With 'Surtur Rising,' Mikkonen said that Amon Amarth haven't taken any drastic stylistic left turns on the album's 10 tracks. They follow the old credo that if it ain't broke, you don't fix it. That's ...

Swords. Mead. Pillaging. Raw meat. Those are the first images that come to mind when we think Viking. Oh yeah, and Amon Amarth, too, since they are the quintessential viking metal band of this century ...

Amon Amarth is on the Mayhem tour all summer long. [Johan Hegg] is here to talk about the amazing new record, 'Deceiver of the Gods.' Some reviews have called the record ambitious.