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The band bases most of their songs on Norse mythology, the Viking Age, and the pre-Christian world. This mythology is an element that originally emerged as an ideological off-shoot of black metal in a genre known as Viking metal in the early 1990s, made popular by such bands as Bathory and Enslaved. The band, however, does not classify itself as a viking metal band.

When asked to comment on the band's genre, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:
“We play death metal. We write about vikings so, therefore, some refer us to viking metal, but I have no idea what that is. I can't imagine the Vikings were into metal at all except on the swords and stuff. And musically, I guess they only played these strange lip instruments and some bongos or whatever. ”
——The Metal Web's interview with Johan Hegg


Hegg spoke of the band's unwillingness to be labeled and insisted that they've never called themselves Viking metal. "In our mind <this term is> very much associated with bands that come out of Norway who are playing a very black metal oriented music and that’s not what we play. Sure, we have the same inspirations when it comes to the lyrical themes but musically we’re a completely different kind of metal so it’s tricky", Hegg added.
Hegg has also addressed the band's relationship to the pagan metal phenomenon and their choice of subject matter:
“ We don’t really see ourselves as one of those bands doing pagan folklore music. The reason we took the Viking theme and mythology theme as a lyrical theme for the band was, perhaps, more accidental from the start. When we wrote the first song with Viking lyrics, we felt it was a topic that suited the music that we wanted to write really well...It was something different, as well, from a lot of other bands. In Sweden, I think only Bathory and Unleashed had done anything like it. For us, it was to do something different, to stand out a little bit, to use those lyrics. ”
——The Norse Mythology Blog's interview with Johan Hegg


The band bases most of their songs on Norse mythology, the Viking Age, and the pre-Christian world. This mythology is an element that originally emerged as an ideological off-shoot of black metal in a genre known as Viking metal in the early 1990s, made popular by such bands as Bathory and Enslaved. The band, however, does not classify itself as a viking metal band.[15]When asked to comment on the band's genre, vocalist Johan Hegg remarked:“We play death metal. We write about vikings so, therefore, some refer us to viking metal, but I have no idea what that is. I can't imagine the Vikings were into metal at all except on the swords and stuff. And musically, I guess they only played these strange lip instruments and some bongos or whatever.?—The Metal Web's interview with Johan HeggHegg spoke of the band's unwillingness to be labeled and insisted that they've never called themselves Viking metal. "In our mind <this term is> very much associated with bands that come out of Norway who are playing a very black metal oriented music and that’s not what we play. Sure, we have the same inspirations when it comes to the lyrical themes but musically we’re a completely different kind of metal so it’s tricky", Hegg added.[3]Hegg has also addressed the band's relationship to the pagan metal phenomenon and their choice of subject matter:“We don’t really see ourselves as one of those bands doing pagan folklore music. The reason we took the Viking theme and mythology theme as a lyrical theme for the band was, perhaps, more accidental from the start. When we wrote the first song with Viking lyrics, we felt it was a topic that suited the music that we wanted to write really well...It was something different, as well, from a lot of other bands. In Sweden, I think only Bathory and Unleashed had done anything like it. For us, it was to do something different, to stand out a little bit, to use those lyrics.

大家认为Amon Amarth是维京金属，是因为他们从维京传说取材，光凭歌词是不能决定音乐流派的，要看音乐本身才行。主唱Johan Hegg说过““We’ve never called ourselves Viking metal and like most musicians, we just don’t like to put labels on ourselves.” 这的确是纯正的死亡金属。维京金属保留有黑金属的血统，Amon Amarth则绝对没有。维京金属从黑金属继承了很多特点： 1. 嘈杂 2. 混乱 3. 悲冷的情绪 这些特点，Amon Amarth一概没有。也不是说维京金属就非得有这些特点。Ensiferum基本上也不具有这些特点，也算维京金属。 Amon Amarth充分体现了死亡金属的优秀品质：坚毅，强韧，火热，脚踏实地，有秩序，恒定，忍耐，始终以战斗的态度面对人生。 比如说一个A-B-A-B或者A-A-A-A的结构。有些乐队标新立异，把第二个A进行一些加工，使之与第一个A不完全相同，自以为这样更加有趣。其实在死亡金属里，这种做法是很不好的，它会削弱歌曲的连贯性、一致性、恒定性。

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海哥原话：
“We’ve never called ourselves Viking metal and like most musicians, we just don’t like to put labels on ourselves. In our mind, it’s very much associated with bands that come out of Norway who are playing a very black metal oriented music and that’s not what we play. Sure, we have the same inspirations when it comes to the lyrical themes but musically we’re a completely different kind of metal so it’s tricky. To somebody who’s never heard us but has maybe heard Enslaved or Borknagar or Einherjer, they will expect something very different than what we do.” – Johan Hegg