And yes, this is one the best Melodic Death metal albums of all times! I adore Valhall Awaits Me.

Yea, this is amazing powerful release. I did expect another decent album of course, but not as such great stuff as this one is. Still my favourite one out of their disco...

Amazing Album, but Twlight of the Thunder God was much better.

Written by Kratos on 25.12.2009 at 01:11

Amazing Album, but Twlight of the Thunder God was much better.

IMO With Oden On Our Side is the best Amon Amarth album. then Versus The World and then Twilight Of The Thunder God.

I also think this album is their biggest highlight...

Although "Twilight Of the Thunder God" is more refined and extraordinally worked on, I too like "With Oden on Our Side" more. But it's definitely difficult to choose between the two.

And with oden on our side,we are victorious

The best from Amon Amarth. It will be tough to beat this level.

Epic album!

A Masterpiece of the Melodic Death Metal, and the best AA album.

Very good album, my favourite.

I gave this album a rating of 10 because no matter what i hear, this still stands tall as the best balanced melodeath/Gothenburg i have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Consistent songwriting throughout, the album maintains a blistering pace and sweeps you along with it the whole way through. Relentless attack through the first 3 tracks gives way to a more relaxed refrain in Loke's Treachery Part I- for all of 56 seconds. This is an onslaught of a melodeath release that, while aggrandizing its scale in the final two songs of the album to round it out in a suitably 'epic' nature, always leaves you begging for more.

I'm not sure what it is about this album that is still capable of instilling man-tears as soon as the first riff of any track comes tearing along, but i am sure as hell that i'm still going to be 'banging to this come 2026 and beyond!

Awesome work.

Been listening to this album for the past week and I'm very impressed. This is exceptional melodic death metal. I reckon the song "Under the Northern Star" is quite beautiful and could easily be sung with clean vocals and non-metal fans would love it.

I still have this at 10, although it's been a while since I listened to it but it had a huge impact on me in the past.

I can't help but think of Iron Maiden when I hear some of Amon Amarth's songs, like "Cry of the Black Birds."

Maybe best album .... still not big diference from others, but lil melodic, lil calmer vox and there my fav song from this band
I love black birds

This album never gets boring. Perfect album within the genre.

This is the album that got me into Amon, and to this day is my favorite album from them. Hail Oden!

A great work from the band. Valhall awaits me!!!!!

Their best tied with Versus the World. Can't get better

Written by Storchillarn on 23.06.2013 at 23:08

This album never gets boring. Perfect album within the genre.

band never gets boring IMO

Simply the best Amon Amarth record, IMHO. It has a good balance between the heaviness and brutality on one side and the melodies on the other.
Favourite tracks: all of them. There is not a single weak song on this album, which is what separates it from the rest of the band's discography.

Amon Amarth's best album tied with Twilight of the Thunder God.

This album was the first metal album that I bought ( back in 2007) still without a doubt one of the best albums ever created!

A very good if overrated album. Twilight of the Thunder God and Surtur Rising are both better IMO. This album also has their worst artwork.

8.4/10 for me - 'Valhall Awaits Me' is the standout track. 'Runes To My Memory' and 'Cry Of The Black Birds' are both also great.

A new era for the band, that lasted too long for their own good. This album was their peak commercially. The same soft approach that started with Versus the world, is present here but with better songwriting and production.

Not their best, but deserve to be in everyone's top 5.

Their best album imo, slightly better than Twilight Of The Thunder God. This album was unique in the fact that it never had the traditional Gothenburg sound like other Swedish dm bands had, it was a style of their own. It still had a brutal sound, although less brutal than most traditional dm sounds, and was much more accessible for a wider variety of listeners, with a far less technical and complex approach. So this style is ideal for newbies to dm, and a great gateway to extreme metal.

Obviously the lyrical theme is always important, the Viking theme is what makes Amon Amarth stand out, it's who they are. Whether you like the Viking theme or not, this album is highly enjoyable, it has great riff melodies, and really catchy choruses you can actually sing along too, and so many memorable songs, it's hard to pick a favourite. If I had to my picks would be "Runes To My Memory", "Cry Of The Black Birds", "Prediction Warfare" and the title track, the only song I found slightly weaker is "Asator".

Imho this is the absolute peak of Amon Amarth's career, everything they have done since has been good or ok, but has never reached this level of quality. The main problem I find now is they have been sticking with this sane formula since, and have become very predictable, not thst it's a bad thing, because most fans seem to be happy with that, and so do Amon Amarth

I come back to this album (and Twilight Of The Thunder God) once a year for my fix of melodic death metal. The genre as a whole can cease to exist as far as I'm concerned, with only these two albums being enough.

With Oden on my side, I suddenly understood (melodic) death metal. Thank you, Amon Amarth for opening a new view.