once sent from the golden hall was the first album by death metal band amon amarth. it was released by metal blade records. the album was released on february 10 1998. only 1000 copies of the first release were sold, on both cd and lp. it was later re-released, with 500 hand-counted copies. a deluxe edition was released, remastered by jens bogren. martin lopez left the band to join opeth soon after the album was released.