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[https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/amon-amarth-celebrate-week-of-gold-launches-video-for-fafners-gold/ The album was certified Gold in Germany.] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Amon Amarth celebrate ‘Week of Gold’, earns Gold certification in Germany for 2016′s ‘Jomsviking’ {{!}} Metal Blade Records |url=https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/amon-amarth-celebrate-week-of-gold-launches-video-for-fafners-gold/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
[https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/amon-amarth-celebrate-week-of-gold-launches-video-for-fafners-gold/ The album was certified Gold in Germany.] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Amon Amarth celebrate ‘Week of Gold’, earns Gold certification in Germany for 2016′s ‘Jomsviking’ {{!}} Metal Blade Records |url=https://www.metalblade.com/us/news/amon-amarth-celebrate-week-of-gold-launches-video-for-fafners-gold/ |access-date=2025-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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{{Blockquote|text=The [[Jomsvikings]] and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she’s being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can’t let go of the past. He feels that he’s been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story. |author=Johan Hegg | source = [http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amon-amarth-to-release-jomsviking-album-in-march-watch-first-kill-video-right-now/ Blabbermouth] }}
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{{Blockquote|text=The [[Jomsvikings]] and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she’s being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can’t let go of the past. He feels that he’s been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story. |author=Johan Hegg | source = [http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amon-amarth-to-release-jomsviking-album-in-march-watch-first-kill-video-right-now/ Blabbermouth] }}
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 21 September 2025
2016 studio album by Amon Amarth
Jomsviking is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth.[1] It was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap and released on 25 March 2016 through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music.[2][3]
The album was certified Gold in Germany. [4]
This is the band’s first concept album. Vocalist Johan Hegg described the concept of the album:
The Jomsvikings and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she’s being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can’t let go of the past. He feels that he’s been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story.
Writing for Exclaim!, Renee Trotier wrote that “while longtime fans might be a bit thrown off by some of the more melodic traditional metal elements throughout Jomsviking, the music is well suited to both the concept’s narrative and a natural evolution of Amon Amarth’s more well known style.”[8]
All tracks are written by Amon Amarth.
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “First Kill” | 4:21 |
| 2. | “Wanderer” | 4:42 |
| 3. | “On a Sea of Blood” | 4:04 |
| 4. | “One Against All” | 3:37 |
| 5. | “Raise Your Horns” | 4:23 |
| 6. | “The Way of Vikings” | 5:11 |
| 7. | “At Dawn’s First Light” | 3:50 |
| 8. | “One Thousand Burning Arrows” | 5:49 |
| 9. | “Vengeance Is My Name” (digibook edition bonus track) | 4:41 |
| 10. | “A Dream That Cannot Be” (featuring Doro Pesch) | 4:22 |
| 11. | “Back on Northern Shores” | 7:08 |
| Total length: | 52:08 | |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12. | “Death in Fire 2016” | 4:55 |
| 13. | “Death in Fire” (live) | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 62:08 | |
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[14]
- Tobias Gustafsson − drums
- Doro Pesch − clean female vocals on “A Dream That Cannot Be”
- Tom Thiel − cover art
- Thomas Ewerhard − layout
- Niclas Mortensen – additional artwork
- John Lorenzi – additional artwork
- Sam Didier – additional artwork
- Christian Sloan Hall – additional artwork
- Adi Kalingga – additional artwork
- Thomas Ewerhard – additional artwork
- Garip Jensen − photos, digital editing
