Berserker is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was released on 3 May 2019 through Metal Blade Records.AMON AMARTH To Release 'Berserker' Album In May; First Single, 'Raven's Flight', Now Available. 20 March 2019. Blabbermouth.net The album was produced by Jay Ruston and marks the first album by the band to feature drummer Jocke Wallgren, who joined the band in 2016.
Critical reception Exclaim! rated the album 8/10, describing the band's "sound that emphasized strong, triumphant riffage and bombastic songwriting" and stated that the album "features some of their strongest material" since Twilight of the Thunder God.Jack Kelleher. Amon Amarth Berserker. Exclaim!. 1 May 2019. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.
Track listing
All songs written by Amon Amarth
Personnel Amon Amarth Johan Hegg − vocals Olavi Mikkonen − lead guitar Johan Söderberg − rhythm guitar Ted Lundström − bass Jocke Wallgren − drums
Production Jay Ruston − production Michael Lord – orchestration on "Into the Dark"
Cover art
Brent Elliott White – cover art, interior art
Charts Chart (2019) Peakposition French Albums (SNEP) 50 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 20 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 5
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