With the focus on a powerful and in-your-face approach to songwriting combined with the signature AMON AMARTH sound, The Great Heathen Army is certainly a punchier affair than Berserker.
The most notable influences come from Versus The World and Fate Of The Norns. Musically, the album unsurprisingly bears the more modern signature of AMON AMARTH’s sound, however the are moments where the band hark back to their early history and incorporate the darkness, speed and heaviness of their earlier albums. As a result, this new interpretation of the period feels much more brutal than anything the band have created before. The Great Heathen Army’s tense atmospheres and pounding rhythms definitely give you the impression that doom is on its way, carrying with it a host of merciless and rapacious warriors. Over the album’s nine snarling tracks, the Swedes tackle a turbulent period of history in the North Sea area, where the Saxon kingdoms (with the exemplary exception of King Ælfred’s mighty Wessex) were dominated by a coalition force of Danes, Norsemen and Swedes alongside a few Norse–Gaels. Employing the services of Andy Sneap again, The Great Heathen Army captures the purest essence of AMON AMARTH whilst still allowing plenty of space for new ideas. With a more death metal focus, The Great Heathen Army is a darker and heavier album than its predecessor Berserker, however the jarls of Stockholm definitely sneak in a few delightful surprises along the way.ĪMON AMARTH have always been a band with high standards when entering the studio, constantly seeking to improve their sound with new innovations whilst staying true to themselves. The 12th studio album and latest addition to an illustrious back catalogue sees the band’s heavier side come to the fore. The latest chapter in the saga of AMON AMARTH, the undisputed kings of Viking themed melodic death metal, the Swedes channel the might of Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ivar the Boneless and Ubba (three out of five sons of the iconic and legendary Ragnar Lodbrok) and raise the raven banners of the Great Heathen Army of 865AD and unleash battle-fury and chaos on the world.
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With the wind fiercely blowing in their sails and their ferocious sights set on an island full of anxious Saxons, the Great Heathen Army bear down seeking to decimate and conquer the four ancient kingdoms of England.
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