AMON AMARTH To Premiere Epic Production Video For 'Father Of The Wolf' At Las Vegas Show

December 20, 2013

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will premiere the production video for the track "Father Of The Wolf" at the first date of the U.S. tour, taking place in Las Vegas on Friday January 17. For fans attending this show, make sure to follow AMON AMARTH's and Metal Blade Records' Twitter and Facebook pages for info on what time the video will be played at the kickoff date of the tour.

Fans not attending this show will be able to view this epic music video, which is more like a mini-movie, on Saturday, January 18.

Catch AMON AMARTH live this January/February 2014 as the band headlines the U.S. in support of their newly released album, "Deceiver of The Gods". Very special guest on the dates will be ENSLAVED, with additional support from SKELETONWITCH.

Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, fans can enter to win a pair of tickets to one of the shows listed below by entering here. Rules and restrictions apply and can be found on the contest page.

Quality fan-filmed video footage of AMON AMARTH's December 3 performance at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden can be seen below.

AMON AMARTH's ninth studio album, "Deceiver Of The Gods", sold around 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 19 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on June 25 via Metal Blade Records.

In Germany, "Deceiver Of The Gods" entered the Top 100 chart at No. 3, the official Media Market/Saturn chart at #3 and the German Media Control Weekend Trend chart at No. 2.

"Deceiver Of The Gods" came in at No. 9 on Canada's Top 200 chart, No. 2 on the Hard Music chart and No. 21 on the Digital Music chart. Additionally, the record came in at No. 2 on the iTunes Metal chart, No. 2 on the iTunes Rock chart and No. 7 on the iTunes Top 200.

In the U.K., the record entered the official album chart at No. 67, the Rock/Metal chart at No. 4 and the Independent chart at No. 14, marking the highest U.K. chart placements for the band yet.

Elsewhere, "Deceiver Of The Gods" came in at No. 9 on the Top 100 album chart in Switzerland, No. 7 on the Austrian Top 100, No. 9 in Sweden, No. 27 in Denmark, No. 51 in France, No. 34 in Czech Republic and No. 51 in Hungary.

Recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (OPETH, MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE),"Deceiver Of The Gods" 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".

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