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"We have been talking about a Thor’s hammer that shoots fire or flashes." Viking metal's biggest band are taking cues from Iron Maiden for their next album

Amon Amarth have big plans when it comes to album 13 and the impending European tour

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Nine Inch Nails, Amon Amarth and In This Moment are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Stacked bills, short sets and stumbling singers: Slayer's first UK gig in six years wasn't perfect, but their set was

Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback

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Biff Byford on Lemmy, inspiring thrash metal and the greatest heavy metal riff ever written

Ever wondered who'd win in a fight between Vikings and Saxons? Biff Byford has the answer

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“They’re outlaw bad boys who’ve got no business with fanciness or politeness!” Amon Amarth, Grand Magus, Wardruna and more explain why metal loves Vikings so much

We got bands and academics to tell us why heavy music can’t get enough of big, burly berserkers

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Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college professor to find out

Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy music can’t get enough of Viking culture

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“Everyone was singing about Satan back then, but I don’t believe in Satan so I needed something that was real to me”: How Amon Amarth became the world’s favourite 21st century Viking metal berserkers

Amon Amarth’s 2008 album Twilight Of The Thunder God transformed them from death metal hopefuls into all-conquering Viking metal chieftains

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Go record-shopping for less this Black Friday! EMP is offering up to 28% off on selected rock and metal vinyl

Rock out and save with these deals on records by Foo Fighters, Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth and more

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“Strong, defiant, teeth-rattling, testosterone-levels-shooting-to-Valhalla metal.” Wrestling star Adam 'Edge' Copeland pays tribute to Viking metallers Amon Amarth in band’s new comic book

Amon Amarth x Z2 comic The Great Heathen Army is now available

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10 bands that defined Wacken 2024

From Accept's triumphant trad metal to the flamethrowing folk of Feuershwanz, these were the bands that ruled Wacken Festival 2024

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"Not only the biggest crowd of the weekend, but undoubtedly their careers." Amon Amarth conquer 85,000 metal fans with epic, flamethrowing, serpent-bashing setlist at Wacken 2024

25 years since they first appeared at Wacken, Amon Amarth prove the festival's ultimate conquerors

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How are there so many Swedish metal bands? A Swedish metal band explains

Avatar singer Johannes Eckerström explains how his homeland has given us Opeth, Arch Enemy, Sabaton, In Flames, Meshuggah, Amon Amarth, Bathory and much, much, much, much more

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Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect (ex-In Flames, Dark Tranquillity) announce headline UK and Europe tour

Gothenburg’s melodic death metal stars will be joined by industrial outfit Pain in 2025

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“Anyone who doesn’t talk to their pets is a psychopath!” We asked a bunch of metal stars to tell us about their pets on International Pet Day

Dogs, cats, ponies, goats, ducks – to mark International Pet Day, we asked members of Killswitch Engage, Amon Amarth, Green Lung and more to tell us about the animals they share their lives with

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"This is acceptable at Amon Amarth shows only!" An audience did some viking rowing at a Deafheaven concert, and metalheads aren't too happy about it

Takes about metal concert etiquette have been fired off after fans opened an Amon Amarth-style “rowing pit” at a shoegaze gig

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Bloodstock Open Air announces 18 more bands for 2024

Burner, Soen, Xentrix, Unpeople and more are joining the Derbyshire metal festival, which will be headlined by Opeth, Architects and Amon Amarth in August

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Amon Amarth, The Record Company, Marillion and more

The final Tracks Of The Week contest of 2023 is officially underway

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"We were ahead of our time": How tales of Thor, lightning-spewing hammers and a battle to the death at the end of the world turned Amon Amarth into the world's favourite heavy metal Vikings

Amon Amarth's Thor-referencing epic Twilight Of The Thunder God also gave the band their breakthrough hit

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A beginner’s guide to Metal Blade Records in five essential albums

From the ferocity of Slayer to Amon Amarth’s viking melodeath, Metal Blade Records are masters of getting in on the ground floor with the next big thing

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