AMON AMARTH To Tour South America, Mexico In May

February 25, 2009

Swedish viking metallers AMON AMARTH will embark on a tour of South America and Mexico in May.

Commented the band: "For the first time, AMON AMARTH will finally go to South America. This is something we've been waiting for and working on for a very long time! We know a lot of our friends and fans have been waiting for this for a very long time but it has not been possible for us to go there until now. All we can say is that it's about time!"

So far the following dates have been confirmed:

May 05 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - The End
May 07 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
May 14 - Bogota, Columbia - Teatro San Remo
May 17 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador

Metalzone.gr conducted an interview with AMON AMARTH vocalist Johan Hegg earlier this month when the band returned to Greece for a couple of headlining shows. Hegg talks to Elena Mihailidou and Vasilis Mazaris about AMON AMARTH's upcoming headlining tour with OBITUARY, LEGION OF THE DAMNED and KEEP OF KALESSIN, the reissues of the group's first four albums by Metal Blade, the experience of touring with SLAYER, appearing on IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson's radio show, whether he feels they've made their dreams come true, how far they plan ahead and the possibility of being overexposed. Johan also talks about how he spends his free time and how difficult it is to combine personal life with such an intense schedule.

Watch the 15-minute chat below.

AMON AMARTH will have its first four albums reissued in 2009. The series will kick off with "Once Sent From A Golden Hall", which will be released on February 27 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and March 2 in the rest of Europe as a double-popup-digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire "Once Sent From A Golden Hall" album remastered plus the bonus track "Siegreicher Marsch" (German version of "Victorious March"). Disc two features the live recording of the show AMON AMARTH played on December 28, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding "Siegreicher Marsch").

This reissue (and all the other ones that will follow later in the year) will be released as an eight-sided double-figipak with individual pop-up. All four pop-ups attached to each other will show a special three-dimensional pic! The reissue also features liner notes by the band and will be released for the price of a regular CD.

"Once Sent From A Golden Hall" reissue track listing:

01. Ride For Vengeance
02. The Dragons´ Flight Across The Waves
03. Without Fear
04. Victorious March
05. Friends Of The Suncross
06. Abandoned
07. Amon Amarth
08. Once Sent From The Golden Hall
09. Siegreicher Marsch (German version of "Victorious March")

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