From here the audience was treated to a cornucopia of band standards and some that are not often played. The return found them crushing once again with the opener from “Thunder God” and this while still new is a favorite track for me. The crowd was already rather spent and retreated en masse to the rest rooms for water and to obviously dispense before refueling and then were once more raring to go as the Vikings of Metal returned. Once the album had completed the band left the stage and was gone for about a half an hour or so.
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It was too early for me to pick favorites from it and I will reserve that for when I tackle a full on CD review. A few numbers had gone by when Johann spoke and said that these were the first few songs of the new release, so how about they play the rest of the album for you. Sometimes I think it is better to enjoy them in this sense as opposed to the album because the very vibe of the show brings you right into their world. Amon Amarth is a truly powerful band live and I’ve yet to see them put on a bad show. The audience seemed to approve and there were even a couple of Mjolnir style plastic hammers being waived above their heads in the crowd. So as mentioned the recently released album was going to be presented first and I had not yet heard it all at the time when I was hitting this gig so it was going to be pleasurable indulgence at the hands of these warriors of Metal.Īs the new album thundered past our ears I had to say that I was enjoying what I was hearing and felt that this was the proper successor to the previous release “Twilight Of The Thunder God”. He very likely expects nothing less of a city like this considering the show he puts out there.
When the band hit the stage there was a tremendous roar of approval and you know this always pleases singer Johan Hegg when he arrives. This of course has the mighty Surtur and his flaming sword laying waste the mortals below him. The stage setting was not all that much to describe outside of the bands gear and a massive drum set in front of the backdrop of the new album cover. Let’s just leave it as a comprehensive selection of fan favorites. Of course the term “hits” never really applies to Metal bands like this but I think you know what I mean. Amon Amarth would be first presenting their newest CD “Surtur Rising” in full from beginning to end and then doing the equivalent of a greatest hits set during the second portion of the show. For those who are not “in the know”, this particular kind of show means that no other bands are appearing and instead we get either a gigantic amount of tunes from a band performed back to back, or a couple of sets that each focus on a particular body of work. Interestingly enough, tonight’s show would be one of those “Evening Of” sets and this is something that one normally relates happening with bands like Rush, Dream Theater and even Opeth nowadays. Now after a reasonable breather to record some new material they were back on US Soil and ready to deliver a crushing set of mythically themed and heroic Death Metal. The show also featured Eluveitie and Holy Grail and was a great experience for all assembled at Irving Plaza for sure. It was a little over a year ago when we last saw the band who was at the time continuing their trek around the world in support of the “Twilight Of The Thunder God” album. Resultant of this historic action, the President of the United States had come to town to make a speech about it all but for those in the Metal Republic, the best place to be tonight would be at The Best Buy Theater where the mighty Swedes of Amon Amarth were going to be performing. The spirits of the Big Apple’s residents was still on a high with the news that only a few days ago, that US Armed Forces had located and killed the terrorist leader and hated asshole Osama Bin Laden. To say that this was one hell of a week in NYC would be an understatement.
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