Amon Amarth frontman, Johan Hegg recently contributed a guest blog over at Headbangers blog. He thanks the fans, talks about the bands growth in popularity and touring. Here is a short excerpt from the blog.
It’s hard to imagine that only a few years ago we were still holding down full time jobs and having to use our vacations to do tours. How we managed to do that and not get fired is anybody’s guess, but we must have been very fortunate to have understanding bosses. It was tough, though, and we sometimes would up coming straight off tour and …read more

If you have already read any other reviews on Amon Amarth’s new record Twilight Of The Thunder God then you know what they are saying. It’s nothing really new or different from their last cd, With Oden On Our Side. It’s just another Amon Amarth album. It’s like a continuation of With Oden’. It’s heavy, filled with great metal rhythms and riffs, typical Amon Amarth solos and lyrics about Viking stuff. The vocals sound a bit deeper and grittier than their last, sort of the way they sound in Fate Of Norns but much more clear and not drowned …read more

Check it out. It just seems that Vikings and fire just never get old. Pillage the village! Metalsucks.net just ran a review of ‘Twilight. Pre-order Twilight Of The Thunder God here.
 
Twilight of the Thunder God

Amon Amarth have posted the new song Guardians of Asgaard from their upcoming September 30th release, Twilight Of The Thunder God on their Myspace.
Twilight Of The Thunder God will be available in various forms:
1. Jewelcase CD including full album and 24-page booklet.
2. Limited Deluxe Collector’s edition three-disc-set in a special DVD-sized book including full album, a bonus CD and a bonus DVD. The “Summer Breeze 2007″ CD and DVD have a playing time of 72 minutes each. The DVD features Dolby Surround 5.1 sound and 16:9 format. 40-page book on special offset paper with parchment pages.
3. Gatefold-2-LP …read more

Amon Amarth have posted the making of video of “Twilight Of The Thunder God” over at Myspace.tv, but you can check it out here too. The new album, is set to drop September 30th on Metal Blade Records.

Making of "Twilight of the Thunder God" Video