Jomsviking (album)

Jomsviking
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	March 25, 2016
Studio	Backstage Productions, Derbyshire
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	52:08
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Andy Sneap
Amon Amarth chronology
Deceiver of the Gods (2013) Jomsviking (2016)

Jomsviking is the tenth studio album from Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth.^[1] It was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap and released on March 25, 2016 through Metal Blade Records.^[2][3]

Concept

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

The Jomsvikings and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she's being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can't let go of the past. He feels that he's been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story.

— Johan Hegg, Blabbermouth

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[5]
AllMusic	[6]
Exclaim!	7/10[7]
Metal Hammer	[8]
PopMatters	[9]
Sputnik Music	4/5[10]
AntiHero Magazine	[11]

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."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Amon Amarth. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"First Kill"	4:21
2.	"Wanderer"	4:42
3.	"On a Sea of Blood"	4:04
4.	"One Against All"	3:37
5.	"Raise Your Horns"	4:23
6.	"The Way of Vikings"	5:11
7.	"At Dawn’s First Light"	3:50
8.	"One Thousand Burning Arrows"	5:49
9.	"Vengeance Is My Name"	4:41
10.	"A Dream That Cannot Be" (featuring Doro Pesch)	4:22
11.	"Back on Northern Shores"	7:08
Total length:		52:08

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[12]

Personnel

Amon Amarth

• Johan Hegg − vocals
• Olavi Mikkonen − guitar
• Johan Söderberg − guitar
• Ted Lundström − bass guitar

Session musicians

• Tobias Gustafsson − drums

Guest musicians

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

Producation

• Andy Sneap – production, recording, mixing

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

• Backstage Productions, Derbyshire – recording, mixing

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	29
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]	8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18]	35
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19]	4
French Albums (SNEP)[20]	34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]	1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22]	25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23]	22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	30
US Billboard 200[27]	19

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
2. "Amon Amarth Unveil New Album Details, Video + Tour Dates". Loudwire. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. "Amon Amarth To Release 'Jomsviking' Album In March; Watch 'First Kill' Video Right Now - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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5. Benson, Schuler (March 23, 2016). "Amon Amarth Jomsviking Review About.com". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
6. Monger, James Christopher. "Jomsviking Amon Amarth AllMusic review". Retrieved March 25, 2016.
7. Trotier, Renee (March 23, 2016). "Amon Amarth - Jomsviking". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
8. Dare, Tom (March 1, 2016). "Amon Amarth Jomsviking - Review - Metal Hammer". Retrieved March 25, 2016.
9. Beaudoin, Jedd (March 21, 2016). "Amon Amarth Jomsviking Popmatters". Retrieved March 25, 2016.
10. Tharp, Brett (March 29, 2016). "Amon Amarth Jomsviking Sputnik". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
11. Shatkowski, Randy (29 March 2016). "Album Review: AMON AMARTH - Jomsviking". antiheromagazine.com. AntiHero Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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20. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums - SNEP (Semaine du 25 Mars)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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22. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2016. 13. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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25. "Swisscharts.com – Amon Amarth – Jomsviking". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
26. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
27. "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Amon Amarth. Retrieved 5 April 2016.