It is not in “Pursuit of Vikings” territory but pretty damn memorable. “Slaves of Fear” was written by the drummer, Fredrik, and the opening repeated riff will stick with you. I always like to see a member of the rhythm section craft a song. In “Töck’s Taunt – Loke’s Treachery Part II” Johan’s guitar shines as bright as Olavi’s. “War of the Gods” has memorable riffs and eloquent melodic lines. No fluff, no pointless solos, no spotlight pointed at them. It does not come across as listen to me strut. They pull off more melodies without seeming like the album as a whole is more melodic. Despite significantly more melody on this album they both hold the line of sacrificing individual glory for the power of the song. Olavi and Johan complement each other well and in no way do they enter the power metal trap of dueling lead guitarists.
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His melodic lines set a mood instead of just picking off a series of high speed notes. If it does not advance the mood of the song he does not do it. Olavi masterfully delivers intensity through melodic lines in his compositions because he is never showing off. Harshness is still there to a degree much higher than any mainstream death metal band, and I don’t mean in the lyrics alone. From the lyrics, “we’ll split their skulls and spill their guts upon the frozen ground.” No compromise there.
Now that legions were swept into the fold with the past two efforts they can ramp up the intensity and keep most of the new fans because once again the shift is gradual. More brutality in the production room can’t be a bad thing however. We wanted a harder, tougher sound and I definitely think we got that.” Myself, I was never worried about it because the changes were gradual, not like, for example Rush’s change from progressive metal to arena rock, and because despite the softening of sound in the studio the harshness was maintained on stage. We thought we needed to be a bit more aggressive and rougher than the previous two. It was one of the main things we had discussed before going into the studio. How does that translate? For those that thought the last several albums were a conscious attempt to soften their sound to attract a wider audience and therefore not harsh enough or worse still those that use the sellout word, Johan offers this, “A major change for us on this album was the sound and production.
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This new material has been given the title Surtur Rising and will be released in North America on Maand will be followed by a headlining tour in April and May.Ī steady lineup, a steady label, no issues to distract from their goal, full length album number eight on Metal Blade in nearly fifteen years with the label. This brand new material is also available separately on CD and picture disc vinyl with die-cut gatefold sleeve and as a gatefold 2-LP which is also available as red/black splatter and red/yellow splatter vinyl. This release comes as a CD+DVD digibook edition with 28-page booklet, a special boxset with Surtur Rising figure which contains the CD/DVD-edition as above, and as an added bonus it comes with a CD full of new material. Since these shows were bonus audio on the reissues this time is video. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South America, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Newsflash! Amon Amarth is releasing a DVD containing all four Bochum shows in which the band played their first four albums in their entirety called Bloodshed Over Bochum.
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