AMON AMARTH "Way of the Viking" - Composer Reaction and Song Breakdown
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Dude! I never clicked so fast! I love Amon Amarth. Such great story telling and sound. Such a great choice. 🤘🤙
same here man i saw it and instaklicked
"I'm a simple man - I see Amon Amarth, I hit like".
@ KeyofGeebz,Twilight of the Thunder God was my introduction to Amon Amarth 12 yrs ago, still a favorite. Amon Amarth is named after Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings. The whole discography is worth your time. Thanks for your awesome dissections of many genres!
Yeah, great track. And God of War arise is one of my favourite track.
Amon Amarth is Elvish for Mount Doom. I love this album composition. How this song fades out and At Dawn's First Light just explodes in with sound immediately.
Melodic death metal for a reason, they have amazing singable melodies but they choose to (perfectly) growl over them
IMO they are the perfect gateway band for heavy- and power metal fans like me to get into melodeath, especially because Johan is the best growler in terms of actually growling "clear" enough to understand the lyrics.
Cry of the blackbirds is epic
Pursuit of Vikings next!!!
"Twilight of the thunder God" for sure is a must. "Embrace of the endless ocean" on the same album is one of my favorite songs by Amon amarth.
They're the AC/DC of metal, so if you like this you'll like all of it.
Fun Facts: Amon Amarth is actually taken from one of the languages from lord of the rings, and is the elvish word for mount doom.
Suggestion: All Amon Amarth. But you can start with Guardians of Asgard.
Love to see Amon Amarth on the channel! This album is a concept album that follows a young Norseman who is exiled from his village before joining a band of mercenary’s known as the Jomsviking, so you were absolutely correct in your assessment of this being musical theatre! I love the album and the story they tell within it!
One thousand burning arrows ... and the soubd of height hooves... are two songs that bring me to tears by their emotions
Embrace the endless Ocean is a must listen
Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight to Death! ⚔🛡
I’d love it if you did something like last stand of frej, fate of norns, or cry of the black birds, very powerful and melancholic songs from Amon Amarth. Fate of norns often makes me tear up. Great video!
let's stick to Swedish melodeath!:
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
Soilwork - Death Diviner
Arch Enemy - My Apocalypse (album ver)
Dark Tranquillity- Nothing To No One
In Flames - Take This Life
Thumbs up for your recommendation of Scar Symmetry - Awesome! I would suggest Soilwork - Rise Above the Sentiment instead though ;)
@@sig7049 I love Soilwork, one of my favourite bands, I've got tickets to see them this year....but that song is a skip for me.
@@dodgrblu that's really interesting because I honestly thought "Rise Above the Sentiment" should (would?) be considered an obvious highlight.. so it might be just me XD
Ok, what about "Follow the Hollow", "Distance" or "Father and Son.."?
Man, I love Soilwork, but while I don't dislike "Death Deviner", I just feel they have better songs.. but which one to pick?
Maybe picking one is not enough..
@@sig7049they have too many it's hard haha. I feel like Death Diviner is a good one with a heavy steady groove that he might dig, and the vocals are fantastic.
@@sig7049 actually I've recommended them numerous times with different songs lol
Father and son..., Long Live the Misanthrope, Nerve, Overgivenheten, Black Star Deceiver, This Momentary Bliss, Desperado, Death in General, The Ride Majestic (aspire angelic)
Twilight of the thunder God next!
Just saw these guys kick off their U.K. tour, was an awesome show!
Hell YEAH! Amon Amarth! Twilight of the Thundergod and Father of the Wolf please!
EDIT: The staccato picking on the melody line really lends a very Wagnerian feel to their music, too.
yes yes yes yes yes
Hell yeah, TotT is what introduced me to Amon Amarth (throug guitar hero dlc mind you)
Thousand years of oppression. Destroyer of the universe. Asator
Saw them live last night. They rocked.
Wow, never clicked a notification faster. Had a little break from all react videos (even your fantastic ones), but this made me really excited to hop back in and also check out stuff I've missed :)
Glad to see it all fixed. This isn't my cup of tea but if i was a Viking this would be my battle music. im. still. here.
Across the rainbow Bridge was my intro to this band. Bought every album since and I love em all
Awesome pick man! Nice to see your lounge back up and running! Amon Amarth is awesome, you should check out Sabaton if you like epic storytelling, they are more power metal, but sick!
The downside of both Amon Amarth and Sabaton is that their music is quite formulatic, meaning as Endlessor Baggins mentioned from album to album it's pretty much the same. But hey, they still have great songs, and reactions to a few of them would be great!
Oh hell yes Amon amarth is a THROWBACK absolutely love this band. Runes to my memory is one of my favorite songs.
Raise your horns! I freaking love this band! Guardians of Asgaard is one of their all time best. So damn good
I second this ⚔🛡
Their best imo. The guest vocals by LG Petrov from the legendary Entombed makes it even more magical. A nice music video as well.
Holy crap! So amazing to see Amon Amarth here on the channel! Fantastic insights as per usual Geebz glad the studio is back and running. Wanderer is one song from them i truly feel fit the melodic parts of their music
I'm glad you picked up on the cinematic quality of the melody here; the intro especially, to me, would fit right into a movie score such as that for Conan the Barbarian. Love that you've been introduced to Amon Amarth, hope you circle back to them again!
I love Runes to my memory and the cover of Aerials Amon Amarth did.
ABOUT TIME! :D
Fun fact: Amon Amarth means "Mount Doom" in Sindarin, an Elvish language from Lord of the Rings.
LOVE this band!
When you discover Hermod's ride to Hel after years of listening to Amon Amarth, and realise it's the best song they ever done.
That's my favorite AA track. Probably their most epic one. It builds up slowly and slowly until it reaches the climax at the final minute. Simply a banger
YES!!!!
Amon Amarth has many qualities and I love their music. The little downside for me tho is that from album to album the formula is pretty much the same. I once did a compilation with songs from many albums and in the end it was not obvious that these were songs from many different albums, it sounded as if they were from a single album.
I like the consistency personally. If you're in a Amon Amarth mood you always know what you're getting, unllike a band like A7X that has changed their sound half a dozen times over the years
Have to disagree dude listen to the album’s and they all have a different story to tell for example jomsviking is different to asator etc
Well if they play only one song, it's a great song
I make up you and the lead singer of Amon Amarth - Johan Hegg - would be good buds!! He is married to a yoga instructor and is just an all around great guy - kind of like you!! Thank you for such a great reaction!!
Hey Geebz nice to see you back in your digs..I saw this band in 2016 on the Mayhem Fest and the entire stage was a huge Viking Ship..I like what they do.. Peace from the Northeast..
Definitely Deciever of the Gods love that song.
Let me help you out geebz "that dark heavy metal slam poetry" is just called growling.
MGLA - DRUM CAM - Get it
Oh YES!! Great band here! Don't know a ton about them. I got into them about 2-3 years ago. Excellent shit!
I'm still excited for you to listen to Sojourner - Perennial 🤙🤘
Adam!! :) Your song next week - AWWWRIGHT!!
@@KeyOfGeebz ohh STELLAR!!
Hell yeah Geebz, one of my favorites. Saw these guys back in 2013 at a smaller venue. There was a 8 year old stage diver, and it was the bassists birthday, was a good time.
I was at the Nottingham gig last night with Amon Amarth and Machine Head, great times and this track was as hard as ever.
These guys and Mastodon are probably my favorite bands active right now. Hermods Ride to Hel, Embrace of the Endless Ocean, Twilight of the Thunder God, Fafner’s Gold and Crack the Sky are just a few of their great tracks you should give a listen to
Asator
@@earendilthemariner5546 asator, valhall awaits me, and destroyer of the universe are the 3 songs that never fail to amp me up to the max
Tock’s taunt, the hero, and Hermods ride to hel are gems too
Twilight of the thunder God is not just a solid song but an awesome concept album. It's the legend of Thor and his final battle. It doesn't get more epic than that
Loved your reaction to this! Under the Northern star is so good if you ever have time to listen!
Always metal music now. I used to LOVE this channel man.
Love this band and this song and the music video and your assessment here. This is an excellent starting point for their discography. Some of their other great singles are: The Pursuit of Vikings (different song), First Kill, Mjolnir, Fafner's Gold, Crack the Sky, Shield Wall, Fate of Norns, Guardians of Asgaard, Twilight of the Thunder God, Death in Fire, Cry of the Blackbirds and Runes to my Memory.
Other good songs if you're into it are: Once Sealed in Blood, Where Death Seems to Dwell, Into the Dark, Gods of War Arise, Embrace of the Endless Ocean, Live for the Kill, For the Stabwounds in our Backs, And the World Will Cease to Be, One Thousand Burning Arrows, Prediction of Warfare, We Shall Destroy
This is my favorite Amon Amarth album!! It is sick!
Great reaction to this song(or literally any music) and when it became apparent that you didn't have the lyrics in front of you(and no one understands them all the first time) it only further impressed me, not many look past the vocals and focus on the music these days, and I agree about the vocals, in many of their songs the vocals serve as their own instrument, everything comes together usually to tell a story, and its the reason I'm such a fan, (especially songs like Arson, and the Avenger, Under Siege, etc)
There are a few from their new album that are very awesome: Heimgrim, Put Your Back Into the Oar, Find a Way or Make One, Get in the Ring, Odin Owns You All, just to name a few.
I’m. Still. Here.
Awesome pick, I first heard Amon Amarth when the album "With Odin on our Side" was released in 2006. Always check out the new stuff, they're the masters of this sound, Viking Metal 🤘
well its not viking metal, its more melo-metal
I saw this on their tour for the album, and they straight up had two dudes in full battle dress dueling swords, absolutely destroying each other’s wooden shields w/ them
Definitely check out The Pursuit Of Vikings, and Twilight of the Thunder God by them
one cool thing about these guys is the drums are always done to feel like your on horseback charging into battle.
Amon Amarth always put a smile on face :)
I love how they use the vocals as a rhythmic instrument and assign the "singing" melodies to the guitars. And damn are they melodic, despite the heaviness!
Great song! Can't wait to hear your breakdowns!! :D
my favorite band i saw them live as a belated birthday gift and i have never seen a live performance more excited and enjoyable, the audience just going absolutely crazy never have i seen a band just take such control of an audience and coordinate with them so well best show i have seen so much fun. 🤘🤘
Nice dood, this is a good band for the slow burn
Namaste
Absolutely brilliant track ❤️😎🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸
Please do “Valhalla Awaits Me” from With Odin on Our Sides. Or do anything from With Odin on Our Sides as it is undeniably Amon Amarth’s master work.
Great video and great vibes as always Geebs.
Kindest regards to you.
Amazing band, can't even start to list their best songs without going overboard.
As for the voice of the singer, you might find interesting how he sounds like during just an interview. He has a very powerful and unique voice even when he is just chatting.
Songs to check out (I am doing my best not to list too many): Put Your Back Into the Oar, Across the Rainbow Bridge, The Fate of Norns, Valhall Awaits Me, Cry of the Black Birds, etc
Wow! Would love if u started doing more swedish metal! So many gems, dark tranquillity soilwork etc etc
Awesome this was one of the suggestions that I kept plugging. Love Amon Amarth! Please check out First Kill from this same album. I’m still here.
Edit: Amon Amarth is a Viking/Melodic Death Metal band. The lyrics and the whole album for that matter are about the Jomsvikings. They were a band of professional mercenaries in some of the old Icelandic Sagas.
You can do Embrace the Endless Ocean by Amon Amarth. A very melodic and sad death metal song.
I'm still here!
yeah that melody really drives the whole song.
I don't really listen to them, but as others suggested Twilight of the Thunder God is probably the best to do
Yes! Probably the best song on this awesome album.🤘🏻🤘🏻
I really like Back on Northern Shores imo. Good ending.
"Hear the berserks roar, they call to mighty Thor!"
Dude, you should do this whole album! It slaps man!
I am here to recommend 'Under the Northern Star' or 'No Fear for the Setting Sun' by Amon Amarth. Love your videos dude, take care!
You gotta be due for another Periphery reaction soon right? ;) love the content dude keep being awesome!
🤘 I'll need a chiropractor visit after some melodic death metal 😁
You need to impove your technique then 😄
@@philippciunis yet I practice with more consistency than any workout ^^
I like Raise Your Horns by Amon Amarth. It has mainstream appeal if there can be such a thing for this style of music. I like most types of music but only occasionally listen to metal and also am not a big fan of the growl singing.... however, I really LIKE this song. I liked both its more "poppy" chorus and its concept (heavy on the viking lore lol).
Hermod's Ride to hel and Embrace of the Endless Ocean are two of my favorite songs of all time. Highly recommend them if you're looking for more Amon Amarth in the future.
I'm still here!
Amon Amarth is one of my favorite bands in the genre. Been listening to them for so, so many years. While this song isn't bad (I don't think they have a bad song), there are a few other songs you should check out:
•Across The Rainbow Bridge from 2002's Versus the World
•Fate of Norns from 2004's Fate of Norns
•Valkyries Ride from 2004's Fate of Norns
•Hermod's Ride to Hel - Lokes Treachery Part 1 from 2006's With Oden on Our Side (since is my person favorite from then)
•Cry of the Black Birds from 2006's With Oden on Our Side
•Twilight of the Thunder God from 2008's Twilight of the Thunder God (this is probably their most famous song and will definitely get you some clicks)
•Embrace the Endless Ocean from 2008's Twilight of the Thunder God
•A Beast Am I from 2011's Surtur Rising
•Doom Over Dead Man from 2011's Surtur Rising (really nice orchestral work on this one, prob my second favorite song)
There are a lot of great songs on their most recent three albums too, I just don't know them by name because I'm generally stuck in their 2004-2011 era xD
Nice pick! Please think about doing "This Godless Endeavour" by Nevermore!!🤘
The "brass" are a unique viking instrument, named Lur. It might be Gjallarhorn
Awesome to see someone do Amon Amarth. Please do their song A Thousand Years of Oppression. I promise, it's the best. Regardless of everyones pleas for Twighlight of the Thunder God.
Hope you’re having a good one Geebz. I will continue requesting that you please check out the band The Dear Hunter, until I perish. Songs I’d recommend to start with are “The Bitter Suite I & II: Meeting Ms. Leading/Through the Dime,” “If All Goes Well,” and “Ring 3 - Luxury.” Keep her going Geebz, been loving the new content
Hells yeaaaaaah!!! I saw them open for slayer a few years ago. They’re fantastic live. You should review a live track!! Thousand years of oppression, or the last with pagan blood are killer
Such a crisp sound, so clean, guitar sounds so fucking heavy, vocals are awesome it's perfect. I'm not a fan of power/heavy metal but this is exceptional.
Something different from these guys is the song Ironside, in reference to the legendary King Bjorn.
Johans 'clean' vocal delivery makes this song have impact.🤘🤘
Fun band, true kings of the live show. Though as any honest fan will tell you, you’ve heard one Amon Amarth song, you’ve heard them all. Strongly recommend Falconer’s ‘Dreams and Pyres’ if you’re in the mood for symphonic power metal. Operatic drama and ‘storm the walls’ riffs all in one.
Yep
this is my #1 work out music song
Amon Amarth is just endless Riffage on every album. It's a great band to ease people into heavier music
Well damn, now i gotta do vocal cover for this song again xD
Is this the only Amon Amarth video from geebz? They are sick.
If you're into this vibe, another great viking folk metal band is TYR. Try 'Hold the Heathen Hammer High' or 'Sunset Shore'.
As Johann, the lead singer once said at a concert, "You don't need to know the words. It's fucking death metal!". lol
Awesome video as usual! Great to see your perspective as usual. I was wondering if you have ever dipper your ears into a band called Carcass? Would love for you to check out the song Heartwork
viking metal is another pandora`s box you just opened. I rekommend the band Ensiferum.
I really like this one in particular - just like the lyrics, it gives you the right punch.
Whoever suggested this deserves a thumbs up.
The video is also very well done, worth watching.
I think "Twilight of the Thunder God", "Guardians Of Asgaard" and "The Pursuit of Vikings" are the "classic" examples of AA.
Twilight of the Thunder God, War of the Gods and Deceiver of the Gods are my favorites of Amon Amarth. Great choice though, Geebz.
Winds of plague would be a cool reaction
Check out Death in Fire. My personal fav.
Little did we know geebz was drinking ayuhuasca and we just feed his habit.