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Jomsviking (album)

Jomsviking is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap and released on 25 March 2016 through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music.

Background

This is the band's first concept album. Vocalist Johan Hegg described the concept of the album:

Critical reception

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."

The album was certified Gold in Germany.

Track listing

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Amon Amarth

Session musicians

  • Tobias Gustafsson − drums

Guest musicians

  • Doro Pesch − clean female vocals on "A Dream That Cannot Be"

Production

Visual art

  • 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

Studios

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References