Berserker (Amon Amarth album)

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Berserker
Amon Amarth Berserker.jpg
Studio album by
Amon Amarth
Released3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)
Genre Melodic death metal
Length56:45
Label Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer Jay Ruston [1]
Amon Amarth chronology
Jomsviking
(2016)		Berserker
(2019)		 The Great Heathen Army
(2022)
Singles from Berserker
  1. "Raven's Flight"
    Released: 19 March 2019
  2. "Crack the Sky"
    Released: 17 April 2019

Berserker is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was released on 3 May 2019 through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music. [2] The album was produced by Jay Ruston and marks the first album by the band to feature drummer Jocke Wallgren, who joined the band in 2016.

Contents

Critical reception

Exclaim! rated the album 8/10, describing the band's "sound that emphasized strong, triumphant riffage and bombastic songwriting" and stated that the album "features some of their strongest material" since Twilight of the Thunder God . [3] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Amon Amarth

No.TitleLength
1."Fafner's Gold"5:00
2."Crack the Sky"3:49
3."Mjölner, Hammer of Thor"4:42
4."Shield Wall"3:46
5."Valkyria"4:43
6."Raven's Flight"5:20
7."Ironside"4:30
8."The Berserker at Stamford Bridge"5:13
9."When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails"4:24
10."Skoll and Hati"4:27
11."Wings of Eagles"4:03
12."Into the Dark"6:48
Total length:56:45

Personnel

Amon Amarth

Production

Cover art

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 48
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] 19
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [10] 67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 57
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 4
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [15] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 33
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [17] 27
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [18] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [20] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 25
US Billboard 200 [24] 47

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