Jomsviking (album)

 Jomsviking is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was mixed and produced by Andy Sneap and released on 25 March 2016 through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music.

Concept
This is the band's first concept album. Vocalist Johan Hegg described the concept of the album: "The Jomsvikings and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she's being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can't let go of the past. He feels that he's been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story."

Critical reception
Writing for Exclaim!, Renee Trotier wrote that "while longtime fans might be a bit thrown off by some of the more melodic traditional metal elements throughout Jomsviking, the music is well suited to both the concept's narrative and a natural evolution of Amon Amarth's more well known style."

Credits
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Amon Amarth

 * Johan Hegg − vocals
 * Olavi Mikkonen − lead guitar
 * Johan Söderberg − rhythm guitar
 * Ted Lundström − bass

Session musicians

 * Tobias Gustafsson − drums

Guest musicians

 * Doro Pesch − clean female vocals on "A Dream That Cannot Be"

Production

 * Andy Sneap – production, recording, mixing

Visual art

 * Tom Thiel − cover art
 * Thomas Ewerhard − layout
 * Niclas Mortensen – additional artwork
 * John Lorenzi – additional artwork
 * Sam Didier – additional artwork
 * Christian Sloan Hall – additional artwork
 * Adi Kalingga – additional artwork
 * Thomas Ewerhard – additional artwork
 * Garip Jensen − photos, digital editing

Studios

 * Backstage Productions, Derbyshire – recording, mixing