Band:	Amon Amarth
Album:	Deceiver Of The Gods
Style:	Melodic death metal
Release date:	June 21, 2013
Guest review by:	MetalAce

Disc I
01. Deceiver Of The Gods
02. As Loke Falls
03. Father Of The Wolf
04. Shape Shifter
05. Under Siege
06. Blood Eagle
07. We Shall Destroy
08. Hel [feat. Messiah Marcolin]
09. Coming Of The Tide
10. Warriors Of The North

Disc II [Special Edition Box]
01. Burning Anvil Of Steel
02. Satan Rising
03. Snake Eyes
04. Stand Up To Go Down

The Scandinavian kings have sprung into action once more, releasing another album. As always, they know the deal. At first, I thought it was a very typical album with songs more-or-less all sounding like each other, but after a couple of listenings, my ideas greatly changed.

They have brought a new set of melodies on this album, and it feels a little different. What a fan wants is a high quality and strong work, but when you're getting ready to listen, something unexpected happens. Your ears hear a new thing, you'll think something's wrong, but NO, this is Amon Amarth. For me, I was impressed; there seems to be no change in lyrics and context - the album is all about Norse mythology, Ragnarök, and battlefields - but there are many other changes that I'm going to explain.

At first, the vocalist's voice seems to have changed a little (although that's normal; it happens when you get older), but not too far - he's still the best! I think he's 40 years old or so now, so you wouldn't hear the same voice as 10 years ago. Messiah Marcolin is also a part of this work. The other primary changes are that they have controlled the drummer more, and the guitarists are doing something different. I don't mean they did badly; it's great. Melodies are plentiful and are more beautiful (in my opinion) than some of their older stuff.

"Father Of The Wolf" and "As Loke Falls" are the biggest highlights of the album. It's obvious that a revolution has been taking place in their songwriting. Their decision had a lot of strong results, and as always they never fear the great changes.

When you want to do great things, you should be great. This is my personal idea, and Amon Amarth is simply the best example for it. Winters come and winters pass, another album has been added to their list. Anyone on this God's green Earth has a different taste and a different thinking in music, but after all, I'll give 8.5 for this work and I'm hoping for more works like this.