Surtur Rising

Surtur Rising
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released March 29, 2011
Recorded Fascination Street Studio
Genre Melodic death metal
Length 48:40
Label Metal Blade
Producer Jens Bogren
Amon Amarth chronology
Twilight of the Thunder God
(2008)		 Surtur Rising
(2011)

Surtur Rising is the eighth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. The album was released on March 29, 2011.

On June 27, 2011, the band released a music video, with footage taken a live performance in Philadelphia, PA and directed by David Brodsky, for the third track on the album, "Destroyer of the Universe".[1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "War of the Gods" - 4:33
  2. "Töck's Taunt: Loke's Treachery Part II" - 5:58
  3. "Destroyer of the Universe" - 3:41
  4. "Slaves of Fear" - 4:25
  5. "Live Without Regrets" - 5:03
  6. "The Last Stand of Frej" - 5:37
  7. "For Victory or Death" - 4:30
  8. "Wrath of the Norsemen" - 3:44
  9. "A Beast Am I" - 5:14
  10. "Doom Over Dead Man" - 5:55

All tracks written by Amon Amarth.

Limited edition bonus tracks[2]
  1. "Balls to the Wall" (Accept cover) - 5:22
  2. "War Machine" (Kiss cover) - 3:35
iTunes edition bonus tracks
  1. "Aerials" (System of a Down cover) - 3:40
Digipak edition

The last track "Doom Over Dead Man", is reported on the back of the album as being 7:32, but actually skipping to the track or ripping it produces a song that's 5:55. There's a 1:37 instrumental part hidden in the pregap between 9 and 10 that can only be heard by rewinding / playing straight through.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Blabbermouth.net (9/10)[4]
Braingell (9.5/10)[5]
Heavy Blog Is Heavy [6]
Metal Hammer (7/7)[7]
Metalholic (9/10)[8]

The critical reception to the album has been widely positive. Germany's Metal Hammer chose the album as the album of the month in March 2011.[7] The album debuted at number 34 on the American Billboard 200 chart as well as number 19 on the Canadian album charts.[9]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "New Video". Metal CallOut. http://www.metalcallout.com/metal-music-videos/new-video-amon-amarth-destroyer-of-the-universe.html. Retrieved 2011-06-28. 
  2. ^ Fisher, Jason. Amon Amarth reveal Surtur Rising editions thegauntlet.com. 2011-01-31. Retrieved on 2011-03-08.
  3. ^ Freeman, Phil. Surtur Rising review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-24.
  4. ^ Ryan Ogle, Surtur Rising, Blabbermouth.net
  5. ^ Gehrig, John. Surtur Rising Retrieved on 2011-05-01.
  6. ^ Bailey, Jeff. Heavy Blog Is Heavy's Review
  7. ^ a b Surtur Rising Review on Metal Hammer Retrieved on 25-3-2011 (German)
  8. ^ Rose, Rustyn. Surtur Rising review metalholic.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-07.
  9. ^ Surtur Rising - Amon Amarth billboard.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.

External links

Amon Amarth
Fredrik Andersson · Johan Hegg · Johan Söderberg · Olavi Mikkonen · Ted Lundström
Martin Lopez · Anders Hansson · Nico Mehra
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
The Pursuit of Vikings · Runes To My Memory · Cry of the Blackbirds · Twilight of the Thunder God · Guardians of Asgaard · War of the Gods · Destroyer of the Universe
Demos
Thor Arise · The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter
Videos