Viking-obsessed melodic death metal band Amon Amarth have released their first-ever acoustic track, “Upphaf“. This stripped-back new single serves an excursion of sorts while the band continue to set the stage for their upcoming thirteenth studio album. A press release had the following to say of this latest offering, which was produced by Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Katatonia):
‘Iconic Swedish heavy metallers Amon Amarth approach a new way of songwriting on their first-ever acoustic excursion ‘Upphaf‘. The song strips away the fury of modern melodic heavy metal to reveal the ancient, skeletal frame of a Norse epic. Reimagined for the gathering space of a longhouse hearth, the song features hypnotic melodies and mesmerising quires.
The stripped-back composition carries the solemnity of an oral history whispered under the shadow of the Allfather, proving the band’s interest in Oden cuts just as deep by firelight as it does on epic global stages. The single serves as the quiet moment to what lies ahead, before the fury of their next studio album.’
Director Pavel Trebukhin (Imminence, thrown) was hired on to helm the below music video for this song.
