The Great Heathen Army Explained

The Great Heathen Army
Type:	studio
Artist:	Amon Amarth
Cover:	Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army.png
Studio:	Backstage Productions, Derbyshire, England.
Genre:	Melodic death metal
Length:	42:59
Label:	Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer:	Andy Sneap
Prev Title:	Berserker
Prev Year:	2019

The Great Heathen Army is the twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. It was released on 5 August 2022, through Metal Blade Records and Sony Music.^[1]

Critical reception

Dan Slessor of Kerrang! described the album as "a step back towards their melodic death metal origins, and it is definitely to their betterment, delivering perhaps the strongest collection since 2008's Twilight of the Thunder God".

Blabbermouth.net portrayed the album as "Both an unapologetic, festival-ready dose of new, gleaming, Viking-populated anthems, and one of the darkest and most brutal albums they have yet made".

Track listing

All songs written by Amon Amarth, except additional lyrics on "Saxons and Vikings" by Biff Byford.

Personnel

Amon Amarth

Johan Hegg − vocals
Olavi Mikkonen − lead guitar
Johan Söderberg − rhythm guitar
Ted Lundström − bass
Jocke Wallgren − drums

Other personnel

Biff Byford − vocals (track 7)
Paul Quinn - guitars (track 7)
Doug Scarratt - guitars (track 7)
Andy Sneap − production, mixing, mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)^[2]	17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	86

Notes and References

Web site: Amon Amarth's The Great Heathen Army. Alves. Fernando. 7 July 2022. 5 August 2022.
The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 15 August 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1693. 11. 15 August 2022.
Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 32. Sverigetopplistan. 12 August 2022.
Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2022. GfK Entertainment charts. de. 16 December 2022.