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Surtur Rising is the eighth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. Surtur Rising is out on March 29, 2011.
When a band is named after the Mountain of Doom in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, you’re pretty much guaranteed epic metal at its most extravagant. But despite…
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Amon Amarth’s fifth full-length isn’t so different than its 2002 predecessor, The Crusher. Musically, Fate of Norns is Spartan death metal built on epic, anthemic melodies…
Death metal with some melody? Can it be? As evidenced by Amon Amarth’s 2006 release, With Odin on Our Side, this dream seems to be a reality early on. On the album…
If extreme metal existed back in the days of Vikings, Sweden’s Amon Amarth would undoubtedly be the musical choice of vessels sailing rough and treacherous seas…
