I wonder how much it differs from all the members helping to write the music opposed to one or two guys writing the music themselves. There's a lot of variables to consider.
Hail viking metal! They sing of the gods, the stories told in saga's and edda's, and of the life a viking lived in combat, from trade, to toil, to death. You listen to them, you're listening to the stories of vikings. Besides, look at them. Looks like a viking. Drinks like a viking, growls like a viking, must be a viking. Whatever they claim to be, vitkar know best.
The whole Viking Metal isn't meaning that Vikings play it, it means it's based around Vikings, much like Pirate Metal, the music and lyrics are tied around Vikings/Pirates. I wouldn't call Amon Amarth Viking Metal myself but yeah.
Don't even worry about it. They're wasting their time when they could be enjoying the music. Usually if it goes on for a while, it's usually an idiot making an argument ie. "Amon Amarth is black metal". lol
Johan's Voice scares the living fuck out of me... badass
Amon Amarth has literally never made a bad song
Johan Hegg voice is fucking awesome!!
I love Amon Amarth.
yeah it's melodic death metal on the usual topic of vikings
I wonder how much it differs from all the members helping to write the music opposed to one or two guys writing the music themselves. There's a lot of variables to consider.
It's Viking Pagan Heathen Themed Melodic Blackened Death Rock Metal with Heavy Metal Thrash Speed Influences to be exact.
Hail viking metal! They sing of the gods, the stories told in saga's and edda's, and of the life a viking lived in combat, from trade, to toil, to death. You listen to them, you're listening to the stories of vikings. Besides, look at them. Looks like a viking. Drinks like a viking, growls like a viking, must be a viking. Whatever they claim to be, vitkar know best.
The whole Viking Metal isn't meaning that Vikings play it, it means it's based around Vikings, much like Pirate Metal, the music and lyrics are tied around Vikings/Pirates. I wouldn't call Amon Amarth Viking Metal myself but yeah.
Please specify which Johan your talking about, Olavi.
HAIL OLAVI!!!
Amon Amarth say themselves play melodeath but the genre viking metal is more about the lyrics than the music. There is no typical viking metal sound.
Olavi wearing a Kiss shirt :O
I just imagine that EVERYONE in Sweden walks around looking like them: long hair and huge beards.
Wait, did Olavi just say that Johan doesn't like metal??
when?
If you think about the part around 2:40, I think he's saying "Even Johan, who doesn't write any music". I guess you heard like instead of write :D
Viking Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal... How about AMON AMARTH METAL
Its Viking themed Melodic Death Metal.... Viking Metal is a sub-genre of Black Metal
When you find out that their name comes from The Lord of the Rings, and you love them even more!
MY EARS THEY BLEED >:)
Olavi seems so sad...
It's not Viking Metal ? It's Melodic Death Metal ?
Can anyone PLEASE explain to me why the hell people are bitching about genres and subgenres? What does it even matter? I'd just like to understand...
Don't even worry about it. They're wasting their time when they could be enjoying the music. Usually if it goes on for a while, it's usually an idiot making an argument ie. "Amon Amarth is black metal". lol
Know the metal genres before you speculate something! this ain't black metal at all!
its not black metal, its death metal
@Rakafeth shut up