{"id":35016,"date":"2016-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=35016"},"modified":"2019-01-07T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:44:09","slug":"news-amon-amarth-release-tenth-studio-album-jomsviking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-amon-amarth-release-tenth-studio-album-jomsviking\/","title":{"rendered":"AMON AMARTH Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Jomsviking\u2019 (March 25th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMON AMARTH Release Tenth Studio Album \u2018Jomsviking\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 25th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based melodic death metal group Amon Amarth issued tenth full-length studio album Jomsviking<\/em> on March 25th, 2016 in North America through Metal Blade Records. Sony Music scheduled international release for the same day.<\/p>\n

The first concept record to be released by Amon Amarth, Jomsviking<\/em> is set in the world of the Jomsvikings, the order of mercenary Vikings. Production and mixing was handled by Andy Sneap, with guest session musician Tobias Gustafsson (ex-Vomitory) stepping behind the drumkit.<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018First Kill\u2019
\n02. \u2018Wanderer\u2019
\n03. \u2018On A Sea Of Blood\u2019
\n04. \u2018One Against All\u2019
\n05. \u2018Raise Your Horns\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Way Of Vikings\u2019
\n07. \u2018At Dawn\u2019s First Light\u2019
\n08. \u2018One Thousand Burning Arrows\u2019
\n09. \u2018Vengeance Is My Name\u2019*
\n10. \u2018A Dream That Cannot Be\u2019 (feat. Doro Pesch)
\n11. \u2018Back On Northern Shores\u2019<\/p>\n

*bonus track for digibook, digital, LP, and Viking ship editions<\/p>\n

Amon Amarth\u2019s line-up was as follows;<\/p>\n

Johan Hegg (vocals)
\nJohan S\u00f6derberg (guitar)
\nOlavi Mikkonen (guitar)
\nTed Lundstr\u00f6m (bass)<\/p>\n

Jomsviking<\/em> charted in the following countries in its first week of release; Germany (#1), Austria (#1), Switzerland (#3), Canada (#4), Finland (#4), Sweden (#5), Australia (#15), United States (#19), Belgium (#25), United Kingdom (#30), France (#33), and Netherlands (#35).<\/p>\n

Music videos were also filmed for the tracks \u2018First Kill\u2019, \u2018At Dawn\u2019s First Light\u2019, \u2018Raise Your Horns\u2019 and \u2018The Way Of Vikings\u2019. All four clips can be viewed below. <\/p>\n

Ninth studio record Deceiver Of The Gods<\/em> was released<\/a> in June 2013.<\/p>\n