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Amon Amarth announce UK Tour for November 2019

Prepare for the Swedish invasion! Sweden’s heavy metal warlords AMON AMARTH are set to crash onto European shores this November and December to raid the continent with their biggest and most ambitious, must-see full production tour to date! This epic tour comes on the heels of the victorious worldwide release of the …

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Amon Amarth share live video for ‘Guardians Of Asgaard’

Last month Amon Amarth released their new documentary and supporting live album, The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm – which includes a retrospective documentary featuring a wealth of live and behind-the-scenes content and extensive band interviews. This film tells the Swedish quintet’s history, through …

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Download festival announce 2019 headliners

Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced Def Leppard, Slipknot, and Tool, as its 2019 headliners, plus SEVENTEEN of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore and metal. The three-day festival takes place on 14 – 16 June 2019 at the spiritual home of rock …

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Bloodstock Announce 3 More Bands for 2017

BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCE 3 MORE BANDS FOR 2017 BLOODSTOCK is excited to roll out their next band announcement for 2017 and it’s a brutal one! Florida death metal kingpins, OBITUARY land themselves a Sunday slot on the main stage.  With a brand new studio album coming in Spring 2017 via Relapse …

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Amon Amarth Premiere New Video With Many Special Guests!

AMON AMARTH PREMIERE “RAISE YOUR HORNS” VIDEO FEATURING MANY SPECIAL GUESTS; LAUNCH GRIMFROST COMPETITION &  EUROPEAN TOUR KICKS OFF IN OCTOBER   After headlining a North American tour earlier this year, and appearing at premier festivals across Europe all summer, Amon Amarth is ready to launch their new video.  “Raise …

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Testament Reveal ‘Brotherhood Of The Snake’ Cover Art

TESTAMENT Reveal ‘Brotherhood Of The Snake’ Cover Art!   Legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming 12th album, ‘Brotherhood Of The Snake’, which will be released on October 28th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. The expressional cover was created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor who also created the artwork for …

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Download Festival 2016: Sunday 12th June

Battered, muddy, tired and weary, but the Download faithful are still up and about for the final day early. And guess what? Despite not being forecast until the evening, the rain starts before the bands. Joy of joys. That said, there’s a little group on the Dogtooth stage called The …

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Want to be in the New Amon Amarth Video?

RAISE YOUR HORNS AND BE IN AMON AMARTH’S NEW MUSIC VIDEO Swedish heavy metal goliaths AMON AMARTH are inviting their fans around the globe to be a part of their forthcoming video for new song ‘Raise Your Horns’. The video will include live clips of the band performing in multiple …

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Amon Amarth – ‘Jomsviking’

With this, the the band’s tenth album, Amon Amarth take their penchant for their epic evocations and retelling of the ancient myths and sagas, the feats of bravery and heroism which soak the bloodstained page of their homeland’s history, to next level by producing their first concept album.  Based around …

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Drummer leaves Amon Amarth

Fredrik Andersson has left Swedish Death Metal stars Amon Amarth. An official statement by the band reads as follows: “Amon Amarth and drummer Fredrik Andersson have decided to part ways after 17 years. Fredrik has been an important part of Amon Amarth’s development since he joined the band in 1998 …

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Amon Amarth, Huntress & Savage Messiah tour kicks off this month

Swedish heavy metal icons AMON AMARTH will be returning to Europe in January/February for a month long tour in regional UK, regional France and Spain/Portugal. The band comments: “UK, Portugal, Spain, France and UK…get ready this January for a Viking invasion! We’ll be making an extensive UK expedition where we’ll be pillaging …

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King Of Asgard – Interview – September 2014

King Of Asgard - Karg

Planetmosh caught up with King of Asgard bassist, Jonas Albrektsson to chat about the Norsemen’s latest album ‘Karg‘. 1. The new album ‘Karg’ was released in July, what would you say are the main themes and influences on this new album? “Karg”, (barren) the actual word, pretty much set the atmosphere and influenced us …

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Amon Amarth at Bloodstock 2014

Amon Amarth brought us pyro, smoke and some superb viking metal on the Sunday at Bloodstock, putting in one of the top performances of the day in my opinion.  Here are some photos from their set…. [flickrapi user=”planet mosh” get=”photoset” id=”72157646176015107″ size=”z” count=”100″]

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