Cheers Headbangers! Quench Your Livers With AMON AMARTH's Red Wine!

Oh yes! You can now get your own AMON AMARTH Shiraz red wine! A must at any classy dinner party or as a gift to the wino friend!

Drink irresponsibly, we mean RESPONSIBLY!

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Swedish Metal Maniacs KING OF ASGARD's NEW Album '…to North' Is Streaming In Its Entirety!

Swedish Viking Metallers KING OF ASGARD made an astonishing impact on the scene with their debut album 'Fi'mbulvintr', released in 2010. After playing a bunch of festivals and club shows in 2010 and 2011, KING OF ASGARD are now ready to unleash their second album '…to North'. Recorded at the infamous Sonic Train Studios with engineer Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND) at the helm, '…to North' shows a band that has perfected their songwriting skills.

In collaboration with Terrorizer England KING OF ASGARD are now streaming the NEW album for one week in its entirety! Click HERE to check out harsh Pagan Metal with epic melodies at its best!

  Here is the video clip for their NEW song "The Nine Worlds Burn"!



'…to North' track listing:

1. Intro
2. The Nine Worlds Burn
3. The Dispossessed
4. Gap of Ginnungs
5. Bound to Reunite
6. Nordvegr
7. Up on the Mountain
8. Plague-ridden Rebirth
9. Harvest (The End)
10. …to North

…to North is out now as a limited first edition Digipak including as a bonus the Isengard cover version Vinterskugge. The bonus track will also be included as a separate 7" in the vinyl edition! Make sure to check out the landing page at www.metalblade.com/kingofasgard where you'll find several links to order the album with exclusive pre-order bundles and a bunch of exclusive content.

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KING OF ASGARD Reveal Guest Musicians & Set Release Date For NEW Album - Studio Report Available!

Swedish Viking Metallers KING OF ASGARD made an astonishing impact on the scene with their debut album 'Fi'mbulvintr', released in 2010. After playing a bunch of festivals and club shows in 2010 and 2011, KING OF ASGARD have now finished recording their second album '…to North' at the infamous Sonic Train Studios with engineer Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND) at the helm.

'…to North' will be released July 27th/30th via Metal Blade Records as a Digi-CD and on vinyl!

The album will feature two guest musicians. Comments the band: "First out is female vocalist Heléne Blad whom did a guest appearance on 'Fi'mbulvintr' as well. This time around she's present on the album opener, "The Nine Worlds Burn", doing an epic folk inspired vocal part. She's been a longtime friend of the band and is a professionally schooled folk singer et cetera. She was also once, for a short while, the keyboardist of the KING OF ASGARD predecessor Mithotyn. The second appearance on '…to North' presents the extremely talented guitarist Jimmy Hedlund. Yet another friend known from bands such as Falconer and Supreme Majesty. He shreds two guitar solos on the song "Gap of Ginnungs". Least say, amazing stuff and truly breathtaking!"

Check out the first video trailer for '…to North' right here:



Comments bassist Jonas Albrektsson on the recording process and what to expect from '…to North': "The '…To North' master just arrived and it sounds astonishing! Andy LaRocque made a great job on the production and the mastering along with Olof Berggren. It's upright and powerful. We feel very proud of what we achieved on this recording and merely the sound of it makes it a worthy follow-up to the firstborn 'Fi'mbulvintr'. Songs and sounds came out much as of what we planned, with power and a great variety. '…To North' takes off pretty much where 'Fi'mbulvintr' left off so to say, with a natural development, more varied songs and structures. It's a development of our sound which will be recognized by old fans as well as bring some NEW ones to the horde. This time around I've been more involved in the writing process along with Karl, which kind of shines through, giving the songs a wider perspective. Expect some very strong songs on '…To North', where epic meets with brutality! The lyrical theme this time is basically in the same vein but has different twists. Not as obvious as before. '…To North' will make The Nine Worlds Burn…and Varberg was just left behind."

First song titles include "Gap Of Ginnungs", "Plague-Ridden Rebirth", "Nordvegr", "Upon The Mountain" and "The Nine Worlds Burn".

'…to North' - the first KING OF ASGARD album featuring second guitar player Lars Tängmark – will be released July 27th/30th via Metal Blade Records in Europe!

KING OF ASGARD is:

- Karl Beckman:– Vocals/Guitars
- Lars Tängmark: Guitars
- Jonas Albrektsson: Bass
- Karsten Larsson: Drums

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Amon Amarth Launches Ragnarök Beer!

When Amon Amarth arrived to the Heavy Metal spectrum, they immediately stomped the ground with lots of might and in a thick Scandinavian accent said: "we are here to kick your ass with some brutal chaotic Metal"! The band was formed in 1988 in Tumba, Sweden, but didn't catch their "break" until 1998 when their full length album titled "Once Sent from the Golden Hall" was released via Metal Blade Records. Ever since then, the band has been one of the most hard working bands in the world and without having a "commercial" sound, they have managed to gather a significant worldwide audience.

In a very organic move, the Swedish Metallers have teamed up with Munster, Indiana's Three Floyds Brewing Company to produce Amon Amarth's Ragnarök Beer!

Here is a description about the Imperial/Strong Porter brew: "A beer for the end of ages brewed with our friends in the band Amon Amarth. This Aesir Porter is a robust and hearty beer brewed with local honey and a small portion of smoked malt. When Heimdall sounds the Giallar-horn this is the beer to be hoisted by the gods in anticipation of the coming battle."

So what does Ragnarök mean?

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (Old Norse "final destiny of the gods") is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdall, and Loki), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and reborn gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors. Ragnarök is an important event in the Norse canon, and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory. - Source: Wikipedia

So crank up some Amon Amarth,drink some Ragnarök and go the band perform live!

US Tour-dates:

- Aug 26: House of Blues in Houston, TX
- Aug 27: House of Blues in Dallas, TX
- Aug 29: Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, NM
- Aug 31: House of Blues in Anaheim, CA
- Sep 01: House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV
- Sep 02: The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT
- Sep 03: Knitting Factory Concert House in Boise, ID

European Tour-dates:

Related links:
Official landing page for Surtur Rising
Amon Amarth's Official site
Metal Blade TV
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Amon Amarth: Always One Step Ahead

When Amon Amarth arrived to the Heavy Metal spectrum, they immediately stomped the ground with lots of might and in a thick Scandinavian accent said: "we are here to kick your ass with some brutal chaotic Metal"! The band was formed in 1988 in Tumba, Sweden, but didn't catch their "break" until 1998 when their full length album titled "Once Sent from the Golden Hall" was released via Metal Blade Records. Ever since then, the band has been one of the most hard working bands in the world and without having a "commercial" sound, they have managed to gather a significant worldwide audience.

After barely missing the first train that carried the first wave of Swedish Death Metal with bands like Entombed and Dismember, the Swedish Metal Vikings jumped on board the second train and made it derail with their energetic, chaotic, well crafted music. Ever since then Heavy Metal has been a more dangerous and unpredictable genre.

What we've always liked about Amon Amarth is their ability to expand their musical style, without losing sight of their ultimate goal. They also possess a "signature sound", which is harder and harder to find these days. Their hard work and perseverance has recently been rewarded: the band recently hit the number 1 spot on the Billboard charts, and after the success of their "An Evening with Amon Amarth" tour all across North America, they have already announced a second leg of the tour (click for tour dates). We wouldn't be surprised if the band takes a Swedish Grammy next February in Stockholm.

Amon Amarth is:
Johan Hegg
Johan Söderberg
Olavi Mikkonen
Ted Lundström
Fredrik Andersson

Amon Amarth's Discography:

- Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds (1996)
- Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998)
- The Avenger (1999)
- The Crusher (2001)
- Versus the World (2002)
- Fate of Norns (2004)
- With Oden on Our Side (2006)
- Twilight of the Thunder God (2008)
- Surtur Rising (2011)

Prior to their recent show at New York City's Best Buy Theater, we had the chance to interview Amon Amarth's bassist Ted Lundström about the past, the present, and the future of Amon Amarth! Hold on to your sits, because this is going to get dangerous! \m/



Special thanks to Amon Amarth, Metal Blade Records and Earsplit PR!

Photo credit: Betyouidid and Tania Gomez

Related links:
Official landing page for Surtur Rising
Amon Amarth's Official site
Metal Blade TV
Amon Amarth on Facebook
Follow Amon Amarth on Twitter
Amon Amarth on MySpace