Metalsucks — If you’d've told me in 1993 that some Swedish metal band that sings about Viking lore would sell more records than Pearl Jam 18 years later, I’d've called you crazy. Shit, if you’d have told me earlier this year that Amon Amarth would sell more... more info

Altsounds — *AMON AMARTH* gain worldwide success with their new album *Surtur Rising*! The band has been spotted on magazine covers around the globe including countries like Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, S... more info

Metalsucks — Stacking things on idle cats isn’t animal cruelty… it’s fun! If they don’t like it alls they gotta do it get up. In that spirit we teamed up with Catstackers.com for a contest; stack your kitty in the most metal way possible, win a copy of Am... more info

Metalsucks — Today is the day! The day Amon Amarth’s excellent new album Surtur Rising comes out (order here) and the final day of our Amon Amarth Viking Beard Contest which launched nearly three months ago. Which means today is the day that either 1) you send ... more info

Metalsucks — Biggest and best metal release day of 2011 so far? It certainly seems that way. New records from Amon Amarth, Becoming the Archetype, Blackguard, Cavalera Conspiracy — are you kidding me? there’s still more? — Goes Cube, Havok, Mercenary, Obscu... more info

Metal Injection — Woah, I guess Monday is a good day for album stream premieres because there are quite a few of them…Amon Amarth's Surtur Rising is streaming in full at Bloody-Disgusting, Becoming The Archetype's Celestial Completion at AOL, Havok's ... more info

Altsounds — Today, popular horror site Bloody Disgusting streams AMON AMARTH's long-anticipated full-length, Surtur Rising,in its entirety! Scheduled for North American release via Metal Blade on March 29, 2011, the record, which was voted among Decibel Maga... more info

Metal Injection — Wow, this week flew by completely. We're still catching up on life in the office after an insane few days at SXSW. In the interim, a lot of new music became available, that we may have missed. We decided to do a quick pre-weekend roundup of all ... more info

Metalsucks — So as it turns out, Periphery have a rather sizable online following. Hm. Who knew? ANYWAY, here’s how we amused ourselves this week: We debuted new music by the aforementioned Periphery, as well as Meek is Murder. Gwar’s Oderus Urungus answered ... more info

Metalsucks — I read somewhere that Amon Amarth are like real-life Dethklok. I think it was actually Axl that tweeted it, and it stuck with me. It’s hilarious, and if you’ve ever seen them live, it’s pretty true. Drummer Fredrik Andersson was kind enough to ... more info