The Avenger (album)

The Avenger
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	2 September 1999
Recorded	March 1999
Studio	The Abyss
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	36:12
Label	Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Amon Amarth chronology
Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) The Avenger (1999) The Crusher (2001)

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The Avenger is the second studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth, released by Metal Blade Records and Sony Music on 2 September 1999. It was the first Amon Amarth album with guitarist Johan Söderberg and drummer Fredrik Andersson, Thus completing the line-up that remained up until 2015, following Andersson's departure from the band. It was also released as a digipak version, containing a bonus track "Thor Arise", a re-recording of the title track from their first demo, Thor Arise. The album was also released as an LP version. Later, Metal Blade Records re-released the album in 2005 on Picture LP, limited to 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.