Most of the Amon Amarth riffs are quite simple and easy to learn but they just sound awesome. Music doesnt need to be too complicated! One of my favourite bands and they are one of the reasons to keep my motivation up with guitar!
>Most of the Amon Amarth riffs are quite simple No, they're not. They often use pedal tones, tremolo picking and string skipping. Simple riffs are the ones where you just chug basic power chords. What you're describing applies more to Rammstein. A beginner would definitely not be able to play most of Amon Amarth's songs. At least, play it cleanly.
@@antona.1327, they are man... Rammstein is just for beginners, as soon as you have some rythm down and can actually play, most amon amarth riffs are very easy tho
99% agree with you, but I did feel like "Back on Northern Shores" to end Jomsviking was a brilliant piece of songwriting, and "Twilight of the Thunder God" really does have an all-time great intro guitar riff. Just personal opinion, those early albums were fantastic.
@@miguelangelmiranda8460 whoever said that has surely never listened to Viking metal. Writing songs about vikings doesn't make you viking metal just like writing songs about death doesn't make you death metal
Before watching, I'm guessing the ten songs will be among these: - The Pursuit Of Vikings - Guardians Of Asgaard - Raise Your Horns - Twilight Of The Thunder God - Father Of The Wolf - Cry Of The Black Birds - Deceiver Of The Gods - Victorious March - Death In Fire - Shape Shifter - Blood Eagle - Warriors Of The North - As Loke Falls - War Of The Gods (Yes, DotG is my favourite album)
I promise I won't get deep into Norse mythology and Amon Amarth.... Me after 15 horns of mead: There comes Fenris twin His jaws are open wide The serpent rises from the waves. Jormundgandr twists and turns Mighty in his wrath the eyes are full of primal hate Thor, Odin's son protector of mankind Ride to me your fate, your destiny awaits Thor, Hlôdyns son protector of mankind Ride to meet your fate, Ragnarok awaits.
Varyags of Miklagård is such a masterpiece. For me it just conveys the feeling of wonder and adventure that the vikings must have felt on those long journeys on the rivers down to the Black sea.
I Remember that My first death metal band was amon amarth, I loved them and after some time I started to listen to death, beyond creation, gojira etc. amon amarth was the band that made me feel more close to death metal
@@razztastic I've tried listening to Dethklok, and I'm not really into that one. That said, some of the stuff they've done under the Galaktikon name is pretty killer. I also really like the band Whispered. They are a melodeath band from Sweden, but their music all follows a Japanese mythological theme, and it's all really cool.
My dude, your videos are always great! Awesome band choices! I remember when I learned Pursuit Of Vikings the first time back in like 2007, man I thought I was hot shit for being to play that intro, hahaha. Keep up the good work man! \m/
I swear... You are almost surely the person with the best musical taste I know... I always love your videos and the songs you list on them. Keep it rolling!
@@lars38010 agree. Also, the viking theme is something you can add to any genre, it's not a genre in itself but it's a touch you add (in the melodies) that gives that feeling (image) of the viking theme to the listener. IMO.
Embrace de Endless Ocean is an amazing song. If I am too high and emotional, tears start to form in my eyes at the end of the song. I think is one of their most emotional songs, togheter with "fate of norns" .
I haven't really listened to Amon Amarth in YEARS, but this video definitely reminded me how awesome they are. Here are my picks: Bastards of a Lying Breed Guardians of Asgaard Death in Fire Cry of the Blackbirds Raise Your Horns Fate of Norns Pursuit of Vikings Asator Without Fear Gods of War Arise
Good list, and I really like the tone of your guitar! However, it's missing out on their earlier works In case anyone would like to check out my recommendations: Victorious March Once Sent From the Golden Hall North Sea Storm God, His Son, and Holy Whore Masters of War As Long as the Raven Flies Annihilation of Hammerfest Death in Fire Across the Rainbow Bridge Thousand Years of Oppression Bloodshed Valhall Awaits Me Gods of War Arise
Man you gotta listen to their old albums because the riffs from that age are masterpieces. Better than most of these in my opinion, even more melodic and strong
BLACK METAL WAR I tried to see them a while ago but couldn’t cause they sold out so fast. I heard nothing but good things about the show. I think your opinion isn’t shared with many
Great work here, but as a massive Amon Amarth fan it's sad to not see Versus the World or The Avenger or even A Ride for Vengeance on here. But there are so many
Low key was about to be pissed if pursuit was on there😂😂. I listen to it at least once a week and it hits just as hard, as when I first heard it. Props guy
My favourite songs, in no particular order: Pursuit of Vikings Fate of Norns Crack the Sky The Hero Runes to my Memory Varyags of Miklagaard Embrace of the Endless Ocean Free Will Sacrifice Thousand Years of Oppression The Way of Vikings Death in Fire Under the Northern Star Live for the Kill Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags I'm not that big of a fan of Guardians of Asgaard and Twilight of the Thunder God, to be honest. I know they are fan favourites. Just shows the enormous amount of quality in their songs!
Thanks for your effort, this is well executed, but I think you should have inluded way more riffs from earlier albums, instead of taking like half the Twilight of the Thundergod album.
Can you share your signal chain and settings? Is it just guitar -> OD808 -> Joyo Zombie -> Interface? Thinking of getting the Joyo Zombie, maybe with a TS Mini as well, and I love Amon Amarth!
Every time I hear the Guardians of Asgard riff it’s gets stuck in my head for weeks
Duck : There are worse things my friend! 🤟😝
sounds like Nightside of Siberia - Powerwolf
Same bro, but I listen to it very often so no problem xD
Same for Twilight
We are guardians... Guardians of NASCAR
Most of the Amon Amarth riffs are quite simple and easy to learn but they just sound awesome. Music doesnt need to be too complicated! One of my favourite bands and they are one of the reasons to keep my motivation up with guitar!
Most of them, the triplets from Deceiver of the Gods however are killing me lmao
>Most of the Amon Amarth riffs are quite simple
No, they're not. They often use pedal tones, tremolo picking and string skipping. Simple riffs are the ones where you just chug basic power chords. What you're describing applies more to Rammstein. A beginner would definitely not be able to play most of Amon Amarth's songs. At least, play it cleanly.
@@antona.1327, they are man... Rammstein is just for beginners, as soon as you have some rythm down and can actually play, most amon amarth riffs are very easy tho
early amon amarth is so underrated, yet their best songs are from that era.
Bad productuion kept me away from their albums but have quickly become some of my favorite albums ever made after listening to them with an open mind
My favourite is the transition album between the two eras : With Oden On Our Side
Colin Lmbrt y e s
99% agree with you, but I did feel like "Back on Northern Shores" to end Jomsviking was a brilliant piece of songwriting, and "Twilight of the Thunder God" really does have an all-time great intro guitar riff. Just personal opinion, those early albums were fantastic.
AGREED !
Yeah, here we go. My favourite swedish melodeth metal band
Favorite
Finally! Someone who doesn’t think that they’re “Viking metal”.
@@miguelangelmiranda8460 whoever said that has surely never listened to Viking metal. Writing songs about vikings doesn't make you viking metal just like writing songs about death doesn't make you death metal
@@matteopriotto5131 so who is viking metal so I can go listen to them too?
@@bipedalhominid6815 Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
Happy to see Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags on here
Noah Bogosh what’s your favorite part? Lyrics?
Am I the only one who thinks On A Sea Of Blood never gets the credit it deserves?
No, I think It too
The whole album is criminally underrated.
I same to think it.
Giovani Bottesini most underrated song by them
That, First Kill, and Back on Northern Shores are definitely my favorites off that album
Before watching, I'm guessing the ten songs will be among these:
- The Pursuit Of Vikings
- Guardians Of Asgaard
- Raise Your Horns
- Twilight Of The Thunder God
- Father Of The Wolf
- Cry Of The Black Birds
- Deceiver Of The Gods
- Victorious March
- Death In Fire
- Shape Shifter
- Blood Eagle
- Warriors Of The North
- As Loke Falls
- War Of The Gods
(Yes, DotG is my favourite album)
Dude it's my favorite too. Father of the Wolf gives me life every time I hear that badass riff
Now that I think of it, I don't think I've heard a bad Amon Amarth riff
nah... surtur Rising is better
You guessed 6 right from 11 :D
"I'm guessing the ten songs will be among these:"
*Lists almost entire Amon Amarth discography*
I promise I won't get deep into Norse mythology and Amon Amarth....
Me after 15 horns of mead:
There comes Fenris twin
His jaws are open wide
The serpent rises from the waves.
Jormundgandr twists and turns
Mighty in his wrath the eyes are full of primal hate
Thor, Odin's son protector of mankind
Ride to me your fate, your destiny awaits
Thor, Hlôdyns son protector of mankind
Ride to meet your fate, Ragnarok awaits.
Odinson, not Odin's son
perfect comment
YEAH! I've been waiting for the whole eternity to watch this video!
THX!
I hope it was worth it buddy!
@@VERMILIONGOD It was XD
Varyags of Miklagård is such a masterpiece. For me it just conveys the feeling of wonder and adventure that the vikings must have felt on those long journeys on the rivers down to the Black sea.
halvdan wus here
I just love it 😍
Maybe it's only me but I can hear game of thrones intro when I listen it
the pursuit of Vikings is just perfect
I Remember that My first death metal band was amon amarth, I loved them and after some time I started to listen to death, beyond creation, gojira etc. amon amarth was the band that made me feel more close to death metal
Alessio Esposito Got a little scared before i clicked ‘read more’ there bud
Bringer of Death The show more option only hides the last word on my phone
Death metal? I would say more heavy folk metal or viking metal because singing like they do is norse culture for a long time.
@@erwin887 well yes, but their style at the time was pretty aggressive for my taste
@@erwin887 nah they're definitely considered melodic death metal
Hell yeah! This video did not disappoint, everything was spot on. Your tone was awesome, your playing was great, everything about it was awesome!
It means a lot for me. Thank you Ian!
One of my favorite bands! They have so many great riffs that everyone could make their own list and I wouldn’t argue with it
I would've added Cry Of The Black Birds and Embarace Of The Endless Ocean, but it's a great list!!
I was going to write the same comment.
Definitely 😁
@King Nereus not a rip off at all
@King Nereus if you listen to The main Riff it sounds Like Left Hand Path. Also, I'm a musician, I don't think my ear is that bad
@King Nereus I mean, The main riff of Say it in Slugs sounds like Left Hand Path
I've never really been a huge death metal fan, but Amon Amarth has some pretty kickass riffs.
That's because its Melodic death metal
Melodic Death Metal is more appetizing to people who don't listen to metal. You'll probably like Dethklok/Galaktikon.
@@razztastic I've tried listening to Dethklok, and I'm not really into that one. That said, some of the stuff they've done under the Galaktikon name is pretty killer. I also really like the band Whispered. They are a melodeath band from Sweden, but their music all follows a Japanese mythological theme, and it's all really cool.
I wish more guitarists on TH-cam did amon amarth videos. Thanks for this.
No one talks about the breakdown riff in Asator. Literally one of my fav riffs of all time tbh
I've always been fascinated with vikings and even grew to follow odinism then I found amon amrath there my favorite now
Skål Brother
My dude, your videos are always great! Awesome band choices! I remember when I learned Pursuit Of Vikings the first time back in like 2007, man I thought I was hot shit for being to play that intro, hahaha.
Keep up the good work man! \m/
Thank you again Daxter. You're very kind!
4:06 wish this part it sounded like this on the record, awesome job
Dang dude. Nailed all the riffs I must say.
Literally my favorite band ever. Most iconic songs.
I swear... You are almost surely the person with the best musical taste I know... I always love your videos and the songs you list on them. Keep it rolling!
Wow, I am very pleased. Thank you a million dude. I appreciate that a lot!
How could you forget Runes to my memory?
The last stand of Surtr is an honorable mention for me
The Guitar has got That Amon Amarth Feel to It.
Great Job, Bro! ;)
Wow, insane accuracy, sounds awesome! Though Amon Amarth is actually Death Metal just with Viking themed songs, they said it themselves :P
Viking metal is more a subgenre of black metal imo
Even more specific. Melodic Death Metal with Viking themed songs.
@@lars38010 agree. Also, the viking theme is something you can add to any genre, it's not a genre in itself but it's a touch you add (in the melodies) that gives that feeling (image) of the viking theme to the listener. IMO.
How does one even begin to choose only 10??? These guys are fuckin masters of riffs!
No embrace the endless ocean?
Best song from Twilight of the Thundergod album!!
Agreed
it's what I usually wake up to, so relaxing
Embrace de Endless Ocean is an amazing song. If I am too high and emotional, tears start to form in my eyes at the end of the song. I think is one of their most emotional songs, togheter with "fate of norns" .
Twilight of the Thundergod riff is still so hard for me to play all the way through without stopping
Wow surprised that Runes to My Memory isn’t on the list. By far my fav rift.
Is this Freddie Mercury that i see in background ? XD
Yes, it's Freddie!
I haven't really listened to Amon Amarth in YEARS, but this video definitely reminded me how awesome they are. Here are my picks:
Bastards of a Lying Breed
Guardians of Asgaard
Death in Fire
Cry of the Blackbirds
Raise Your Horns
Fate of Norns
Pursuit of Vikings
Asator
Without Fear
Gods of War Arise
Haha same dude
Are you going to do a top 10 Tool riffs? love your videos dude
Yes, I'm going to do that. Definitely. Sooner or later.
6:32 reminds me of the Game of Thrones theme song. Wonder if the composer is an AA fan.
Tattered banners and bloody flags is by far my favourite
Make sense. It's a great song
For me is the best Live For The Kill guitar riff with violin. That riff its so orgasmic
This is soooooo satisfying to watch . Thanks for sharing this
Very nice playing and awesome tone! Congrats
Good list, and I really like the tone of your guitar!
However, it's missing out on their earlier works
In case anyone would like to check out my recommendations:
Victorious March
Once Sent From the Golden Hall
North Sea Storm
God, His Son, and Holy Whore
Masters of War
As Long as the Raven Flies
Annihilation of Hammerfest
Death in Fire
Across the Rainbow Bridge
Thousand Years of Oppression
Bloodshed
Valhall Awaits Me
Gods of War Arise
Great job dude! Tight playing and great tone 👍
FINALY!
Good job dude🤘
Thank you bro!
Thanks for this great riff set! 👍 🎸 🎧
Wonder if you can assemble a loop of Amon Amarth riffs for 10 hours or so.
That would be freaking cool! 😁
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God bless you...
Love from India
Thank you dear, I'm very pleased! Sending my greetings to India!
Man you gotta listen to their old albums because the riffs from that age are masterpieces. Better than most of these in my opinion, even more melodic and strong
Yup, victorious march and metalwrath are really good.
@@gort7361 Oh yeah. Friends of the suncross also has fantastic riffs 🤘
Slaves of Fear has really good riffs. So does Bastards of A Lying Breed and Thousand Years of Oppression.
Top 10 Opeth riffs plz
A "Top 10 Emperor riffs" please!!!
Caralho Amon tem altos riffs foda!!!👌🤘🤘🤘🖤
6:32 the best one
Hey man great video i love amon amarth maybe top 10 sabaton riffs next?
That would be great. Every time I hear Sabaton, I feel its time to Crusade.
Sabaton is shit....
BLACK METAL WAR I tried to see them a while ago but couldn’t cause they sold out so fast. I heard nothing but good things about the show. I think your opinion isn’t shared with many
No love for "Versus the world"? ;)
I know right!? Death in Fire at the very least is iconic
agreed 😐
I love versus the world this "top" Is bad
How can there not be Where Silent Gods Stand Gaurd on this?
Awesome job dude seriously
Last with Pagan Blood and The Sound of Eight Hooves would’ve been on mine for sure
Nicely done \m/ hails from Egypt
all Amon Amarth songs are amazing
Haven't listened to Amon Amarth since my high school days. Now I gotta see how many songs have "...of the Gods" in their title.
Hell yes. Crunchy and melodic af. Despite the comments I really liked your choices!
Amp settings please, Nice cover
VERMILION
thanks bro , we meet in valhalla
HELL YEAH BROTHER,LOVE YOUR VIDS
Glad to hear from you again. Thanks for the constant support Firdaus!
Great work here, but as a massive Amon Amarth fan it's sad to not see Versus the World or The Avenger or even A Ride for Vengeance on here. But there are so many
Brilliant ! I am definitly learning some of those
You mean you play guitar but never heard of Amon amarth? Oh man you have a lot to learn. They're the reason I even picked up a guitar
Glad you like it!
Valhall Awaits Me, Runes To My Memory
Tbh, literally every other song by Amon Amarth has an amazing riff. They're masters of melodic folk.
Melodic death metal
@Syndicate Masyaf Bullshit. Where are the traditional instruments? It's Melodic Death Metal.
Nice man really great 👍
Low key was about to be pissed if pursuit was on there😂😂. I listen to it at least once a week and it hits just as hard, as when I first heard it. Props guy
Wheres embrace of the endless ocean?
Muy bueno hermano! Saludos desde Argentina!
The first three seconds I legit thought you would start playing "Hail the Apocalypse" by Avatar cx
Cx
I genuinely thought that it was aswell lol
Great list! Would have liked to have seen Fate of Norns make it.
How about Raven's Flight,from their new album Berserker?
One of the best modern mainstream metal bands out there! Melodeath 🤘
Pretty badass tone he got there.
Thanks for noticing that, dude
Perfect 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Death in Fire???
Yeah 🤘 thanks for new song To learn 🤘🤘 métal is not dead
Amazing job!! Greetings from Brazil 🤘. I would like to see you top 10 Blind Guardian riffs! Sorry the bad english
Amazing brother
Sounds great on Marshal Code Amp...
Nicely done
🎸🤘
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate that.
@@VERMILIONGOD 🤘😍🎸
War of the gods is my favorite
Amazing job
As Loke Falls and the Varyaiags are freaking amazong but i would love that you had put Mjölner Hammer of Thor
Crack the Sky actually has one of my favorite riffs
Pursuit of Vikings is like a gateway drug
My favourite songs, in no particular order:
Pursuit of Vikings
Fate of Norns
Crack the Sky
The Hero
Runes to my Memory
Varyags of Miklagaard
Embrace of the Endless Ocean
Free Will Sacrifice
Thousand Years of Oppression
The Way of Vikings
Death in Fire
Under the Northern Star
Live for the Kill
Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags
I'm not that big of a fan of Guardians of Asgaard and Twilight of the Thunder God, to be honest. I know they are fan favourites.
Just shows the enormous amount of quality in their songs!
Muy bueno!
Saludos desde Ecuador!
Death in fire?
Need to start recognising tremolo picking when listening to music and actually appreciate the incredible musicianship in heavy metal
Berserk at Stanford bridge fav riff
My favorite band all time
They're bloody good
Thanks for your effort, this is well executed, but I think you should have inluded way more riffs from earlier albums, instead of taking like half the Twilight of the Thundergod album.
Amazing!! 😍🤘🏽
Well done
don't have a fav. they are al bloody awesome
@VERMILION , awesome bro , skal for that 🍺🎸🤘,
Runes to my Memory? Slaves of Fear?
excelente video !!
Can you share your signal chain and settings?
Is it just guitar -> OD808 -> Joyo Zombie -> Interface?
Thinking of getting the Joyo Zombie, maybe with a TS Mini as well, and I love Amon Amarth!
Nice job. What amp or amp sim is that? And string gauge? It sounds thick af lol
Amazing!!!! Great!