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Reduced price due to one bent corner

2001 picture disc in greyscaled cover artwork. Limited 500 copies

Behold, the first chapter of what many consider to be a band incapable of failure. Their EP ‘Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds’, despite clocking just under 25 minutes, can count as a full-fledged record with five well-developed, mature tracks, and as such, I see it as their real debut. This is on hell of a debut and the greatest thing about Amon Amarth is that they recognized they had hit upon a winning formula here, and thus stuck with it, making only a few minor adjustments to their sound over the years. Let’s hope they keep it that way. Amon Amarth is not the normal melodic death metal act and has one of the most recognizable sounds among contemporary extreme metal bands. Yes, their guitars are down-tuned, but it doesn’t sound anywhere near as flaccid as it usually does. I guess you’ll have to hear it before you know. What makes it so outstanding is the exquisite quality of the riffs, which consist almost entirely of dual guitar harmonies and tremolo picking, epic, melodic and emotional. Yeah, this is not your average we-have-only-two-good-songs-so-we-can’t-make-full-length-album EP. In short, if you like Amon Amarth, you need this. If you don’t, you also need this.

Track list:
1. Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds
2. The Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter
3. Burning Creation
4. The Mighty Doors Of The Speargods Hall
5. Under The Grayclouded Winter Sky