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AMON AMARTH's 'Deceiver Of The Gods' Projected To Sell 14K-17K First Week

June 26, 2013

"Deceiver Of The Gods", the ninth studio album from Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH, is likely to sell between 14,000 and 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on June 25 via Metal Blade Records.

AMON AMARTH's 2011 CD, "Surtur Rising", opened with around 15,000 units to debut at position No. 34 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's 2008 album, "Twilight Of The Thunder God", registered a first-week tally of more than 11,000 copies to land at No. 48.

Recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (OPETH, MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE),the follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed 2011 "Surtur Rising" full-length delivers ten fiery battle hymns made of buzzsaw riffs and epic harmonies all driven by vocalist Johan Hegg's commanding Viking roar and absorbing accounts of Norse crusades and treachery.

"Deceiver Of The Gods" comes adorned with another outstanding Tom Thiel-created cover portraying a mythical battle between the Norse Gods Loki and Thor. As an added bonus, Messiah Marcolin (CANDLEMASS) makes an appearance as guest vocalist on eighth track, "Hel".

Following a run of European festival dates, AMON AMARTH will open the main stage of this year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, set to commence June 29 in San Bernardino.

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