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AMON AMARTH To Tour North America With ARCH ENEMY, AT THE GATES; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

This September heavy metal overlords AMON AMARTH will descend from the land of ice and snow to headline a history-making charge across North America with fellow Swedish warlords ARCH ENEMY , AT THE GATES and GRAND MAGUS , and carnage is on the menu.

The "Berserker" world tour will be a showcase of the riffing havoc captured on AMON AMARTH 's 11th studio album, "Berserker" , and will treat fans to the kind of pulverizing riffage and sublime, fist-in-the-air anthems the band have come to be known for, because no words are more synonymous with AMON AMARTH than unrivaled songcraft and unswerving commitment to no-bullshit heavy fucking metal — and now they have a landmark tour to match.

Speaking on this most epic of tours, AMON AMARTH says: "Berserkers! We will lead a Swedish metal invasion of North America this September and October along with our friends ARCH ENEMY , AT THE GATES and GRAND MAGUS . Come fight and feast with us and earn your seat in the great golden hall. This raid is pure heavy fucking metal and not to be missed!"

Michael Amott of ARCH ENEMY adds: " ARCH ENEMY is very much looking forward to invading North America together with Swedish Viking kings AMON AMARTH and our metal brothers in AT THE GATES and GRAND MAGUS ! Miss this Swedish heavy metal apocalypse at your own peril!”

Finally, JB of GRAND MAGUS enthuses: "I would say that epic is the most fitting word to describe this happening. It's an honor to be part of this gathering of metal giants and we will do our damnedest to make it a memory for life for all who will bang their heads with us during this adventure!"

A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Wednesday, April 17 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, April 18 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "BLABBER" to access tickets before the general public.

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m. local time.

"Berserker" North American tour dates:

Sep. 26 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO ( buy tickets ) Sep. 27 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater ( buy tickets ) Sep. 28 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum ( buy tickets ) Sep. 30 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Convention Centre ( buy tickets ) Oct. 01 - Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle ( buy tickets ) Oct. 03 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex ( buy tickets ) Oct. 04 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium ( buy tickets ) Oct. 06 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater ( buy tickets ) Oct. 07 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theater ( buy tickets ) Oct. 09 - Toronto, ON - Rebel ( buy tickets ) Oct. 10 - Montreal, QC - M Telus ( buy tickets ) Oct. 12 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom ( buy tickets ) Oct. 15 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore ( buy tickets ) Oct. 16 - Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle ( buy tickets ) Oct. 18 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore ( buy tickets ) Oct. 19 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues ( buy tickets ) Oct. 20 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre ( buy tickets ) Oct. 23 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues ( buy tickets ) Oct. 25 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield ( buy tickets ) Oct. 26 - Los Angeles, CA - The Palladium ( buy tickets )

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AMON AMARTH Announces Biggest North American Headlining Tour To Date With Special Guests Cannibal Corpse, Plus Obituary And Frozen Soul

Tickets On Sale This Friday!  

Following their Summer run crisscrossing the continent with their metal comrades in Ghost, Swedish heavy metal icons AMON AMARTH will return to US and Canadian stages this Spring on the Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 produced by Live Nation; the band’s biggest North American tour to date!  

Set to commence on April 21st and run through May 25th, the twenty-four-date journey includes a raid at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver as well as arena stops in Portland, Vancouver, Quebec City, Asheville, Tampa, and Anaheim. Support will be provided by special guests Cannibal Corpse along with Obituary and Frozen Soul making for a must-see heavy metal event of the year! See all confirmed dates below.   

Comments, AMON AMARTH : “Heed our warning; we are gearing up for our biggest and most epic raid in North American history! We are bringing a massive show that will leave your cities in ashes.  Scorching the Earth with us are our good friends Cannibal Corpse, Obituary,and Frozen Soul. Come out to the shows and party like Vikings and raise your horns with us. METAL CRUSHES ALL!”  

Ticket presales for the Metal Crushes All Tour begin Tuesday, December 5th at 11:00am Eastern time and run through Thursday, December 7th at 10:00pm local time. VIP upgrades with the new Viking Valhalla Experience are available Tuesday, December 5th at 12:00pm Eastern time.  

General on sales start Friday, December 8th at 10:00am local time at amonamarth.com .   

AMON AMARTH: Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 w/ Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul:  

4/21/2024 Revel Entertainment Center – Albuquerque, NM  

4/22/2024 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Denver, CO  

4/24/2024 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT  

4/26/2024 Alaska Airlines’ Theater Of The Clouds – Portland, OR  *  

4/27/2024 PNE Forum – Vancouver, BC  *  

4/29/2024 Edmonton Convention Center – Edmonton, AB  

4/30/2024 Grey Eagle Event Center – Calgary, AB  

5/03/2024 Steelhouse – Omaha, NE  

5/04/2024 The Sylvee – Madison, WI  

5/05/2024 GLC Live At 20 Monroe – Grand Rapids, MI  

5/07/2024 Rose Music Center At The Heights – Huber Heights, OH  

5/09/2024 The Wellmont – Montclair, NJ  

5/10/2024 Toyota Oakdale Theater – Wallingford, CT  

5/11/2024 Videotron Centre – Quebec City, QC  *  

5/13/2024 The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA  

5/14/2024 The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD  

5/16/2024 ExploreAsheville.com Arena – Asheville, NC  *  

5/17/2024 House Of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC  

5/18/2024 Yuengling Center – Tampa, FL *  

5/20/2024 Bayou Music Center – Houston, TX  

5/21/2024 Boeing Center At Tech Port – San Antonio, TX  

5/23/2024 Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ  

5/24/2024 Pearl Concert Theater At Palms Casino Resort – Las Vegas, NV  

5/25/2024 Honda Center – Anaheim, CA *  

*  arena show  

AMON AMARTH continues to tour in support of their critically adored The Great Heathen Army full-length. Recorded with esteemed studio guru Andy Sneap and released in 2022, the record represents another bold leap forward for the band, as their trademark sound undergoes yet another skillful, evolutionary overhaul, both lyrically and musically. From the noisily rabble-rousing “Find A Way Or Make One” and the pummeling, pugilistic “Get In The Ring” to the cinematic squall of the title track, The Great Heathen Army encapsulates the essence of this legendary band, while still allowing acres of space for new ideas.  

Wrote Louder Sound of the offering, “ The Great Heathen Army is simultaneously everything that helped AMON AMARTH climb to the top in the first place and a return to the darker, less showy sound of their early days… the band’s innate sense for fist-pumping riffs and colossal hooks remains impossible to deny.” Concurred Blabbermouth, “Both an unapologetic, festival-ready dose of new, gleaming, Viking-populated anthems, and one of the darkest and most brutal albums they have yet made, The Great Heathen Army feels celebratory, too — an extravagant blowout to mark the start of the next invasion.”  

Fans can check out a teaser for the upcoming video “Saxons and Vikings” HERE and can preview and purchase The Great Heathen Army at: metalblade.com/amonamarth .  

Formed in Tumba, Sweden, in 1992, AMON AMARTH has forged an extraordinary legacy over three decades of thunderous, anthemic metal, all rich in the magical imagery of Viking history, folklore and culture. With albums like 2008’s widely acclaimed Twilight Of The Thunder God and 2016’s conceptual triumph Jomsviking , the Swedes have been consistent standard bearers for heavy metal as a life-affirming and communal experience, armed with a seemingly endless stream of instant classic songs.  

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Amon Amarth releases new album, ‘Berserker’, today worldwide

- May 3rd, 2019 –

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Today (May 3rd), Amon Amarth have released their 11th full-length, Berserker , via Metal Blade Records (North America)/Sony Music (International)! To preview and purchase Berserker , please visit: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker – where the album can be streamed, and also ordered in the following formats:

Fans can also make their own Berserker shield now here: berserker.amonamarth.com

Comprising 12 monstrous heavy metal anthems that bulge with irresistible melodic hooks, bursts of thrilling savagery and moments of spine-tingling dynamic drama, Berserker is the result of the huge surge of creativity and a collective desire to keep moving forward with no compromise. From the disarming melodrama and explosive riffing of opener “Fafner’s Gold” and the brutish simplicity of the rampaging “Crack The Sky” to the epic fury of “Raven’s Flight” and the grim, gritty storytelling of “Ironside” and “Skoll and Hati”, Berserker is an album full of trademark Amon Amarth bluster and bite but with every aspect of the band’s sound somehow refined, sonically enhanced and made vastly more potent, both in terms of metal oomph and emotional power. Neatly summing up the spirit behind these exhilarating new songs is the album’s semi-title track, “The Berserker At Stamford Bridge”: a visceral but vivid historical tale, recounting the Vikings last stand against the English army in 1066 and the mind-bending heroics of one axe-wielding warrior.

Showcasing an undeniable and startling upgrade for every aspect of Amon Amarth ‘s iconic sound, Berserker was recorded in Los Angeles with renowned studio guru Jay Ruston ( Anthrax/Stone Sour ) manning the controls. After recording several rounds of professional demos for the new songs (initially with fellow Swedish metal icon Peter Tägtgren and then later with Ruston himself) the band crossed the Atlantic to make final the recordings in LA, eager to take a fresh approach to the album-making process.

“For me, this is Amon Amarth 2.0,” vocalist Johan Hegg declares. “I think what we’ve done here is give ourselves the space to explore other parts of our musicality and who we are as a band. If you’re content with where you’re at, what’s the point of continuing? We always want to come up with new ideas and find new ways of doing things and to create bigger and better shows and really try to improve every aspect of what the band is. We want to try to keep growing and to do this for as long as we have the possibility to do so, because this is the best fucking job in the world.”

In support of Berserker , Amon Amarth will be touring with Slayer, Lamb of God , and Cannibal Corpse this month in North America, before returning to the states this fall for a headlining run with Arch Enemy, At The Gates , and Grand Magus . See below for all dates!

Slayer “Leg Five: North America” tour dates w/Lamb of God, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse May 2 – Ak-Chin Amphitheatre – Phoenix, AZ May 3 – Isleta Amphitheatre – Albuquerque, NM May 5 – UTEP/Don Haskins Center – El Paso, TX May 7 – Bert Ogden Arena – Edinburg, TX May 8 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Dallas, TX May 10 – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL May 11 – Coral Sky Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL May 13 – Big Sandy Superstore Arena – Huntington, WV May 14 – Merriweasther Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD May 16 – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center – Noblesville, IN May 17 – Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre – Bonner Springs, KS May 19 – DTE Energy Music Center – Clarkston, MI May 20 – Covel Centre – Youngstown, OH May 22 – Canadian Tire Centre – Ottawa, ON May 24 – BB&T Pavilion – Camdel, NJ May 25 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA

Summer European Festival Tour June 1 – Metalfest – Plzen, Czech Republic June 2 – Forta Rock – Nijmegen, Netherlands June 3 – Strasbourg, France June 6 – Sweden Rock – Solvesborg, Sweden June 8 – Rock Im Park – Nuremberg, Germany June 9 – Rock Am Ring – Nürburgring, Germany June 11 – Petrzalka, Slovakia June 12 – Budapest, Hungary June 13 – Nova Rock – Nickelsdorf, Austria June 14 – Greenfields – Interlaken, Switzerland June 16 – Download UK – Donington, England June 17 – Limerick, Ireland June 20 – Knotfest at Hellfest – Clisson, France June 21 – Graspop – Dessel, Belgium June 22 – Copenhell – Copenhagen, Denmark June 25 – Mystic Fest Poland – Krakow, Poland June 27 – Sonic Park – Bologna, Italy June 29 – Download Madrid – Madrid, Spain July 1 – Toulouse, France July 2 – Grenoble, France July 4 – Rock Harz Festival – Ballenstedt, Germany

Berserker World Tour – Raid Of North America tour dates w/ Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Grand Magus September 26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO September 27 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater September, 28 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum September 30 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre October 1 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle October 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex October 4 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium October 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theater October 7 – Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theater October 9 – Toronto, ON – Rebel October 10 – Montreal, QC – M Telus October 12 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom October 15 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore October 16 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle October 18 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore October 19 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues October 20 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre October 23 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues October 25 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield October 26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Palladium

Amon Amarth online: http://www.amonamarth.com http://www.facebook.com/AmonAmarth http://twitter.com/amonamarthband https://www.instagram.com/amonamarth https://youtube.com/AmonAmarthOfficial http://giphy.com/amonamarth

Amon Amarth Berserker pre-order links: Main Link: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker Spotify: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker/spotify Apple Music: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker/applemusic Amazon: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker/amazon Amazon Music: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker/amazonmusic Merch: amonamarth.lnk.to/berserker/artiststore

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Swedish Metal Veterans Amon Amarth Go the Concept Route With New Album ‘Berserker’

To support new album Berserker, Amon Amarth hit the road on May 13 for a shed tour with Slayer, Lamb of God and Cannibal Corpse. AA will then head abroad for a summer European festival tour before…

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After more than 20 years of slogging away on the road in both North America and overseas, Swedish Viking metallers Amon Amarth are finally having a moment.

Three years ago, the band went on a series of sold-out headlining theater tours that cemented their place in metal, in support of their 10th album, 2016’s Jomsviking . As a result of their dedication, Amon Amarth has now penetrated U.S. consciousness enough that singer Johan Hegg — a Washington Capitals fan —  joined a February segment of NHL Now , and Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer walks out to the mound with the band’s “The Pursuit of Vikings” as his theme. (Amon Amarth repaid the love by having Bauer appear in its video “Raise the Horns.”)

A band whose lyrics are steeped in Viking history, Amon Amarth went the concept route for new record Berserker (May 3 on Metal Blade Records). The collection is based on the story of England’s Battle at Stamford Bridge in 1066, when King Harold Godwinson faced off against the invading Norse army of Vikings, led Norway’s King Harald Hardrada and Godwinson’s own brother Tostig. When the Vikings had to retreat over the bridge, they sent one man out with an axe in an effort to slow the English army. He killed 40 men before he was taken. “It’s a pretty amazing tale, and since it’s the English who told it, you can believe it’s not a myth, but actually happened that way,” says Hegg. “And for a metalhead who typically feels like an outsider, the story of one man alone against an army is especially meaningful.”

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To support Berserker , the band hit the road on May 13 for a shed tour with Slayer, Lamb of God and Cannibal Corpse. “Slayer are really good guys, and we love playing with them. It’s a huge honor to have been asked to be on this tour, as this is their farewell run,” says Hegg, calling the group “probably the most influential band in the history of Amon Amarth.” AA will then head abroad for a summer European festival tour before returning to the States this fall for its headlining Berserker World Tour, featuring Arch Enemy, At the Gates and Grand Magus — an all-Swedish lineup tailor-made for an Ikea sponsorship. “That would be something,” notes Hegg with a laugh.

Below, Hegg chats with Billboard about Amon Amarth’s music, and how yoga and Guinness do a body good.

Many of your fans are polarized about how they identify Amon Amarth. Do you consider the band to be a death metal band whose song content is primarily about Vikings, or are you a Viking metal band with a Swedish melo-death style?

Personally, I always thought it was odd to characterize music based on lyrical content. If that’s all it takes to be a Viking metal band, then Iron Maiden is a Viking metal band, Led Zeppelin is a Viking metal band, Black Sabbath is a Viking metal band…

Having said that, since Viking history and mythology — and philosophy, if you want — is a big part of what Amon Amarth is and always has been, I guess it kind of makes sense. The origin of the band is obviously death metal; then we started incorporating more harmonies and melodies into the music, which has progressed up until today; we are still obviously death metal or melodic death metal, but these days, we have a lot more heavy metal influences as well. But it’s not important to me for us to be categorized. I don’t mind. It comes with the territory… What’s important is that people enjoy the music and that we are comfortable with what we are doing.

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A lot of Swedish bands, particularly melo-death ones, sing in English. What’s behind this choice?

I don’t know. It’s always felt easier to me to write lyrics in English for some reason. I made a stab at writing some lyrics in Swedish, but it didn’t turn out so well. And I don’t know why, but it feels more natural to sing in English for me. For a small band from Sweden, to break in Sweden and sing in Swedish, it would make it difficult for us to break in other parts of the world, which is obviously what we wanted to do, and English was the best way to do that.

You sing in a traditional death metal vocal style — a deep, throaty growl — but everything you sing is understandable, while most death metal bands are unintelligible.

I’ve been told that I have a very different style — and I don’t know if that’s true, but I’ve always tried to be very articulate, even though I’m growling. But I think it comes from the fact that I’m actually trying to sing the growls, which is not always the case in a death metal band, where they just want to sound brutal and growly and dark, which is totally understandable… I think it is something that sets us apart from a lot of other bands.

There is a majestic quality in your storytelling, which is somewhat unusual for melo-death. Do the subjects demand a certain way of writing?

I think so. So much of what I write comes from the sagas and old Norse mythology, and I try to keep that vibe. That’s what I loved in reading them in the first place: that epic vibe, the majestic stuff. Not all of the songs are like that, but there is something about the music that lends itself to that style.

[Songwriting] remains a team effort. [The band] all shares what we’re working on . . . What I usually do, when I have lyrics or a lyric idea, I’ll send it to [lead guitarist] Olavi [Mikkonen] and [rhythm guitarist] Johan Soderberg, who write most of the music. It depends on which way you go, though; sometimes I’ll write for music they’ve sent me.

What inspired the singles from Berserker ?

“Crack the Sky” is a great song. It started out as a thing we did for fun. The pitcher for the Indians, Trevor Bauer, walks out to the plate to “The Pursuit of Vikings.” So we were talking about this and toying with the idea of writing a song and putting a lot of baseball references into the lyrics. But we liked the song and decided to keep it the way it is.

“Raven’s Flight” is based on an idea that I got from the TV series Vikings . The sons of [Viking hero] Ragnar Lothbrok go to England to avenge their father’s death. The sons are kind of enemies, but they band together to avenge the murder of their father, which I thought was pretty cool. So it’s about when they set out to do this and all the politics that go into it.

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The opener, “Fafner’s Gold,” really stands out with the acoustic guitar intro, which then explodes with those heavy, galloping guitars.

Thank you! It’s from Norse mythology, and the story was what inspired [J.R.R.] Tolkien to write The Hobbit . It’s about two brothers who steal a treasure, and the treasure is cursed. One of the brothers takes off with the treasure and transforms into a dragon. The other brother wants the treasure back, so he tricks a man to go into the desolation where the dragon lives and kill the dragon. But after killing the dragon, the man, knowing he was tricked, returns and kills the brother. It is a tale of greed and what it does to people. It’s also about the environment: The dragon lives in desolation because he is a dragon; he has destroyed everything around him.

I understand your wife is a yoga teacher. Do you practice yoga? What are the benefits for a metal singer?

Yes and yes! There are many benefits, but it helps me with breathing and stamina and focus as a performer. I think yoga is good for everyone, it’s just a matter of finding the yoga that suits you. It’s good for many reasons, but the reason I started in the first place was because I had back problems from years of headbanging. I went to an osteopath who fixed it but recommended yoga.

You often appear onstage with a drinking horn on your belt. What are you drinking when you salute the crowd?

Guinness! Guinness is a pretty easy-going beer, especially for singers, because if you drink too much regular beer the carbonation makes you burpy, and because Guinness uses nitrogen, there’s less carbonation, so you’re less burpy. [ Laughs .] And it’s delicious and refreshing and it has iron, so it’s good for you!

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May 13     Huntington, W.V.@Big Sandy Superstore Arena

May 14     Columbia, Md.@Merriweather Post Pavilion

May 16     Noblesville, Ind.@Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center

May 17     Bonner Springs, Kan.@Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre

May 19     Clarkston, Mich.@DTE Energy Music Center

May 20     Youngstown, Ohio@Covelli Centre

May 22     Ottawa@Canadian Tire Centre

May 24     Camden, N.J.@BB&T Pavilion

May 25     Mansfield, Mass.@Xfinity Center

Amon Amarth’s Berserker World Tour North American dates with Arch Enemy, At the Gates and Grand Magus

Sept. 26     Seattle@Showbox SoDo

Sept. 27     Portland, Ore.@Roseland Theater

Sept. 28     Vancouver@PNE Forum

Sept. 30     Edmonton, Alberta@Edmonton Convention Centre

Oct. 1     Calgary, Alberta@Grey Eagle Resort & Casino

Oct. 3     Salt Lake City@The Complex SLC

Oct. 4     Denver@Fillmore Auditorium

Oct. 6     Minneapolis@Skyway Theatre

Oct. 7     Chicago@The Riviera Theater

Oct. 9     Toronto@Rebel

Oct. 10     Montreal@MTelus

Oct. 12     New York@Hammerstein Ballroom

Oct. 15     Charlotte, N.C.@The Fillmore Charlotte

Oct. 16     Atlanta@Tabernacle

Oct. 18     New Orleans@Fillmore New Orleans

Oct. 19     Houston@House of Blues Houston

Oct. 20     San Antonio@The Aztec Theatre

Oct. 23     Las Vegas@House of Blues Las Vegas

Oct. 25     San Francisco@The Warfield

Oct. 26     Los Angeles@Hollywood Palladium

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Album Review: Amon Amarth – Berserker

Amon Amarth conquer on blistering, war-tastic return, Berserker

There are few metal bands as reliable as Amon Amarth . For more than two decades the Swedish maulers have been throwing out high-quality records, and were they not so humble, they could justifiably make the lofty claim of having never once put a foot wrong. Like Iron Maiden , their Viking themes have given fans an entire world in which to immerse themselves. And, really, what’s more metal than a Viking?

Returning here with their 11th album, the quintet have once more hit the mark, hard. In fact, it’s stronger overall than its predecessor, 2016’s Jomsviking, their first foray into concept album territory. The acoustic intro to opener Fafner’s Gold recalls Metallica ’s Battery, pregnant with portent, and once it explodes to life it is an unstoppable beast. You’re unlikely to hear a better full-on metal banger in 2019 than Raven’s Flight, which has everything you could want packed into five-and-a-half thrilling minutes, counterpointed by the slow-burning rumble of The Berserker At Stamford Bridge and the triumphant thrashings of Skoll And Hati.

There are notably a couple of tracks that could be considered more rock than outright bearded heavy metal mania, and that is no bad thing. Mjölner, Hammer Of Thor is the first of these, a massively catchy anthem with its twin-guitar attack that even brings Thin Lizzy to mind in places, while the jaunty When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails also boasts a gorgeous swirling guitar break straight from the ‘70s.

Rather than follow the concept course a second time, vocalist Johan Hegg here draws inspiration from numerous sources, most of them as usual steeped in mythology. Unsurprisingly, given their previous output and the record’s title, war is the most recurrent theme. This is perhaps most notable on the fantastically titled The Berserker At Stamford Bridge, which documents a lone Viking’s stand against 15,000 Saxons, but Shield Wall and Crack The Sky defiantly deliver too. Ironside and brooding closer Into The Dark, meanwhile, walk their own lyrical paths and conjure up vivid imagery in the process.

Already used to having their name mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Slayer , Mastodon and Lamb Of God as genuine metal giants, hopefully Berserker will be the record that sees Amon Amarth ascend to even greater heights and start headlining the arenas their titanic sound could so easily fill. It’s maybe not the finest release of their storied career, but then trying to decide which one deserves that title is a fool’s errand. Judged solely on its own merits, it stands out as a solid record deserving, and occasionally whipping out a sword and demanding, the attention of metal fans from here to Valhalla.

Verdict: KKKK

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AMON AMARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBITUARY announce 2024 tour

The death-metal tour of 2024 has been announced. Viking-metal mainstays Amon Amarth will be headlining a North American trek next year with support from OSDM champs  Cannibal Corpse and Obituary , as well as the new-school genre leaders Frozen Soul. 

Dubbed the "Metal Crushes All Tour," the journey begins April 21st in Albuquerque and will hit both coasts of the U.S. — and several dates up in Canada — before concluding May 25th in Anaheim.

Notably, several of these shows are going down in actual arena venues, and Amon Amarth are billing Metal Crushes All as their biggest North American tour to date. That's a pretty big deal, and with such a killer lineup of top-tier death metal bands, this is already one of next year's most impressive billings. 

General tickets go on sale Friday December 8th, but Revolver subscribers can get their tickets Wednesday December 6th a 3 p.m. EST with the pre-sale code "JOHNAN". Grab yours here .

Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul 2024 tour dates:  4/21 – Revel Entertainment Center – Albuquerque, NM 4/22 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Denver, CO 4/24 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT 4/26 – Alaska Airlines' Theater Of The Clouds – Portland, OR  4/27 – PNE Forum – Vancouver, BC  4/29 – Edmonton Convention Center – Edmonton, AB 4/30 – Grey Eagle Event Center – Calgary, AB 5/03 – Steelhouse – Omaha, NE 5/04 – The Sylvee – Madison, WI 5/05 – GLC Live At 20 Monroe – Grand Rapids, MI 5/07 – Rose Music Center At The Heights – Huber Heights, OH 5/09 – The Wellmont – Montclair, NJ 5/10 – Toyota Oakdale Theater – Wallingford, CT 5/11 – Videotron Centre – Quebec City, QC  5/13 – The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA 5/14 – The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD 5/16 – ExploreAsheville.com Arena – Asheville, NC  5/17 – House Of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC 5/18 – Yuengling Center – Tampa, FL  5/20 – Bayou Music Center – Houston, TX 5/21 – Boeing Center At Tech Port – San Antonio, TX 5/23 – Arizona Financial Theatre – Phoenix, AZ 5/24 – Pearl Concert Theater At Palms Casino Resort – Las Vegas, NV 5/25 – Honda Center – Anaheim, CA

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Amon Amarth – Berserker Review

But Amon Amarth also fills a difficult niche. With their debut having just reached 21—finally, “Victorious March” can drink in the States!—these Swedes have ten full-length albums under their belt. And the complaint goes that if you’ve heard one Amon Amarth record, you’ve heard all the Amon Amarth records. This isn’t a totally unfair charge. The band’s sound has been the same since 1998. Two guitarists chug or trem-pick harmonies over double-bass inflected riffs that pulse with Joakim Wallgren’s drums and Ted Lundström’s bass. Over top, Johan Hegg gives his best screams, cries and growls, littering songs with his rhythmic death metal genius and his lyrics about Vikings. New Amon Amarth albums bring a pile of new tracks and consistency is the key to their formula. These guys know what they’re good at and they do it very well.

For many listeners, a new Amon Amarth record has one purpose: deliver 45 minutes of invigorating Viking death metal that we can pump at the gym. In that sense, Berserker lives up to its billing. The album exceeds the basic 45 minute mark by nearly 15 minutes, in fact. And the songs are chock full of the things for which we love Amon Amarth . They knock out classic chugging verses (“Wings of Eagles,” “Valkyria”) that seem built for synchronized guitar swings. They lay down catchy trem-picked harmonies for choruses, with Mikkonen and Söderberg dropping the album’s most memorable moments (“Fafnir’s Gold,” “Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor”). And while you’d think that Johan would run out of material to write about, he makes an impressive show of working from the “Greenland Saga” (“Wings of Eagles”) and singing of glorious battle (“Shield Wall”).

While Berserker achieves its purpose of delivering gym-ready tunes to the beefcakes among us, it suffers from two problems that are, unfortunately, additive. First, Berserker is long and second, it’s very densely produced. Clocking in at nearly an hour, Berserker is the band’s longest record by an average of about 13 minutes. This length, combined with a dense production and Industry Standard Mastering Job™ that clocks in at DR6, creates an album that functions like a shield wall. While songs like “Fafnir’s Gold,” “Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor,” and the “Wings of Eagles” are classic Amon Amarth tunes that boil the blood, somewhere around “Ironside” and “The Berserker at Stamford Bridge,” the Berserker loses steam. Unfortunately, the Berserker ’s second wind contains two of the record’s best songs, which sit in slots 11 (“Wings of Eagles”) and 12 (“Into the Dark”). These two gems are likely to receive significantly less play because listeners peel off, overwhelmed by the wall of sound. In that sense, Berserker is less than the sum of its parts.

However, Berserker is hardly bad. When Amon Amarth is firing on all cylinders, they’re one of the very best bands in metal. Each song taken individually has things I enjoy about it. These riffs and warlike feel are sure to translate into excellent live tracks. But the fact that I, as a listener, can tell that this album will kill live is possibly the biggest indictment of the production and presentation. Clearly, “Shield Wall” will cause chant happy moshers to go nuts (“VIKINGS! RAISE THE SHIELD WALL! ON THE FRONT LINES! FIGHT TO DEATH!”), while “Raven’s Flight” while set the pit aflame. The only real missteps are “Ironside” (plz don’t sing Johan) and “The Berserker at Stamford Bridge,” which has the speed of “Fate of Norns” and none of the emotional weight. 1

When it comes right down to it, I think there will be a lot of disappointment with Bersker and I’ve already heard it bubbling up. But while this is not the tour de force of 2013’s Deceiver of the Gods or 2007’s With Oden on Our Side , there’s plenty to like here. Most importantly, with familiarity both myself and Steel Druhm agreed that the album was better than we’d initially thought. When it comes right down to it, it’s pretty impressive that Amon Amarth is as brutally consistent as they have been all this time. While that might not be what everyone wants, I find Berserker a welcome addition to Amon Amarth ’s already lethal brood.

Rating: Good! DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3 Label: Metal Blade Websites: amonamarth.com | amonamarth.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/amonamarth Releases Worldwide: May 3rd, 2019

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• Actually, in terms of length, I think that this album would have been much stronger if the band had dropped “Ironside,” “The Berserker at Stamford Bridge” and “When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails.” While two of the songs aren’t my favorites, what really happens is that they slow down and otherwise invigorating album. I must admit that the slow side of Amon Amarth was never my favorite part of their music, but when pushing 60 minutes, three down-speed tracks in a row just kills the moment. ↩

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