In a recent interview with Germany’s Rock Antenne, Johan Hegg talked about the new Amon Amarth record.
“To be honest, we’ve been starting to talk about a new album, but we haven’t started working on it yet,” the vocalist said. “So we don’t really know. That’s the simple answer.”
Hegg added, “I’ve been working on some lyrical ideas. I know the [other] guys have some musical ideas, but we haven’t started putting anything together yet. So it’s just really in its infancy. So there’s really nothing to say.”
The band’s latest album ‘The Great Heathen Army’ came out in August 2022 through Metal Blade Records. The album was recorded with British producer Andy Sneap, who also worked on the band’s 2013 album ‘Deceiver of The Gods’ and 2016’s ‘Jomsviking.’
“Overall ‘The Great Heathen Army’ is one of the heavier albums we’ve made,” Hegg previously said about the record. “There are some dark and heavy songs that are really powerful and in your face, but we obviously have some trademark melodic Amon Amarth songs on there as well and a few surprises too. It’s a really well-balanced album. It sounds great. Andy Sneap is awesome. It was great to be able to work with him again.”
Guitarist Olavi Mikkonen also noted, “We’ve been away making new music and we’re back with new darker, more death metal-sounding album. If ‘Berserker’ was our ‘heavy metal’ album, then ‘The Great Heathen Army’ is our ‘death metal’ album. But with that said, it’s still very much contemporary Amon Amarth, but perhaps style-wise we have gone back to our roots a little bit.”
Last spring, Amon Amarth toured the U.S. and Canada on the Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 by Live Nation. The 24 shows included stops at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and arenas in cities like Portland, Vancouver, Quebec City, Asheville, Tampa, and Anaheim. Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, and Frozen Soul were special guests on the tour.
