De melodic-Vikingmetalband band Amon Amarth uit Zweden heeft hun twaalfde studioalbum aangekondigd, dat de titel “The Great Heathen Army” meekrijgt. De nieuwe plaat telt 9 nummers, waarvan de openingstrack alvast is uitgebracht. Het album komt uit op vrijdag 5 augustus via Metal Blade Records en pre-orders zijn verkrijgbaar via deze website.
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.
Johan Hegg – Amon Amarth (Zang)
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.
Olavi Mikkonen – Amon Amarth (Gitaar)
De coverart en tracklist zien er als volgt uit:
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
De openingstrack van het album is hieronder te beluisteren. De band live zien kan op zondag 2 oktober in AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Nederland en op vrijdag 21 oktober in Forest National in Brussel, België.
