Amon Amarth Announce New Album and Tour Dates, Release New Track
Viking metal act Amon Amarth have unveiled that they will be releasing their new album The Great Heathen Army on August 5th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records. The band have also released a new track from the album, titled “Get In The Ring”, with a music video that features AEW pro-wrestling star Erick Redbeard.
In a press release announcing the album, vocalist Johan Hegg stated the following:
“Overall ‘The Great Heathen Army’ is one of the heavier albums we’ve made. There are some dark and heavy songs that are really powerful and in-your-face, but we obviously have some trademark melodic Amon Amarth songs on there as well, and a few surprises too. It’s a really well-balanced album. It sounds great. Andy Sneap is awesome. It was great to be able to work with him again.”
Guitarist Olavi Mikkonen added to the statement, along with information about “Get In The Ring”:
“We’ve been away making new music and we’re back with new darker, more death-metal sounding album. If “Berserker” was our “heavy metal” album, then The Great Heathen Army is our “death metal” album. But with that said, it’s still very much contemporary Amon Amarth, but perhaps style-wise we have gone back to our roots a little bit.”
“I really like “Get In The Ring” which was written for our friend Erick Redbeard the pro wrestler as an “entrance” song for him. The lyrics are obviously written to fit both Viking and wrestling themes, and you can also see Erick as the lead character in the new video for the song. We shot the video in Wroclaw, Poland with our friends Grupa 13 and they helped us create this dark and epic Mad Max meets Viking underground super brutal fight club for the video clip.”
You can click here to pre-order The Great Heathen Army, and you can view the album artwork, track listing, and music video for “Get In The Ring” below. To add, the band have also announced that they will be hitting the road on the “Metal Raid of the Year” tour and will be joined by special guests Carcass, Obituary, and Cattle Decapitation. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday July 15th at 10 AM local venue time. The tour is slated to kick off on Friday, November 11th in Las Vegas, NV before wrapping up on Saturday, December 17th in Los Angeles, CA. There will be on Northern California stop at the Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, CA on December 15th.
The Great Heathen Army
1. Get In the Ring
2. The Great Heathen Army
3. Heidrun
4. Oden Owns You All
5. Find a Way or Make One
6. Dawn of Norsemen
7. Saxons and Vikings
8. Skagul Rides With Me
9. The Serpent's Trail
Amon Amarth Tour Dates
November 11th: Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl (^)
November 12th: Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
November 14th: San Antonio, TX - Aztec Theater
November 15th: Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center
November 16th: Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom
November 18th: Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
November 19th: Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
November 20th: Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
November 22nd: Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore
November 23rd: Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway
November 25th: Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
November 26th: Chicago, IL - The Aragon Ballroom
November 27th: Cincinnati, OH - The Andrew J. Brady Music Center
November 30th: Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE (^)
December 1st: New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
December 2nd: Toronto, ON - History
December 3rd: Laval, QC - Place Bell
December 5th: Madison, WI - The Sylvee
December 6th: Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore
December 7th: Kansas City, MO - Uptown
December 9th: Denver, CO - The Fillmore
December 10th: Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
December 12th: Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
December 13th: Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
December 15th: Wheatland, CA - Hard Rock Live
December 16th: San Diego, CA - SOMA
December 17th: Los Angeles, CA - Kia Forum
^ = No Carcass
Amon Amarth
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