Swedish Melodic Death Metal veterans AMON AMARTH, have unleashed their new album “The Great Heathen Army”, yesterday August 5th, through Metal Blade Records. To celebrate the release of their twelfth studio album, the band has also released an official music video for new single, ”Find A Way Or Make One”, directed by Mikis Fontagnier.
Read THEGALLERY.GR’s review on the album, HERE.
AMON AMARTH comments on the album: “Heathens! The time is here for the arrival of ‘The Great Heathen Army’! This record has many elements that make up AMON AMARTH in 2022, from the dark and brutal Death Metal of ‘Oden Owns You All’ to the sing-along of ‘Heidrun’ to Biff Byford’s amazing guest vocals on ‘Saxons And Vikings’ and much more. We’re ready to take this record around the world for a two year raid and we’ll see you soon at the shows.”
Elaborating on the video for brand new track: ” Find A Way Or Make One “, the band continue: “We did this video with director Mikis Fontagnier in Frankfurt, Germany and with it we wanted to try something different. This video is our take on the style of some of our favorite videos we grew up on as kids, like TWISTED SISTER’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ and MOTORHEAD’s ‘Killed By Death’. We had some fun making this and it was definitely fun to smash up a stale old business office!“
AMON AMARTH, recently announced that they will be setting sail for US shores this Fall for what is set to be the Death Metal raid of the year. The Great Heathen Tour, produced by Live Nation, will pillage its way across North America this coming November/December, razing 27 cities to the ground in its wake. The tour concludes with a special show at the Kia Forum, Los Angeles where AMON AMARTH will bring their full European production and become the first Death Metal band to headline the famous venue. No Sleep Til………Los Angeles!!
Joining AMON AMARTH on their epic quest will be CARCASS, OBITUARY and CATTLE DECAPITATION making this the must-see tour for fans of death metal.
To celebrate the release of “The Great Heathen Army”, AMON AMARTH treated fans to a surprise performance at Wacken Open Air, Europe’s biggest Metal festival. Under the pseudonym, Guardians of Asgaard, the band treated 10s of thousands of festival goers to an all-killer set of fan favorites in celebration of todays’ album release, which was also available as a livestream, as well as partaking in signings and a listening party.
“The Great Heathen Army” track listing:
- Get In the Ring
- The Great Heathen Army
- Heidrun
- Oden Owns You All
- Find a Way or Make One
- Dawn of Norsemen
- Saxons and Vikings
- Skagul Rides With Me
- The Serpent’s Trail
You can watch the official music video for “Find A Way Or Make One” below:
