AMON AMARTH
VERSUS THE WORLD (CD)
2002 chez Metal Blade Records


DISC 1

1. Death in Fire 4.54
2. For the Stabwounds in Our Backs 4.56
3. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard 5.46
4. Versus The World 5.22
5. Across the Rainbow Bridge 4.51
6. Down the Slopes of Death 4.08
7. Thousand Years of Oppression 5.42
8. Bloodshed 5.13
9. ...And Soon The World Will Cease to be 6.57

DISC 2 - BONUS CD (VIKING EDITION)

1. Siegreicher Marsch 7.54
2. Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds 3.53
3. The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter 4.26
4. Burning Creation 4.59
5. The Mighty Doors of the Speargod's Hall 5.43
6. Under the Greyclouded Winter Sky 5.36
7. Burning Creation 4.49
8. Arrival of the Fimbul Winter 4.38
9. Without Fear 4.42
10. Risen From the Sea 5.43
11. Atrocious Humanity 5.54
12. Army of Darkness 5.26
13. Thor Arise 6.30
14. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath cover) 4.22

Total playing time 122.34


WarMetal : 17/20

Just one year after « The Crusher », Olavi Mikkonen’s band has got his big back in business with « Versus the World ». A high quality album worthy of the 90’s performances.

It’s always a pure Death Metal with amazing melodies but compared with « The Crusher », we also see an improvement in the singles variety and in the quality of riffs too. It starts so fast with "Death In Fire" that remind us to the previous album, but the real evolution come out from the 4th single "Versus the World" that begins with an enormous riff. The singles that come after take different ways but keep the warrior spirit, the group’s own one.

The drums give a pleasant performance with rolls that fit good the group’s compositions and the Vocalist keep the same death voice that he got us used to.

Congratulations to the swedish but also and especially the finnish Olavi Mikkonen that remain the lead artist of the group.

2005-12-11