AMON AMARTH: NEW album title

The monarchs of Swedish Death Metal Amon Amarth, just announced the title of their forthcoming album. The album will be released in the Spring of 2011, and it will be the eighth studio album. With Amon Amarth's fame of releasing head crushing albums, their is no doubt that their new album will is one of the most anticipated albums of 2011. So what is the album called? "Surtur Rising".

"Surtur Rising" is the follow-up to their punishing 2008 release, "Twilight Of The Thunder God". An album that Revolver Magazine listed as number 7 on their Top 20 albums of 2008. Metal Sucks defined this album as: "a bottomless gauntlet of riffs that the band endlessly takes gargantuan swigs from, sounding both lush and emotive as well as skull crushingly heavy… every goddamn one is a chest-beating anthem." The famous Time Out New York noted that "Amon Amarth plays some of the most unabashedly epic metal you’re likely to find these days." Make sure to stay tuned to Metal Blade Records for more details on Surtur Rising.

Amon Amarth is:
Johan Hegg: Vocals
Olavi Mikkonen: Guitar
Johan Söderberg: Guitar
Ted Lundström: Bass
Fredrik Andersson: Drums





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