Versus the World

by Amon Amarth

Versus the World cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 2:02:14
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ted Lundstr枚m, Olavi Mikkonen, Johan Hegg, Johan S枚derberg, Fredrik Andersson, Berno Paulsson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Considered a crucial turning point for the Viking metal stalwarts, this exceptionally cohesive record slowed their pacing slightly to favor massive, head-banging grooves. The soaring lead guitar melodies and gargantuan, triumphant choruses set the definitive blueprint for their subsequent global dominance.

Genres

Descriptors: mythology, melodic, war, history, violence, death

Tracklist

  1. Death in Fire (4:54)
  2. For the Stabwounds in Our Back (4:56)
  3. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard (5:46)
  4. Versus the World (5:21)
  5. Across the Rainbow Bridge (4:50)
  6. Down the Slopes of Death (4:08)
  7. Thousand Years of Oppression (5:41)
  8. Bloodshed (5:13)
  9. ...And Soon the World Will Cease to Be (6:57)
  10. Siegreicher Marsch (Victorious March) (7:53)
  11. Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds (3:51)
  12. The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter (4:26)
  13. Burning Creation (4:57)
  14. The Mighty Doors of the Speargod's Hall (5:42)
  15. Under the Grey Clouded Winter Sky (5:34)
  16. Burning Creation (Demo Version) (4:47)
  17. Arrival of the Fimbul Winter (4:36)
  18. Without Fear (4:41)
  19. Risen from the Sea (5:42)
  20. Atrocious Humanity (5:53)
  21. Army of Darkness (5:24)
  22. Thor Arise (6:30)
  23. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (4:22)

Credits

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