Versus the World (album)

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Versus the World

Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	2002
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	47:51
Label	Metal Blade
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Amon Amarth chronology
The Crusher (2001)	Versus the World (2002)	Fate of Norns (2004)

Versus the World is the fourth full-length album released by the melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was also released with a bonus disc featuring the Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds EP as well as 2 unreleased demos. The song "Death in Fire" was made into a music video. Versus The World was the first Amon Amarth album to showcase a more midpaced and heavy sound, unlike their earlier faster works. Many fans and critics consider it the band's best album.^{[citation needed]}

When asked to comment on the album, Johan Hegg the vocalist said - "This is the darkest, heaviest and most melancholic album we've ever done and the atmosphere can be felt through the whole album. I would say it's the most even album we've done so far and that the concept can be recognized in every song."

[edit] Track listing

"Death in Fire" – 4:54
"For the Stab Wounds in Our Backs" – 4:56
"Where Silent Gods Stand Guard" – 5:46
"Versus the World" – 5:21
"Across the Rainbow Bridge" – 4:50
"Down the Slopes of Death" – 4:08
"Thousand Years of Oppression" – 5:41
"Bloodshed" – 5:13
"... And Soon the World Will Cease to Be" – 6:56

[edit] Bonus Disc (Viking Edition)

"Siegreicher Marsch [Victorious March] " – 7:54
"Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds" - 3:52
"The Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter" - 4:26
"Burning Creation" - 4:58
"The Mighty Doors Of The Speargod's Hall" - 5:42
"Under The Greyclouded Winter Sky" - 5:35
"Burning Creation (demo)" - 4:48
"Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter (demo)" - 4:38
"Without Fear (demo)" - 4:42
"Risen From The Sea" - 5:43
"Atrocious Humanity" - 5:54
"Army Of Darkness" - 5:26
"Thor Arise" - 6:30
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover) - 4:22

[edit] Personnel

Fredrik Andersson - drums
Olavi Mikkonen - guitars
Johan Hegg - vocals
Johan Söderberg - guitars
Ted Lundström - bass

Discography
Amon Amarth
Fredrik Andersson \| Johan Hegg \| Johan Söderberg \| Olavi Mikkonen \| Ted Lundström
Former Members: Anders Hansson \| Nico Mehra \| Martin Lopez
Albums: Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds \| Once Sent from the Golden Hall \| The Avenger \| The Crusher \| Versus the World \| Fate of Norns \| With Oden on our Side
DVDs: Wrath of the Norsemen
Demos: Thor Arise \| The Arrival of Fimbul Winter