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After dropping the name SCUM and emerging as AMON AMARTH in 1992, the Swedish horde from Stockholm have been on a steady climb in the metal world ever since. Being dubbed as Viking Metal for its fascination with Vikings and 13th Century pre-Christian Norse mythology, AMON AMARTH create original, aggressive-yet-melodic death metal like no other band. With its first full-length release, Once Sent From The Golden Hal l in 1998, AMON AMARTH ’s brand of metal set them apart from their S

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Sweden's Amon Amarth may be something of a one-trick pony, but they do that one trick really, really well. The Stockholm-based band's Viking-flavored bluster is undeniably genuine - and not nearly as hokey or overblown as, say Manowar , a bunch of mooks from upstate New York - and their unceasing zeal for Norse mythology, history and legend is certainly infectious.