Surtur Rising
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| Studio album by Amon Amarth | ||||
| Released | March 29, 2011 | |||
| Studio | Fascination Street Studio | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 48:40 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Jens Bogren | |||
| Amon Amarth chronology | ||||
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Surtur Rising is the eighth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It is named after the mythical giant, Surtr. The album was released on March 29, 2011. The album debuted at number 34 on the American Billboard 200 chart as well as number 19 on the Canadian album charts.[1]
On June 27, 2011, the band released a music video, with footage taken during a live performance in Philadelphia, PA and directed by David Brodsky, for the third track on the album, "Destroyer of the Universe".[2]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Blabbermouth.net |   [5] |
| Metal Hammer | [6] |
The critical reception to the album has been widely positive. Germany's Metal Hammer chose the album as the album of the month in March 2011.[6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Amon Amarth.
| Standard CD edition[4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "War of the Gods" | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Töck's Taunt: Loke's Treachery Part II" | 5:58 |
| 3. | "Destroyer of the Universe" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Slaves of Fear" | 4:25 |
| 5. | "Live Without Regrets" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "The Last Stand of Frej" | 5:37 |
| 7. | "For Victory or Death" | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Wrath of the Norsemen" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "A Beast Am I" | 5:14 |
| 10. | "Doom Over Dead Man" | 5:55 |
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Total length:
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48:40 | |
| iTunes edition bonus track[7][8] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Aerials" (System of a Down cover) | 3:39 |
| Japanese edition bonus track[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "War Machine" (Kiss cover) | 3:35 |
| Deluxe CD/DVD edition bonus tracks[9][7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Balls to the Wall" (Accept Cover) | 5:22 |
| 12. | "War Machine" (Kiss cover) | 3:35 |
- Digipak edition
The digipack edition includes a 10-track audio CD and a bonus Live DVD.[9]
The length of the last track, "Doom over dead Man", is listed as 7:32 on the back of the album, but skipping to the track or ripping it produces a song length of 5:55. An instrumental part 1:37 long is hidden in the pregap between tracks 9 and 10, which can only be heard by rewinding or playing straight through.[7]
- Live DVD
This DVD, included in the digipack and deluxe editions, contains over four hours of live concert footage filmed during the "Bloodshed Over Bochum" concert series in 2008 where Amon Amarth played the first four albums on four successive nights.[9]
| Once Sent from the Golden Hall | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Ride for Vengeance" | |
| 2. | "The Dragon's Flight Across the Waves" | |
| 3. | "Without Fear" | |
| 4. | "Victorious March" | |
| 5. | "Friends of the Suncross" | |
| 6. | "Abandoned" | |
| 7. | "Amon Amarth" | |
| 8. | "Once Sent from the Golden Hall" | |
| The Avenger | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Bleed for Ancient Gods" | |
| 2. | "The Last with Pagan Blood" | |
| 3. | "North Sea Storm" | |
| 4. | "Avenger" | |
| 5. | "God, His Son and Holy Whore" | |
| 6. | "Metalwrath" | |
| 7. | "Legend of a Banished Man" | |
| The Crusher | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Bastards of a Lying Breed" | |
| 2. | "Masters of War" | |
| 3. | "The Sound of Eight Hooves" | |
| 4. | "Risen from the Sea" | |
| 5. | "As Long as the Raven Flies" | |
| 6. | "A Fury Divine" | |
| 7. | "Annihilation of Hammerfest" | |
| 8. | "The Fall Through Ginnungagap" | |
| 9. | "Releasing Surtur's Fire" | |
| Versus the World | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Death in Fire" | |
| 2. | "For the Stabwounds in Our Backs" | |
| 3. | "Where Silent Gods Stand Guard" | |
| 4. | "Versus the World" | |
| 5. | "Across the Rainbow Bridge" | |
| 6. | "Down the Slopes of Death" | |
| 7. | "Thousand Years of Oppression" | |
| 8. | "Bloodshed" | |
| 9. | "...And Soon the World Will Cease to Be" | |
- Vinyl picture disc editions
A 2-sided vinyl LP picture disc is also available in the North American market with the following 10 tracks,[10] and the European market edition includes a 4-sided vinyl LP picture disc with the following 10 tracks and "Balls to the Wall" (Accept cover) bonus track, with the fourth side etched.[11]
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
- Amon Amarth
- Johan Hegg – lead vocals
- Olavi Mikkonen – guitars
- Johan Söderberg – guitars
- Ted Lundström – bass
- Fredrik Andersson – drums
- Production
- Jens Bogren – producer, mixing, mastering
- Urban Näsvall – drumtech
- Martin Jacobsson – orchestral arrangements
- Dark Passenger Orchestra – orchestra
- Tom Thiel – cover artwork
- Thomas Ewerhard – design, layout
- Steve Brown – photos
- Guest musicians
- Simon Solomon (Witchcraft) – guitar solo on "The last Stand of Frej" and "A Beast am I"
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 12 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 45 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 54 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] | 19 |
| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[16] | 62 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] | 16 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[18] | 146 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 8 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] | 76 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] | 8 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 20 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[23] | 75 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[24] | 10 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[25] | 6 |
| US Billboard 200[26] | 34 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[27] | 6 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] | 1 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] | 7 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[30] | 10 |
References
- ↑ Surtur Rising - Amon Amarth billboard.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Surtur Rising at AllMusic
- ↑ Ryan Ogle, Surtur Rising, Blabbermouth.net
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Surtur Rising Review on Metal Hammer Retrieved on 25-3-2011 (German)
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Fisher, Jason. Amon Amarth reveal Surtur Rising editions thegauntlet.com. 2011-01-31. Retrieved on 2011-03-08.
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- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising" (in French). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Amon Amarth.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth: Surtur Rising" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising". Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
- ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising". Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising". Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising". Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
- ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Amon Amarth.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Amon Amarth.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Amon Amarth.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Amon Amarth.
- ↑ "Amon Amarth – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Amon Amarth.
