The Avenger (album)

For other uses, see The Avenger (disambiguation).

The Avenger
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	September 2, 1999
Recorded	March 1999 (The Abyss (recording studio)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	36:12
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Amon Amarth chronology
Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) The Avenger (1999) The Crusher (2001)

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The Avenger is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records on September 2, 1999. It was also released as a digipak version, containing a bonus track "Thor Arise", a re-recording of the title track from their first demo, Thor Arise. The album was also released as an LP version. Later, Metal Blade Records re-released the album in 2005 on Picture LP, limited to 500 hand-counted copies. The lineup of the album has continued on to present. A deluxe edition was released in 2009 that featured the album remastered by Jens Bogren, and a bonus cd of the original album played live in its entirety in Bochum, Germany.

Quote and feud

Exact quote for the album, by the band:

“

Any references made to implicate that there are cover bands out there that really sucks [sic] found in this recording are purely intentional.

”

The quote was a result of a short-lived feud with heavy metal band HammerFall, and fears consumers and press alike viewed the album as unoriginal or a near-cover work of another band.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bleed for Ancient Gods"	4:31
2.	"The Last with Pagan Blood"	5:39
3.	"North Sea Storm"	4:56
4.	"Avenger"	7:11
5.	"God, His Son and Holy Whore"	4:00
6.	"Metalwrath"	3:50
7.	"Legend of a Banished Man"	6:05

Digipak Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Thor Arise" (re-recording of track from Thor Arise demo)	5:07

Credits

Band members

• Fredrik Andersson − drums
• Olavi Mikkonen − guitars
• Johan Hegg − death vocals
• Johan Söderberg − guitars
• Ted Lundström − bass

Other

• Engineered and mixed by Peter Tägtgren.
• Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm by Peter In De Betou, April 1999.
• Cover and layout by Thomas Everhard.