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AMON AMARTH to tour Indonesia & Taiwan! Reissue of “Versus The World” out 11/10!
After their Australian tour, Amon Amarth will be setting sail north for a couple of shows in Indonesia and Taiwan.
The confirmed dates are:
01/DEC INDONESIA, Jakarta / Pantai Karnaval Ancol
03/DEC TAIWAN, Taipei / Young Lion Culture Center
”We're extremely excited about these dates, it will be our first time in Asia!” - Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth world tour dates:
South / West Europe tour
Support: t.b.a.
12/NOV (NL) AMSTERDAM / Melkweg
13/NOV (BE) ANTWERP / Hof Ter Loo
14/NOV (FR) NANCY / L'Autre Canal
15/NOV (FR) LYON / Ninaksi Kao
17/NOV (IT) MILAN / Alcatraz
18/NOV (IT) ROMA / Alpheus
19/NOV (IT) TREVISO / New Age
21/NOV (AT) WÖRGL / Komma oeticket.com
22/NOV (CH) ZURICH / Volkshaus
Australian tour
24/NOV (AU) PERTH / Capitol
26/NOV (AU) BRISBANE / The Hi Fi
27/NOV (AU) MELBOURNE / Billboard The Venue
28/NOV (AU) SYDNEY / Metro
Asia tour
01/DEC INDONESIA, Jakarta / Pantai Karnaval Ancol
03/DEC TAIWAN, Taipei / Young Lion Culture Center
Amon Amarth will release Versus The World as the fourth and last album in this year’s re-issue series on November 10th in North America.
The re-issue comes in a lavish digipak. CD 1 includes the remastered Versus The World album. CD 2 bears the same tracklist as CD 1, recorded live at the band's December 31, 2008 show as part of the ‘Bloodshed over Bochum’ concert series. As with the previous re-issues, this comes a 16-page booklet with interesting, new liner notes by the band!
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Amon Amarth announce deluxe re-issue of “The Crusher”!
After re-releasing the first two albums in the bands career, Once Sent From The Golden Hall and The Avenger - earlier in the year, Amon Amarth are ready to unleash the third beast in the re-issue series. The deluxe re-issue of The Crusher will see the light of day on September 1st.
The Crusher will be released again as a digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire album remastered by Jens Bogren plus the bonus track, The Eyes Of Horror, which is a cover song, originally done by the mighty Possessed!
Disc two features the live recording of the show Amon Amarth played on December 30, 2008 in Bochum, Germany in which they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding The Eyes Of Horror). Similarly to the first two re-issues, this one also features new liner notes written by the band.
The Crusher track listing:
1. Bastards Of A Lying Breed
2. Masters Of War
3. The Sound Of Eight Hooves
4. Risen From The Sea 2000
5. As Long As The Raven Flies
6. A Fury Divine
7. Annihilation Of Hammerfest
8. The Fall Through Ginnungagap
9. Releasing Surtur’s Fire
10. The Eyes Of Horror (bonus track)
The deluxe re-issue of The Crusher will be available everywhere on September 1st.
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Amon Amarth receives Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award!
Amon Amarth recently appeared at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods 2009 awards at the 02 in London, playing a blistering 15 minute set alongside Saxon, Trivium, DevilDriver and Anvil.
Soon afterwards, they walked away with an award for BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT. This is made all the more sweeter as this Golden God is one of the awards voted for by fans and readers of Metal Hammer.
Vocalist Johan Hegg comments on the award: “This came as a total surprise to us! We are honored that we have such a strong support base and we’d like to thank all you metal heads that voted for us. Winning the Breakthrough Metal Hammer Golden God Award is big for us, and together with all the great things that happened during the last years; high chart entries, great concert turnouts, playing in worldwide territories and opening for Slayer makes this all together totally amazing. We are out of words to describe how thankful we are. We feel really triggered to continue deliver intense shows and inspired to start working on new songs. Horns up and thanks!”
For a full list of winners, go HERE.
The staff of Metal Hammer documented some of the fun at the awards this year - both on stage and behind the scenes. Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Malefice, Trigger the Bloodshed and The Rotted all make appearances. You can download the footage HERE and watch it on MetalHammer.co.uk!
New Amon Amarth live track available from deluxe re-issue of “The Avenger”!
After the successful re-issue of the Amon Amarth debut album Once Sent From The Golden Hall, it's time to release the second re-issue of the year. The second album in the discography of Amon Amarth is The Avenger and the 2-disc-deluxe re-issue is set for release on May 26th.
The Avenger will be released as a digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire The Avenger album remastered plus the bonus track, Thor Arise!
Disc two features the live recording of the show Amon Amarth played on December 29, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding 'Thor Arise'). Also featured are new liner notes by singer Johan Hegg.
The Avenger track listing:
1. Bleed For Ancient Gods
2. The Last With Pagan Blood
3. North Sea Storm
4. Avenger
5. God, His Son And Holy Whore
6. Metalwrath
7. Legend Of A Banished Man
8. Thor Arise (bonus track)
The deluxe re-issue of The Avenger will be available everywhere on May 26th.
The live version of God, His Son And Holy Whore from Bochum can be heard HERE. Don’t forget to order your copy HERE!
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AMON AMARTH announce deluxe re-issue of “The Avenger"!
After the successful re-issue of the Amon Amarth debut album, Once Sent From The Golden Hall, it’s time to announce the details for the second re-issue of the year. The second album in the discography of Amon Amarth is The Avenger, and the 2-disc, deluxe re-issue is set for release on May 26th! The Avenger will be released again as a digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire The Avenger album, re-mastered, plus the bonus track Thor Arise!
Disc two features the live recording of the show Amon Amarth played on December 29, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding Thor Arise). This re-issue also features new liner notes by singer Johan Hegg and tons of photos.
The Avenger track listing:
Disc 01
1. Bleed For Ancient Gods
2. The Last With Pagan Blood
3. North Sea Storm
4. Avenger
5. God, His Son And Holy Whore
6. Metalwrath
7. Legend Of A Banished Man
8. Thor Arise (bonus track)
Disc 02 (Live)
1. Bleed For Ancient Gods
2. The Last With Pagan Blood
3. North Sea Storm
4. Avenger
5. God, His Son And Holy Whore
6. Metalwrath
7. Legend Of A Banished Man
The deluxe re-issue of The Avenger will be available on May 26th!
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Amon Amarth announce South American shows!
Amon Amarth is proud to announce they’ll be playing their first shows every in South America this May. A statement from the band is below.
“For the first time Amon Amarth will finally go to South America. This is something we've been waiting for and working on for a very long time! We know a lot of our friends and fans have been waiting for this for a very long time but it has not been possible for us to go there until now.
All we can say is that it's about time!”
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Latin American tour
05/05 Buenos Aires, Argentina The End
05/07 Santiago de Chile, Chile Teatro Novedades
05/14 Bogota, Columbia Teatro San Remo
05/17 Mexico City, Mexico Circo Volador
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Amon Amarth announce US tour with Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch & Lazarus A.D.!
Sweden’s Amon Amarth is sailing back to the states to re-conquer cities across the US. They’re bringing Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch and thrash newcomers Lazarus A.D. along for the voyage.
Amon Amarth’s latest album, Twilight of the Thunder God, has been heralded by fans and critics as the band’s best work to date and debuted at #48 on the Billboard top 200 charts upon its release on September 30th, 2008.
Goatwhore is wrapping up work on their follow up to 2006’s A Haunting Curse. You can check out the band playing one of their new songs, Carving Out the Eyes of God, live from the Ridglea Theatre on 11/21/08 on youtube.com.
Lazarus A.D. are set to release their Metal Blade debut, The Onslaught, on March 3rd. The album was mixed and mastered by James Murphy (Death, Testament) and promises to be one of the top metal debuts of the year.
AMON AMARTH
Tour w/ GOATWHORE, Skeletonwitch, LAZARUS A.D.
04/11 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
04/12 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
04/14 Sauget, IL Pop's
04/15 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
04/16 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
04/17 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
04/18 Houston, TX Meridian
04/20 Louisville, KY Headliner's Music Hall
04/21 Cleveland, OH Peabody's Down Under
04/22 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
04/23 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls
04/24 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
04/25 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
04/26 Baltimore, MD Sonar
04/28 Norfolk, VA The Norva
04/29 Raleigh, NC Volume 11 Tavern
04/30 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
05/01 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone
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