Once Sent from the Golden Hall

Once Sent from the Golden Hall
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	1998[1]
Recorded	Autumn 1997 (The Abyss)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	44:51
Label	Metal Blade
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
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]

Once Sent from the Golden Hall is the first full-length studio album released by the death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records. 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ride for Vengeance"	4:30
2.	"The Dragons' Flight Across the Waves"	4:35
3.	"Without Fear"	4:50
4.	"Victorious March"	7:58
5.	"Friends of the Suncross"	4:43
6.	"Abandoned"	6:02
7.	"Amon Amarth"	8:08
8.	"Once Sent from the Golden Hall"	4:11
9.	"Siegreicher Marsch (Victorious March)" (Reissue Bonus Track)	7:59

Personnel

Amon Amarth

• Johan Hegg – vocals
• Martin Lopez – drums
• Olavi Mikkonen – lead guitar
• Anders Hansson – rhythm guitar
• Ted Lundström – bass guitar

Other

• Engineered by Peter Tägtgren
• Cover by Peter Kinmark

References

1. ^ http://www.metalblade.com/english/artists/amonamarth/releases1.php
2. ^ Bowar, Chad. Amon Amarth - 'Once Sent From The Golden Hall' heavymetal.about.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-24.
3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Once Sent from the Golden Hall review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-24.