Amon Amarth - Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds (Remastered) (2000) CD-Rip

"Thanks" because this release is a simple masterpiece from one of the greatest melodic death metal bands of our time. This being Amon Amarth's first EP one can only praise them for having released such beautiful material when they were only a "beginner" band.

Musically this is quite different from their previous and later releases. Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds is extreemly melodic and fast, much more so than the following Amon Amarth albums. The many amazing riffs that compose each song follow eachother perfectly and all is very well coordinated with the vocals and drums. This all doesn't give the listener any time to get bored.
What strikes me the most in this EP is the emotion which can be felt in the music and in Johan's vocals which are amazing all along. You'll notice that Johan's growls are more often high pitched than on the following albums, and thats not at all a bad point. He actually uses the high pitched vocals more often than his amazing capacity to growl low, and that sounds totally right with this release. As for the emotion, weither its in the guitar melodies or in Johan's singing, its omnipresent from start to finish. This intensity made me want to read the lyrics, even though I'm often disapointed when I do that for other bands. But the lyrics of this EP are truly amazing (like for most Amon Amarth lyrics) and they really carry out the emotion of the music as anyone would expect. These lyrics are quite different from those of other albums considering that in this one they are mostly inspired by stories from Norse Mythology whereas the other albums are about vikings and they hardly mention mythological stories.
The EP's highlights would be "Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds", "The Mighty Doors of the Speargods Hall" and "Under the Greyclouded Winter Sky".

I recommend this release to all metalheads who can appreciate growling vocals and good melody. Unfortunately it isnt distributed anymore but you can find the material on the 2nd disk of the limited edition of the Versus the World album. But if you want a real copy, you might have to do like what I did and check out Ebay constantly for it. I eventually got it for about 30 euros but it was definately worth the money, and I was ready to pay much more to feel the pleasure of having such a masterpiece in my hands.