AMON AMARTH To Return To North America In August

May 18, 2011

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update:

"Yes, it is true! We are coming back to tour North America. The spring tour turned out to be so successful, and we had such a great time playing the double sets each night, that we decided to bring 'An Evening With Amon Amarth' to the rest of the continent, including Canada! We will perform the new album ['Surtur Rising'] in its entirety, and after that we're doing a revised second set with all the classics as well as some 'wildcards.'"

The dates are as follows:

Aug. 04 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Aug. 06 - Calgary, AB - Macewan Hall
Aug. 07 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Centre
Aug. 08 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon
Aug. 09 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick Centre
Aug. 12 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
Aug. 13 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
Aug. 14 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial De Quebec
Aug. 16 - Milvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
Aug. 17 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
Aug. 19 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
Aug. 20 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
Aug. 21 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
Aug. 23 - Louisville, KY - Expo Five
Aug. 24 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
Aug. 26 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
Aug. 27 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
Aug. 29 - Albuquerque, MN - Sunshine Theater
Aug. 31 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
Sep. 01 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
Sep. 02 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
Sep. 03 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory

Tickets go on sale May 19.

Video footage of AMON AMARTH's April 24 performance at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below.

"Surtur Rising", the eighth studio album from AMON 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 to Surtur, 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 via Metal Blade Records, features 10 tracks of sword-wielding, fist-pumping, hyper climactic battle anthems. The album was once again recorded at Fascination Street Studios in rebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren and features strikingly brutal cover art by Tom Thiel.

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