Amon Amarth
Sweden’s finest Melodic Death Metallers Amon Amarth are set to return to the UK to play their first ever headline tour. The tour will thunder through 7 cities in October and November of this year (details as below). Commenting on today's announcement, the band's vocalist Johan Hegg had the following to say;
'We are happy to announce that we are returning to the Britishh Isles for a more extensive tour of the UK and Ireland. We are really looking forward to this tour and to meeting all our UK and Irish fans again!'
It’s been a pretty amazing journey for Amon Amarth and certainly not an undeserved one. Since releasing their first demo ‘Thor Arise’ in 1993 the band have built a solid reputation as being one of the most original and talented Swedish death metal bands ever, thanks largely to a style that is brutally aggressive yet always melodic, to which their lyrical content based on Norse and Viking mythology is perfectly matched.
Having spent years as one of the most talked about bands on the European Underground Metal circuit, they released their seventh studio album ‘Twilight Of The Thunder God’ in September 2008 to massive critical acclaim. ‘Twilight Of The Thunder God’ saw the band’s songs become more varied, incorporating the roots of death metal as well as showing openness towards different styles.
Tracks like the mid-tempo scorcher "Guardians Of Asgaard", the title track ‘Twilight Of The Thunder God’ and "Where Is Your God?", the former an up-tempo hymn, the latter probably the most brutal Amon Amarth track of all time, brought the band the recognition they deserved. 2008 not only saw the band release the best selling album of their career thus far, but also granted them a slot on the second stage at Download Festival as well as a live performance at the after show party of the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards and a spot on the European leg of the Unholy Alliance III Tour along side Slayer, Trivium and Mastodon.
2009 is already proving to be an even better year for the band, with 3 Metal Hammer Golden God Award nominations under their belts for ‘Best International Band’, ‘Best Shredder’ (Olavi Mikkonen/Johan Soderburg) and ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ as well as a UK headline tour announced, Amon Amarth are proving beyond doubt that they are indeed a mighty force to be reckoned with.
AMON AMARTH + Guests
OCTOBER 2009
THURSDAY 22 CARDIFF SOLUS
MONDAY 26 NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
TUESDAY 27 NORWICH WATERFRONT
WEDNESDAY 28 WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN
THURSDAY 29 NORTHUMBRIA STAGE 2
SATURDAY 31 MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2
NOVEMBER 2009
SUNDAY 1 LONDON KOKO