Simon Rushworth
Viking metal army Amon Amarth have revealed the stunning artwork and tracklisting for hotly anticipated 2011 release Surtur Rising.
The new record should hit stores ahead of the band’s UK jaunt with Children Of Bodum and Ensiferum this spring.
And by all accounts it more than meets the standard of their legendary canon – opening up with the self explanatory and typically brutal War Of The Gods.
Named in tribute to Surtur, leader of the fire giants of Muspelheim (“flame land”) and the oldest being in the nine worlds of Norse mythology, the record, which was listed among Decibel Magazine’s most anticipated albums of 2011, features 10 tracks of sword-wielding, fist-pumping, hyper climactic battle anthems.
The follow up to 2008’s monolithic Twilight Of The Thunder God was again recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren and features strikingly brutal cover art by Tom Thiel.
Surtur Rising Track Listing:
01. War of the Gods
02. Töck’s Taunt – Loke’s Treachery Part II
03. Destroyer of the Universe
04. Slaves of Fear
05. Live Without Regrets
06. The Last Stand of Frej
07. For Victory or Death
08. Wrath of the Norsemen
09. A Beast Am I
10. Doom Over Dead Man
Amon Amarth join Children Of Bodom in the UK in April 2011. Catch them here:
1st NORWICH – UEA
2nd MANCHESTER – Academy
3rd GLASGOW – O2 ABC
5th (IRE) DUBLIN – Vicar Street
7th NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
8th BIRMINGHAM – O2 Academy
9th LONDON – HMV Forum