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Swedish metal warriors Amon Amarth are bringing their brand of Viking-inspired death metal to Wolverhampton.

The bearded badasses in Amon Amarth guzzle mead from ram horns and look a lot like the vikings they frequently sing of. The shaggy Swedes are pretty much the AC/DC of death metal: Their albums all sound the same and are the better for it as they've perfected

[PUNK] + FRI., AUG. 12 If Warped Tour is a little too … er … poser for you, perhaps a trip to Skull Fest is warranted. This weekend marks the third edition of the local punk-and-hardcore festival; tonight's kickoff show at The Shop is headlined by Crazy Spirit, Perdition, Infernal... By Andy Mulkerin.

Amon Amarth will return to North America this summer for the second leg of the "An Evening With Amon Amarth" tour

Amon Amarth will return to North America this summer for the second leg of the "An Evening With Amon Amarth" tour

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH are returning to North America. The band issue the following tour update: "Yes, it is true!

Few genres can supply grandiose displays of power as well as metal. Beefy guitars, bellowed vocals, and stoic expressions add up to something that's as often about the performers imposing dominance on the listener as it is creating another world. For those in the market for exhibitions of masculi...

Does Colby ever sleep? We don't know. What we do know is that he snaps killer shots of the shows he attends, like these of Amon Amarth. Check it out! [ more › ]                

Metal at the Showbox? Of course. Colby recommend Amon Amarth tomorrow night. [ more › ]

(Metal Blade 2011) Every hessian band duder ever will tell you that the new album is the same as the previous one, only heavier and more brutal. And even if that's true, it's hard to pull off in real life, where the will to be heavy often leads to riffage that is shrill and speedy or, worse, deadeningly uninventive.

If there is any death metal band out there consistently putting out records of high quality and extreme intensity, that band is Amon Amarth.