The Great Heathen Army is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was released on 5 August 2022, through Metal Blade Records.
Critical reception
Dan Slessor of Kerrang! described the album as "a step back towards their melodic death metal origins, and it is definitely to their betterment, delivering perhaps the strongest collection since 2008's Twilight of the Thunder God".
Blabbermouth.net portrayed the album as "Both an unapologetic, festival-ready dose of new, gleaming, Viking-populated anthems, and one of the darkest and most brutal albums they have yet made".
Track listing
All songs written by Amon Amarth, except additional lyrics on "Saxons and Vikings" by Biff Byford.
Personnel Amon Amarth Johan Hegg − vocals Olavi Mikkonen − lead guitar Johan Söderberg − rhythm guitar Ted Lundström − bass Jocke Wallgren − drums
Other personnel Biff Byford − vocals (track 7) Paul Quinn - guitars (track 7) Doug Scarratt - guitars (track 7) Andy Sneap − production, mixing, mastering
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for The Great Heathen Army Chart (2022) Peakposition Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) 17 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 20
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for The Great Heathen Army Chart (2022) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 86
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