''Once Sent from the Golden Hall'' is the debut full-length

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released by the

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band

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, released by

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on 10 February 1998. 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 Jens Peter Daniel Bogren (born 13 November 1979) is a Swedish record producer, mixer and recording engineer specializing in heavy metal music. He has worked on albums by Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Katatonia, Babym ...

, and a bonus CD of the original album played live in its entirety in Bochum, Germany.

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left the band soon after the release of this album to join Swedish band

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, making this the only album with him on drums. Likewise, it is also the only album to feature guitarist Anders Hansson.

Track listing

Personnel

Amon Amarth

*Johan Hegg –

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*Olavi Mikkonen –

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*Anders Hansson –

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*Ted Lundström – bass *

–

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Other

* Engineered by

Peter Tägtgren Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain i ...

* Cover by Peter Kinmark

Artwork

The front cover features the band standing in a doorway in front of fire. Johan Hegg has his arms raised with his fists in the air. Four swords (like the ones used to form the 'A A' on the inside flap) border the image. The band's logo sits half an inch above the swords in flaming letters using the band's signature font, below the four swords is the album title. All artwork was created by Peter Kinmark.

References

Amon Amarth albums Metal Blade Records albums 1998 debut albums Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren {{1990s-death-metal-album-stub