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Jomsviking
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Studio	Backstage Productions, Derbyshire, England
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	52:08
Label	Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer	Andy Sneap
Amon Amarth chronology
Deceiver of the Gods (2013) Jomsviking (2016) Berserker (2019)
Singles from Jomsviking
"First Kill" Released: 25 January 2016 "At Dawn's First Light" Released: 15 March 2016

Jomsviking is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap and released on 25 March 2016 through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music.

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
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com
AllMusic
Exclaim!	7/10
Metal Hammer
PopMatters
Sputnikmusic	4/5
AntiHero Magazine
Metal Injection	9/10

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."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Amon Amarth

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Amon Amarth

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

Session musicians

• Tobias Gustafsson − drums

Guest musicians

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

Production

• 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

References

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• 2016 albums
• Amon Amarth albums
• 2010s concept albums
• Metal Blade Records albums