive new album? If they do, how long will listeners still care to hear about villages being slaughtered at dawn if the music doesn't communicate that level of savagery?
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Free Music Review: Fate of Norns worthy of the Amon Amarth name
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm a huge fan of Amon Amarth's music and i find Fate of Norns very enjoyable. It's not as intense as their stuff up 'till The Avenger; i'd say it's an evolution of Versus the World's sound. The songs all seem slower, but definately still wicked heavy.
The track Fate of Norns has a sick beat, and the emotion in the lyrics really pulls at the heart-strings (seriously. a totally different subject matter from the usual stuff, i feel like lying down on a pyre myself whenever i hear it). It's by far my favorite song on the album, and maybe even my favorite AA song so far (MAYBE).
I would rate it just under Versus The World, tho it's kindof nice to see something less gloomy than VtW (what am i saying!?!?). It's pulled in the highest chart rankings in metal blade history according to their site, which is saying something. It might be more easy-listening than The Crusher or Avenger, but it's still very good. I'm glad i bought it. It's worth the money if your an AA fan, and if you're just interested in them it'd probably inspire you to explore their other releases.