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| Amon Amarth Ranked
been on an amon amarth deep dive, still not entirely sure why I enjoy them so much | | 12 |  | Amon Amarth
The Great Heathen Army
I saw the video for the song "Saxons and Vikings" and prayed to Oden himself for the sweet release of death. | | 11 |  | Amon Amarth
Berserker
Have not listened. Probably sucks. | | 10 |  | Amon Amarth
Deceiver of the Gods
If Surtur Rising was a watered down Twilight of the Thunder Gods, this is a watered down Surtur Rising. The Messiah Marcolin cameo is completely pointless and is the first of many forced crossovers with metal royalty. | | 9 |  | Amon Amarth
Jomsviking
What ultimately harms AA's recent output is the prioritization of creamy guitar leads over the thunderous riffs the band built a career on. Andy Sneap's pristine production style is completely at odds with AA's brutish aesthetic. | | 8 |  | Amon Amarth
The Avenger
The definition of sophomore slump. If the recording process for The Avenger and The Crusher were combined we might have a career highlight, but both are bogged down with filler. It's more apparent on this one because it's so short. | | 7 |  | Amon Amarth
Surtur Rising
AA's post-Twilight albums seem more concerned with maintaining their image of larping around with swords and shields than creative expression. There's good songs if you look for them but the finished result sounds so perfunctory. | | 6 |  | Amon Amarth
With Oden on Our Side
Twilight's sister album. I always found it a bit too pretty for its own good, the melodies leaning more saccharine than triumphant. Not bad but very overrated imo. Asator rules however. | | 5 |  | Amon Amarth
The Crusher
The Crusher and The Avenger sound very rushed by AA standards. The Crusher has more of a creative direction and the closing three songs are some of their best, but it's not essential listening. | | 4 |  | Amon Amarth
Twilight of the Thunder God
AA achieved legend status with this album which in hindsight ensured that their ability to headline festivals would come before any creative ambition. Still a great album and good entry point. | | 3 |  | Amon Amarth
Once Sent from the Golden Hall
There's a sense of ambition here with grand epic songs that's both helped and hindered by the band's lack of experience. The live performance might be the definitive version so check that out if you're not convinced. | | 2 |  | Amon Amarth
Fate of Norns
Versus the World 2, not as strong musically but there's a great sense of storytelling that keeps me coming back. | | 1 |  | Amon Amarth
Versus the World
Kind of a soft reboot for the band after a couple of half-assed albums. Every track has its own identity and there's an adorable "face adversity with the power of friendship" theme throughout. | |
Dizchu
05.10.25 | a good rule of thumb is that the quality of an AA album can be estimated by the amount of flames on the album cover | Dedes
05.10.25 | Versus the World best this is factual good job friendo | Flugmorph
05.10.25 | cool list thanks for sharing your thoughts. | DarkSideOfLucca
05.10.25 | 6 is 1, but 1 is 2
I have actually also come to appreciate 9 much more than I used to as well
Band fucking rules
But yeah, 11 and 12 are by far their worst imo | Dizchu
05.10.25 | Yeah I have a minority opinion when it comes to With Oden on Our Side lol, hopefully not contrarian tho because I do enjoy it from time to time. Epic closing track that warms my heart. | Dizchu
05.10.25 | I think what's changed this band is their status as the world's premier "viking band". There's a level of commitment there that wasn't present in earlier work, they're like brand ambassadors now. | Hawks
05.10.25 | 6 is 1, 4 is 2, 2 is 3. | Dizchu
05.10.25 | this is hiking music for me. triumphant midtempo jams to stomp to. | DarkSideOfLucca
05.10.25 | Great hiking music, great gym music, great God of War music, great music for whatever epic setting there is (long drives in the mountains, etc) | Dizchu
05.10.25 | Ok I'm giving Versus the World a 5. Cowardice held me back, but that's not the viking way. | DarkSideOfLucca
05.10.25 | Hell yeah brother, that deserves a 5 m////
I have that and With Odin 5'd, and they're both hard 5's | Muzz79
05.11.25 | The run of Oden, Twilight and Surtur for me | Dizchu
05.11.25 | ROW LIKE THE WIND TO ATTACK
check out the live at bochum performance guys | Judio!
05.11.25 | Cool list. Still haven’t listening to 9, 11, and 12 but sounds like I’m not missing much
For me, 4 > 3 > 6 > 10 > 2 > 1 > 8 > 5 > 7
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