AMON AMARTH DVD Goes Gold in U.S.

Metal Blade Records is extremely proud to announce that Sweden´s very own Viking metal masters AMON AMARTH have just received a gold award for sales in the US on their first ever DVD Wrath of the Norsemen, which came out May 30th, 2006. This is not only an amazing accomplishment for the band and the label but for metalheads everywhere! Its not often our genre sees numbers recognized by the RIAA for sales so we could not be happier to not only have accomplished this but to have reached this milestone in just over a years time.

Wrath of the Norsemen features footage from a show in Cologne from 2005 filmed with 11 cameras! This was the longest show AMON AMARTH has ever played (23 songs!). Bonus footage includes interviews, behind-the-scenes of the DVD recording and footage filmed around the Cologne show!

Discs 2 and 3 feature professionally filmed shows from Summer Breeze 2005, the Metal Blade Rrroooaaarrr 2005 (a show with a really unusual set list!), Wacken Open Air 2004 and the release show for Fates Of Norns in Ludwigsburg (Germany) in 2004!

The band is currently finishing up an exceedingly successful run on this summers Sounds of the Underground tour in North American and will then head back to Europe to perform at the Summer Breeze festival with a complete Viking ship onstage! The performance at Summer Breeze will be followed up by a European tour with Dimmu Borgir (dates posted below). AMON AMARTH will then return to the States this fall for a headline tour. Dates and support bands to be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled!

The band was awarded their plaques towards the end of their set by Brian Slagel himself at the L.A. stop of Sounds of the Underground in Irvine CA on Saturday August 4th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. It was definitely a busy day of interviews, photo shoots, and celebrating for the band not to mention the spectacular live set they put on for the fans.

Heres what the band and Brian Slagel (Owner/CEO) of Metal Blade Records had to say about this amazing feat:

We are proud and excited to announce that Amon Amarth's DVD has gone gold here in the US! I would personally like to thank all involved with the project and especially the fans for making this a great achievement. Brian Slagel

“It feels great that our DVD has sold gold in the USA. It came as a very pleasant surprise to us when we found out that it was possible that this might happen. We aimed to make a live DVD that was well worth the money for our fans and we think we succeeded in that. We're very grateful for the support from our fans and our label Metal Blade Records. Without it this would never have been possible. Thank you.” Amon Amarth