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A1	Death In Fire	4:54
A2	For The Stabwounds In Our Backs	4:56
A3	Where Silent Gods Stand Guard	5:46
A4	Vs The World	5:21
A5	Across The Rainbow Bridge Composed By [Leads] – Udo Sweinsnabel	4:50
B1	Down The Slopes Of Death	4:08
B2	Thousand Years Of Oppression Lyrics By – C. Reid	5:41
B3	Bloodshed	5:13
B4	...And Soon The World Will Cease To Be	6:57

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Metal Blade Records GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Metal Blade Records GmbH
• Recorded At – Berno Studio
• Mixed At – Snafu Productions
• Mastered At – Snafu Productions
• Remastered At – Temple Of Disharmony
• Pressed By – SST Brüggemann GmbH

Credits

• Arranged By – Amon Amarth
• Bass – Ted Lundström
• Composed By – Amon Amarth
• Cover – Thomas Ewerhard, Tom Thiel
• Drums – Fredrik Andersson
• Engineer – Berno Paulsson
• Guitar – Johan Söderberg , Olavi Mikkonen
• Lacquer Cut By – Daniel Krieger
• Layout – Thomas Ewerhard
• Lyrics By – Amon Amarth (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 9)
• Mixed By, Mastered By – Henrik Larsson
• Music By – Amon Amarth
• Photography By – Alex Kuehr
• Photography By [Assistant] – Claudia Vaihinger
• Producer – Amon Amarth, Berno Paulsson
• Remastered By [Mastered For Vinyl] – Patrick W. Engel
• Vocals – Johan Hegg

Notes

Recorded at Berno studio in August 2002.

©℗ 2002 Metal Blade Records Inc.

Metal Blade webstore exclusive, featuring:
+ Mastered for Vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony in January 2017
+ Single Jacket with 2-Sided Insert
+ 24" x 24" 2-Sided Color Poster

Series logo not appearing on release, but Metal Blade declared this release as being part of the series.

Copies sold by EMP can be also bought together with a hardback vinyl-size slipcase (possibly simply indicated as box).
The slipcase is to "keep" all the band 2017 vinyl reissues together.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 3984 14410 1 7
• Barcode (Laser scanned): 0039841441017
• Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side A): MB 14410-1 A K SST
• Matrix / Runout (Etched, Side B): MB 14410-1 B K SST
• Matrix / Runout (Stamped, Side A/B): -43497-

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
3984-14410-1	Amon Amarth	Versus The World ‎(2xLP, Album)	Metal Blade Records	3984-14410-1	Germany	2002
3984-14410-1	Amon Amarth	Versus The World ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Ora)	Metal Blade Records	3984-14410-1	Europe	2017
3984-14410-2	Amon Amarth	Versus The World ‎(CD, Album + CD, Comp + Ltd)	Metal Blade Records	3984-14410-2	US	2003
FO202CD	Amon Amarth	Versus The World ‎(CD, Album)	Фоно	FO202CD	Russia	2002
3984-14791-0	Amon Amarth	Versus The World ‎(CD, Album, RM + CD, Album + Ltd, RE, Dig)	Metal Blade Records	3984-14791-0	Germany	2009

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