Once Sent from the Golden Hall

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Once Sent from the Golden Hall
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Studio album by
Released10 February 1998 [1]
Recorded1997
Studio The Abyss
Genre Melodic death metal
Length44:51
Label Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer Peter Tägtgren, Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth chronology
Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds
(1996)
Once Sent from the Golden Hall
(1998)
The Avenger
(1999)
Professional ratings
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Once Sent from the Golden Hall is the debut studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records and Sony Music on 10 February 1998. The album was originally limited and only 1000 copies were sold on CD and LP versions. Later the album was re-released by Metal Blade in 2005 on Picture LP with 500 hand-counted copies. 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. Martin Lopez left the band soon after the release of this album to join Swedish band Opeth, making this the only album with him on drums. Likewise, it is also the only album to feature guitarist Anders Hansson.

Contents

The artwork for the 2009 remastered edition features four swords (like the ones used to form the 'A A' on the inside flap) bordering the original image. The band's logo sits half an inch above the swords in flaming letters using the band's signature font, below the four swords is the album title. All artwork was created by Peter Kinmark.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ride for Vengeance"Johan HeggOlavi Mikkonen4:30
2."The Dragons' Flight Across the Waves"HeggMikkonen4:35
3."Without Fear"Hegg
  • Mikkonen
  • Anders Hansson
4:50
4."Victorious March"
  • Hegg
  • Mikkonen
Mikkonen7:58
5."Friends of the Suncross"HeggMikkonen4:43
6."Abandoned"HeggMikkonen6:02
7."Amon Amarth"
  • Hegg
  • Ted Lundström
Mikkonen8:08
8."Once Sent from the Golden Hall"HeggMikkonen4:11
Total length:44:57
2009 remastered edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Siegreicher Marsch" (German version of "Victorious March"')7:54
Total length:52:51
2009 remastered edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Ride for Vengeance" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)4:38
2."The Dragons' Flight Across the Waves" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)5:02
3."Without Fear" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)4:18
4."Victorious March" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)7:32
5."Friends of the Suncross" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)4:33
6."Abandoned" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)5:59
7."Amon Amarth" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)8:27
8."Once Sent from the Golden Hall" (live in Bochum, Germany in 2008)4:33
Total length:45:02

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