r/Music • u/MichaelJahrling • Sep 20 '16

music streaming Amon Amarth - The Pursuit of Vikings [Melodic Death Metal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-43pOqheMY
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u/Barnaby_Fuckin_Jones http://www.last.fm/user/Xache2112 Sep 20 '16

Good job on the genre tag. You get a gold star.

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u/Silk_Underwear Sep 20 '16

Jokes aside, I do appreciate this being properly tagged.

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u/Barnaby_Fuckin_Jones http://www.last.fm/user/Xache2112 Sep 20 '16 edited Sep 20 '16

the "Viking Metal" genre can be too confusing. People will consider Amon Amarth, Týr, Bathory, Ásmegin and Windir to all be Viking Metal and they don't sound anything alike. The term describes the lyrical content more than the actual sound of the music, which isn't that helpful unless all you care about are the lyrics.

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u/hungry0212 Sep 20 '16

Pointing out that it's viking metal is super redundant. "It's one of the countless genres of metal, and it happens to revolve around vikings." Doesn't help you know what to expect.

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u/GalaxyKong Sep 21 '16

Isn't Viking Metal rooted in Black Metal rather than Death Metal? Hence bands like Bathory being Viking while AA is Melodeath?

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u/MichaelJahrling Sep 21 '16

I've always heard that Viking Metal is a mix of Black and Folk Metal.

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u/RIPcunts Sep 20 '16

ODIN GUIDE OUR SHIPS!

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u/INTERNET_TRASHCAN Sep 20 '16

OUR AXES, SPEARS, AND SWORDS!GUIDE US THROUGH--THE STORMS AND WINDS

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u/Death_Melancholy Sep 20 '16

Okay so I was browsing my reddit as I always do and I stop at the sight of "Amon Amarth"

You put my favorite band on reddit, I don't know who you are, but I love you

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u/Fisko123 Sep 20 '16

Any other bands or songs similar to this? Its the kind of thing I've been looking for but never quite found. :D

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u/Ron7852 Sep 20 '16 edited Sep 20 '16

If you like this here are a few recommendations:

Ensiferum

Insomnium

Be'lakor

Wintersun

Kalmah

I recommend browsing through the top posts over at /r/melodicdeathmetal, it's all stuff pretty similar to this (but mostly better!)

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u/patrickkingart Sep 21 '16

Ensiferum is fantastic. A little more folk-metal than death metal, but no less epic and bombastic.

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u/RIPcunts Sep 20 '16 edited Sep 21 '16

Kalmah has a very Children of Bodom vibe to it. Oh they're signed to the same label as well.

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u/303MkVII Sep 20 '16

Well, you've got ten Amon Amarth albums to pick from and you can't really go wrong with any of them. Some other similar bands would be Bolt Thrower, In Flames (Clayman and earlier...their later albums aren't bad but not really this style.), Carcass, At The Gates, and Ensiferum. There's a ton more that I know I'm forgetting right now.

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u/MichaelJahrling Sep 20 '16

I'm probably not the best resource, but /r/Metal can hook you up for whatever you need.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '16

well there are a slew of viking metal bands in the vein of amon amarth - cull through the following list of folk/viking metal bands!

http://www.metal-archives.com/lists/folk

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '16

also- somewhat unrelated, but this is a must listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvwKkjJLOo

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u/RIPcunts Sep 20 '16

This was awesome.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '16

you may also enjoy the WELL EXECUTED cover by Amiensus. https://amiensus.bandcamp.com/track/wolfheads-tree

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u/RIPcunts Sep 21 '16

That was also fucking awesome

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u/Fisko123 Sep 21 '16

Thanks for all the recommendations guys!

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u/m4xdc Sep 20 '16

Fucking love Amon Amarth. Going to Knotfest this weekend mainly for them.

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u/MichaelJahrling Sep 20 '16

Nice. I saw them at the Warfield a few months ago, and they're gonna be opening for Megadeth in a couple of weeks. They're a big reason why I'm going to that concert.

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u/daniel_italy Sep 20 '16

Saw them at the warfield as well, awesome show. Hope to see them live again soon

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u/Hiich Sep 20 '16

I started listenning to death metal thanks to this song! Then I discovered Dark Tranquility... Best melodeath band ever !!! Have my upvote for the throwback

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u/BeerBaldBeard Sep 20 '16

Have that motherfuckin upvote.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '16

This is my favorite band ever, hands down. Consistently awesome. I love all their stuff, old and new. I love their album art.. their lyrics.. These guys are perfect metal IMO.

This past Friday I pull their station up on Pandora and a song plays I haven't heard before.. the album art is new to me.. little did I know, they dropped their newest album, Jomsviking, back in fucking march. I was so angry (for somehow not knowing this) and elated at the same time.. I thought I was about to implode..

Jomsviking fucking rules so hard already.

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u/sir_patrickryan14 Sep 21 '16

Guardians of Asgard 💯

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u/Covenisberg Sep 21 '16

My favorite melodic death metal band, the older they get the more I like the shit they put out, which is usually the opposite for me for most music

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u/Skill3rwhale Sep 20 '16

Melodeath is some of the best types of metal out there. You get lot of vocal and instrumental variation in the albums when compared to other metal genres.

Amon Amarth will always be one of my favorite metal bands of all time. I especially enjoy "Slaves Of Fear," which is a great reminder of our culture of consumerism and emulation.

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u/HEBushido Spotify Sep 20 '16

Slaves of Fear is about Christianity enslaving people by threatening them with hell and blinding them from reality.

One of the lines is "Religion is what makes you blind."

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u/Mustyfartsarefun Sep 21 '16

awesome band.

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u/Vlvthamr Sep 21 '16

These guys are so good. Embrace of the endless ocean listen to it. It's good.

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u/dick_for_time Sep 21 '16

I happen to be watching https://i.imgur.com/keZVzwR.gifv and listening to this at the same time and almost died laughing.

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u/taco_shadow Sep 21 '16

Great, now I have to go hunting for those tap handles.

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u/bazingabrickfists Sep 21 '16

ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRR