Rock of the Thunder God

“Twilight of the Thunder God” is Swedish metal band Amon Amarth’s top hitting album and captures the band’s theme of vikings better than a musical Mjölnir ever could. Every song in this album has it’s own melodic earworm qualities. Released autumn 2008, “Twilight of the Thunder God” was the band’s first debut on the top 200 list of the Billboard 200 and rightfully so. The mix of harmonic vocals of featuring artists and heavy guitar riffs allows for a unique example of what the band is capable of. “The Hero” and “The Embrace of the Endless Ocean” both provide beautifully fluxuating guitar riffs that provide the feeling of charging horseback into battle. Every track on the album begins with an equally recognizable and glorious tune that sets the stage, so to speak, for the feel and story of that song. “Varyags Of Miklagaard” opens uniquely with the sound of drums beating like a war tune that opens into an ensemble of guitar. Finally the titled track “Twilight of the Thunder God” starts the entire album with the final battle between Thor and Jörmungandr, beginning Ragnarök, the end of days, and creating a bridge to their next album “Surtur Rising”, the next step in the beginning of the end for vikings. All together this album is an epic masterpiece of modern metal and is not to be passed by any fans of the genre or even those curious to listen to what metal is all about.