Swedish Viking metal veterans Amon Amarth have released a new music video for “Heidrun” (“goat” in Norse mythology), a song that appears on their latest studio album, The Great Heathen Army. Additionally, they’ve unveiled the four-song Heidrun EP featuring three versions of the tune, including a “goat remix” with actual goat vocals.
Frontman Johan Hegg explained the mythological story behind “Heidrun” in a press release, stating, “Heidrun is an interesting mythological character, it’s a goat that stands on the roof of Valhalla eating the leaf of the big tree Lärad.”
He continued, “The milk that she gives is the honey/mead that the warriors in Valhalla drink each night. The lyrics themselves are both about Vikings travelling the world but also metaphorically what it is to be a touring musician.”
Amon Amarth recently kicked off US tour with Ghost. Find a recap and photo gallery of the opening night here,...
Frontman Johan Hegg explained the mythological story behind “Heidrun” in a press release, stating, “Heidrun is an interesting mythological character, it’s a goat that stands on the roof of Valhalla eating the leaf of the big tree Lärad.”
He continued, “The milk that she gives is the honey/mead that the warriors in Valhalla drink each night. The lyrics themselves are both about Vikings travelling the world but also metaphorically what it is to be a touring musician.”
Amon Amarth recently kicked off US tour with Ghost. Find a recap and photo gallery of the opening night here,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
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Papa Emeritus IV is coming to an amphitheater near you. Ghost, the Swedish hard-rock band led by the man of a thousand faces, Tobias Forge, has announced a U.S. summer tour.
Titled the Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023, the trek begins August 2nd in Concord, California, and plays 27 dates, wrapping up September 11th in Los Angeles. Along the way, the tour hits cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, Tampa, Austin,...
Papa Emeritus IV is coming to an amphitheater near you. Ghost, the Swedish hard-rock band led by the man of a thousand faces, Tobias Forge, has announced a U.S. summer tour.
Titled the Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023, the trek begins August 2nd in Concord, California, and plays 27 dates, wrapping up September 11th in Los Angeles. Along the way, the tour hits cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, Tampa, Austin,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Ghost have announced a Summer 2023 US tour featuring support from fellow Swedish act Amon Amarth. The outing has been dubbed the “Re-Imperatour,” following last year’s “Imperatour,” and will see the two bands playing mostly amphitheaters.
The tour kicks off August 2nd in Concord, California, and makes its way east before returning to the West Coast for a final September 11th date in Los Angeles. A Citi cardmember pre-sale starts Tuesday (February 14th) at 10 a.m. local time, as does an artist pre-sale via Ticketmaster with the code Darkness. A Live Nation pre-sale begins at the same link on Wednesday (February 15th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Chorus, while general ticket sales launch on Friday (February 17th). Fans can also pick up tickets via StubHub.
Heavy Consequence caught Ghost’s show at the Ubs Arena in New York this past September, when Mastodon and Spiritbox provided support.
The tour kicks off August 2nd in Concord, California, and makes its way east before returning to the West Coast for a final September 11th date in Los Angeles. A Citi cardmember pre-sale starts Tuesday (February 14th) at 10 a.m. local time, as does an artist pre-sale via Ticketmaster with the code Darkness. A Live Nation pre-sale begins at the same link on Wednesday (February 15th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Chorus, while general ticket sales launch on Friday (February 17th). Fans can also pick up tickets via StubHub.
Heavy Consequence caught Ghost’s show at the Ubs Arena in New York this past September, when Mastodon and Spiritbox provided support.
- 2/13/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Undisputed kings of Viking heavy metal, Amon Amarth, have dropped brand new single, “The Great Heathen Army” today. The new song is the title track from their recently announced twelfth studio album and is accompanied by brand new music video, directed by Pavel Trebukhin, that immediately calls to mind the brand new season of “Stranger […]
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- 7/7/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sneak Peek the action feature "Northmen - A Viking Saga", now available on DVD, Blu-ray & On Demand, from Anchor Bay, directed by Claudio Fäh from a script by Matthias Bauer and Bastian Zach, starring Ryan Kwanten, Tom Hopper, James Norton, Ed Skrein, Charlie Murphy and Johan Hegg:
"...a group of 'Vikings' in the ninth century set sail for Britain, aiming to plunder the rich monasteries in the northern part of the island. But a storm smashes the ship to pieces on the rocks off the coast of Scotland, the only part of Britain without any Viking settlements.
"Soon thereafter, the daughter of the 'Scottish King' falls into their hands and the Vikings see this as an opportunity to demand a large ransom. The King immediately sets his 'wolfpack' — a group of mercenaries well known for their savagery — on the Vikings.
"The 'Northmen' with their hostage now have to force...
"...a group of 'Vikings' in the ninth century set sail for Britain, aiming to plunder the rich monasteries in the northern part of the island. But a storm smashes the ship to pieces on the rocks off the coast of Scotland, the only part of Britain without any Viking settlements.
"Soon thereafter, the daughter of the 'Scottish King' falls into their hands and the Vikings see this as an opportunity to demand a large ransom. The King immediately sets his 'wolfpack' — a group of mercenaries well known for their savagery — on the Vikings.
"The 'Northmen' with their hostage now have to force...
- 8/10/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
A full trailer has been released for an extremely awesome looking viking film called Northmen: A Viking Saga. I'm incredibly excited about seeing this movie. I love that the first part of this trailer features an old Viking wrestling down a horse and its rider with his bare hands. The trailer only get more badass from there!
A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelag, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps,...
A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelag, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps,...
- 8/15/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, James Norton, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman and Johan Hegg star in the action adventure pic about a gang of Viking marauders. When they are shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland, the Northmen must trek to the safety of the Viking stronghold Danelag. But hot on their tails are the King’s ferocious mercenaries, called the Wolf Pack. Northmen: A Viking Saga will be released in Germany by Ascot Elite Filmverleih GmbH in partnership with Paramount Pictures Germany on October 23. Check out the trailer that dropped today:...
- 8/14/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Principal photography has wrapped on Claudio Fah's period tale Northmen: A Viking Saga and Twitch is happy to share the first official still from the film. The international cast includes the likes of Tom Hopper and Ryan Kwanten along with Scandinavian heavy metal star Johan Hegg and an impressive group of up and comers. A gang of Viking marauders under the command of their young leader, Asbjörn, bear down on the coast of Britain, intent on pillaging Lindisfarne of its gold. But, caught in a vicious storm, their longboat is dashed to pieces on the rocks off Scotland. Trapped deep within enemy territory, the shipwrecked mens' only chance of survival is to reach the safety of the Viking stronghold Danelag. With only the enigmatic Conall,...
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- 11/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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