SwedenВґsВ Viking metal masters AMON AMARTH have just received a gold award for sales in the US on their first ever DVD Wrath of the Norsemen, which came out May 30th, 2006.
Wrath of the Norsemen features footage from a show in Cologne from 2005 filmed with 11 cameras!
This was the longest show AMON AMARTH has ever played (23 songs!). Bonus footage includes interviews, behind-the-scenes of the DVD recording and footage filmed around the Cologne show!
Discs 2 and 3 feature professionally filmed shows from Summer Breeze 2005, the Metal Blade Rrroooaaarrr 2005 (a show with a really unusual set list!), Wacken Open Air 2004 and the release show for Fates Of Norns in Ludwigsburg (Germany) in 2004!
The band is currently finishing up an exceedingly successful run on this summers Sounds of the Underground tour in North American and will then head back to Europe to perform at the Summer Breeze festival with a complete Viking ship onstage! The performance at Summer Breeze will be followed up by a European tour with Dimmu Borgir.
AMON AMARTH will then return to the States this fall for a headline tour. Dates and support bands to be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled!
The band was awarded their plaques towards the end of their set by Brian Slagel himself at the L.A. stop of Sounds of the Underground in Irvine CA on Saturday August 4th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.