Mir Fantastiki
According to Metacritic, the album received "generally favorable reviews based on 7 critics", with an aggregate score of 67 out of 100. Allmusic praised the album for balancing "unyielding blasts of Viking brutality" with "artful melodies" while Exclaim.ca similarly awarded a favorable score for the band's mixture of "soaring melodies" with the "raw precision" of the rhythms. However, Pitchfork criticized the album as formulaic and uninspired while About.com described the album as a "letdown" due to Amon Amarth's "playing it safe" approach. This view was contrary to that expressed in "Decibel Magazine", where the album was praised for duelling guitars invoking Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest while the "expertly woven ebb and flow of tempo and style" caused the album to go "from rampaging to brooding to anthemic over a well-conceived trajectory." Tony Vilgotsky of Russian magazine Mir Fantastiki have rated this album with 7 of 10, saying that Deceiver of the Gods slightly doesn't reach the level of previous Amon Amarth's work, Surtur Rising, but this doesn't spoil the overall impression of the record.