Aug. 4 — Amon Amarth dug back into its latest album, The Great Heathen Army this week with the premiere of the video for its latest single.
The band debuted the video for its new single, ‘Heidrun’ (pronounced hay-druhn) Friday. The album has also produced the single, ‘Get In The Ring‘ and its companion video. The video opens with fake news reports of the band’s demise in a fiery accident during concert rehearsals before leading to the main story, which features the band members alongside a group of vikings in the halls of Valhalla, drinking and celebrating.
The band performs its new single in the setting as the collective group celebrates.
Front man Johan Hegg discussed the song and its video treatment in a prepared statement:
“Heidrun is an interesting mythological character, it’s a goat that stands on the roof of Valhalla eating the leaf of the big tree Lärad,” Hegg said. “The milk that she gives is the honey/mead that the warriors in Valhalla drink each night. The lyrics themselves are both about Vikings travelling the world but also metaphorically what it is to be a touring musician.”
In related news, Amon Amarth has released a new EP with two remixes of its new single. The four-song maxi-single/EP also features a live performance of the song at the 2023 Graspop Festival and a live performance of its standalone single, ‘Put Your Back Into The Oars’ at the 2023 Hellfest.
The recording can be downloaded and streamed at the link noted above.
In other news, Amon Amarth is in the midst of a tour alongside Ghost. The tour’s current schedule is noted below:
Amon Amarth + Ghost 2023 U.S. Tour Dates:
Aug. 04 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
Aug. 05 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest
Aug. 07 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 08 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Aug. 11 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Aug. 10 – Omaha, NE, The Admiral*
Aug. 12 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Aug. 14 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Aug. 15 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Aug. 16 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
Aug. 18 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
Aug. 19 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Aug. 20 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Aug. 22 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park
Aug. 23 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Aug. 24 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 25 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug. 27 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Aug. 29 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
Aug. 30 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
Aug. 31 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sep. 02 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Sep. 03 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Sep. 05 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sep. 07 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Sep. 08 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sep.09 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium**
*Amon Amarth Headline show with Creeping Death and 200 Stab wounds
**Amon Amarth headline show with Gatecreeper
More information on Amon Amarth’s new single, video, and tour is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://www.amonamarth.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amonamarth
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amonamarthband