Amon Amarth
Sign in to saveSwedish melodic death metal band
Key facts
- Origin
- Tumba, Sweden
- Genres
- Melodic death metal
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Labels
- Metal Blade Sony Music
- Members
- Olavi Mikkonen, Johan Hegg, Ted Lundström, Johan Söderberg, Jocke Wallgren
- Past members
- Niko Kaukinen, Anders Hansson, Martin Lopez , Fredrik Andersson
- Website
- amonamarth.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.amonamarth.com
- Image
- Amon Amarth - Tuska 2011 - 10.JPG
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Amon Amarth
- Commons gallery
- Amon Amarth
- inception
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 498000
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
~17 min read
Article
Amon Amarth (/əˈmɒn əˈmɑːrθ/) are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes their name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Their lyrics are mostly themed around Viking mythology and history, and so they are sometimes labelled "Viking metal", though they are musically melodic death metal, a term the band also prefers. Amon Amarth is composed of lead guitarist Olavi Mikkonen, vocalist Johan Hegg, bassist Ted Lundström, rhythm guitarist Johan Söderberg, and drummer Jocke Wallgren.
The band has released 12 studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, one video album, and ten music videos. Their debut album, Once Sent from the Golden Hall, was released 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. Five more albums, Surtur Rising, Deceiver of the Gods, Jomsviking, Berserker, and The Great Heathen Army, followed in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 respectively.