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![Amon Amarth: Influences](/assets/artwork/1x1.gif)
One listen to Amon Amarth's melodic death metal, and it's pretty clear whose tunes they've been blasting for decades: Bathory, Slayer, Maiden, Sabbath and the rest of the most punishing bands in history. Trace the Swedes' bloodline in this heaviest of playlists.