title: The Avenger (album)
text: # The Avenger (album)
  
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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.
  
  ## Quote and feud
  
  Exact quote for the album, by the band:
  
     Any references made to implicate that there are cover bands out there that really sucks [sic] found in this recording are purely intentional.
  
  The quote was a result of a short-lived feud with heavy metal band HammerFall, and fears consumers and press alike viewed the album as unoriginal or a near-cover work of another band.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All lyrics are written by Johan Hegg.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Fredrik Andersson − drums
  * Olavi Mikkonen − lead guitars
  * Johan Hegg − vocals
  * Johan Söderberg − rhythm guitars
  * Ted Lundström − bass
  * Engineered and mixed by Peter Tägtgren.
  * Mastered at Cutting Room in Stockholm by Peter In De Betou, April 1999.
  * Cover and layout by Thomas Everhard.
  