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In Norse mythology, Surtr (or Surtur, as in Surtur Rising) is a giant-god (jötunn) blackened by fire, who fought against Freyr at Ragnarök. |
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In the track list of the "Bloodshed Over Bochum" DVD, The first song on the "Vs The World" album is mistakenly called "Death And Fire", while the correct name is "Death In Fire". |
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All the songtitles from the "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" album appear more or less in the lyrics of the song "Metal Wrath" on "The Avenger", the next album released after "Once Sent From The Golden Hall". |
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During Amon Amarth's first US headline tour in 2007, in middle of their setlist, the band would raise their drinking horns to the crowd and sip the drink, they did this in all the cities except in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the venue asked the band not to have alcohol in the horns. The band thought it was ridiculous to drink water from the horns so Salt Lake City did not see those Vikings with their drinking horns on stage. |
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Formed under the name Scum in 1988, the band was originally a grindcore band formed by Themgoroth (Dark Funeral), Olavi and Ted. When Johan joined the band it resulted in a musical change towards death metal. After a 1991 demo, they switched to the name Amon Amarth in 1992. |
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When in 1992 Amon Amarth released a demo, The Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter, they sold all 1000 demo discs in less than 12 hours! |
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Amon Amarth is Elvish (Sindarin) for 'Mountain of Fate' (or Mount Doom) in Tolkien's 'The Lord of The Rings'. |
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