Amon Amarth returns with their 4th album, Versus the World. Much in the same way Pantera set the Metal world on fire with "Vulgar Display of Power", Amon Amarth have crafted not only a brutal, heavy record, but one that grooves without sacrificing intensity. This CD includes a 20-page full color booklet and a bonus CD featuring 14 tracks including the band's first EP "Sorry Thoughtout the Nine Worlds" and more rarities.
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''Versus the World'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth, released on November 18, 2002 by Metal Blade Records. It was also released with a bonus disc featuring the Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds EP as well as their two demos; ''Thor Arise'', ''The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter'' (the first being unreleased before) and a German version of "Victorious March" entitled "Siegreicher Marsch" which was on ''Once Sent from the Golden Hall''. The song "Death in Fire" was made into a music video. ''Versus the World'' was the first Amon Amarth album to showcase a more midpaced and heavy sound, unlike their earlier faster works. A deluxe edition was released in 2009 that featured the album remastered by Jens Bogren, and a bonus cd of the original album played live in its entirety in Bochum, Germany.
When asked to comment on the album, Johan Hegg the vocalist remarked:- - Wikipedia