The Great Heathen Army

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The Great Heathen Army
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Studio album by
Amon Amarth
Released5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
StudioBackstage Productions, Derbyshire, England.
Genre Melodic death metal
Length42:59
Label Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer Andy Sneap
Amon Amarth chronology
Berserker
(2019)		The Great Heathen Army
(2022)
Singles from The Great Heathen Army
  1. "Get in the Ring"
    Released: 2 June 2022

The Great Heathen Army is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was released on 5 August 2022, through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AngryMetalGuyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10 [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Metal Injection8/10 [5]
Metal Storm 5.5/10 [6]
Sonic Perspectives9/10 [7]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Dan Slessor of Kerrang! described the album as "a step back towards their melodic death metal origins, and it is definitely to their betterment, delivering perhaps the strongest collection since 2008's Twilight of the Thunder God ". [4]

Blabbermouth.net portrayed the album as "Both an unapologetic, festival-ready dose of new, gleaming, Viking-populated anthems, and one of the darkest and most brutal albums they have yet made". [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Amon Amarth, except additional lyrics on "Saxons and Vikings" by Biff Byford.

The Great Heathen Army track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Get in the Ring"4:24
2."The Great Heathen Army"4:04
3."Heidrun"4:42
4."Oden Owns You All"4:17
5."Find a Way or Make One"4:30
6."Dawn of Norsemen"5:32
7."Saxons and Vikings" (featuring Saxon)4:55
8."Skagul Rides with Me"4:34
9."The Serpent's Trail"6:01
Total length:42:59

Personnel

Amon Amarth

Other personnel

Charts

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