Album: Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds

Artist: Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth is my favorite viking metal band of all time, same goes for death metal band as well if you consider them death metal. All the tracks on here are surprisingly solid for a debut. The guitar work is great, they shred and keep things interesting throughout the entire EP. There's some really awesome riffs and some great solos as well. The drummer is also great. This album definitely sounds more like traditional death metal than future releases but at the same time's it's more melodic than most traditional death metal. Because of this, the EP is very easy to get headbanging to. My favorite tracks on here are "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds", "Burning Creation" and "The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter". My only two complaints about the EP are that the recording quality is pretty bad, and two songs "The Mighty Door's of the Speargod's Hall" and "Under The Greyclouded Sky" can sound eerily similar at times. Other than those two minor gripes, it's really a great begining to a truly great band.

Bottom Line: Very solid debut by Amon Amarth, 4/5 :).