Altsounds — AMON AMARTH have just finished their extremely successful first European tour (with support from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) and are about to return to North America in August for their second headline tour in support off Surtur Rising, the biggest albu... more info

Metalsucks — And you thought Devin Townsend selling his old spatula on eBay was weird. Perhaps inspired by the popularity of our recent Amon Amarth Viking Beard contest, in which we actually gave away some of AA vocalist Johan Hegg’s beard, Tim Millar, guitari... more info

Metal Injection — Welcome to another edition of Mainstream Resistance Podcast, or MSRcast for short. On this episode, we bring you a plethora of killer metal artists such as Jag Panzer, Death, Angra, Warbeast, Defiled, Meads Of Asphodel and many, many more. Here is th... more info

Metalsucks — We had tons of fun sorting through all the entries for our Amon Amarth Viking Beard Contest. A lot of you did quite an impressive job growing your beards, leg and pit hair, while a lot of you… well, uh, let’s just say we’ll still give you an â€... more info

Metal Injection — I am so glad Amon Amarth is coming back in August for the second leg of their Surtur Rising tour. These guys always deliver live. Much like the first time around, the band will be the sole act on the bill performing two sets. The first set will be th... more info

Metalsucks — I was a little skeptical when I first heard about the Amon Amarth two-set tour. Sure, I was excited because, yay, double the Viking fun. Hearing their new album in its entirety, though? I thought that might be a little boring. Not that I have anythi... more info

Metal Injection — This edition of the Metal Injection Livecast starts very bin Laden heavy. We all talk about our opinions and we listen to the opinion of a roided up American. We also imagined what a stoned Osama would sound like . After the music break, we discussed... more info

Metalsucks — In the absence of any big metal debuts, this week I decided to run with a question posed last week: how does Amon Amarth’s current chart-buster Surtur Rising stack up against their past releases? After the jump, a look at those numbers. Foo Fighter... more info

Metalsucks — Thanks for waiting patiently for us to announce the winners of our Amon Amarth Viking Beard Contest (as if you had a choice); it’s not easy to find time to look at piddly beards when you’re busy raping and pillaging all day, but Johan has finally... more info

Altsounds — *UPCOMING RELEASE DATES *26.04.11 PRIMORDIAL - 'Redemption At The Puritan's Hand' (CD/CD+DVD+2-LP) 26.04.11 VOMITORY - 'Opus Mortis VIII' (ltd. Digi CD w/4 bonustr.) 09.05.11 HATE ETERNAL - 'Phoenix Amongst The Ashes' (CD/LP) 09.05.11 PORTRAIT - 'Cr... more info