Amon Amarth
White-hot metal for your red-hot summer
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Fri., Aug. 2, 2013
For Sweden's Amon Amarth, the Viking invasion never ended. Using Norse trickster god Loki as its focal point, the quintet's ninth LP swings the battle-axe of death metal while digging into human duality as a theme. Ultimately, it's about the extra-chunky riffs and Johan Hegg's inhuman gargle. Ex-Candlemass singer Messiah Marcolin adds otherworldly moans to "Hel." 
(Amon Amarth cleaves skulls at Austin 360 Amphitheater's Mayhem Fest on Friday, Aug. 2.)
