Video footage of Swedish death metallersAMON AMARTHperforming last night (Sunday, April 24) at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below.

"Surtur Rising", the eighth studio album fromAMON AMARTH, sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 34 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD,"Twilight of the Thunder God", opened with more than 11,000 copies back in 2008 to land at No. 48.

Named in tribute toSurtur, leader of the fire giants of Muspelheim ("flame land") and the oldest being in the nine worlds of Norse mythology,"Surtur Rising", which came out in North America on March 29 viaMetal Blade Records, features 10 tracks of sword-wielding, fist-pumping, hyper climactic battle anthems. The album was once again recorded atFascination Street Studiosin Örebro, Sweden withJens Bogrenand features strikingly brutal cover art byTom Thiel.

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