Well, the mystery is finally solved. Along with that Stone Sour album, the other one I got from HMV in their 2 for $20 deal was Deceiver of the Gods by Amon Amarth, those viking metal mongers out of Stockholm. They're a band that actually hasn't been featured here before, despite them being the viking metal answer to Ensiferum...and they're touring with Skeletonwitch right now too! Where can you go wrong? Nowhere. I think that the album is pretty strong as a whole, though it took some time for one to leap right out at me. But when it did...
"Shape Shifter" is their signature melodic death metal with quite the catchy feel to it. It's dark, it's quick, and those guitars. Dear god, those guitars... I like Amon Amarth too because you can always understand what they're saying through their screams, and if you like vikings and their mythology, you're going to like this one. From what I've heard of Amon Amarth before Deceiver of the Gods, "Shape Shifter" is quite faster in tempo and loses a little bit of atmosphere, but I think it characterized the album quite well. Amon Amarth knows how to do what they do best, while still keeping it fresh and updated at the same time.
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