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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.
“Upphaf” was produced by Jacob Hansen and is available via Metal Blade Records across all digital retail alongside its video directed by Pavel Trebukhin.
Amon Amarth is:
Johan Hegg - Vocals
Olavi Mikkonen - Guitar
Johan Söderberg - Guitar
Ted Lundström - Bass
Jocke Wallgren – Drums
UPPHAF
Stanza 1-5 of the Völuspa.
Translation by Henry Adams Bellows, 1936.
Lyrical arrangement and adaptation by Johan Hegg
Hearing I ask
From the holy races
From Heimdall’s sons
Both high and low
Thou wilt Valfather
That well I relate
Old tales I recall
Of men long ago
I remember yet
The giants of yore
Who gave me bread
In the days gone by
Nine worlds I knew
The nine in the tree
With mighty roots
Beneath the mold
Of old was the age
When Ymir lived
Sea, nor cool waves,
Nor sand there were
Earth had not been
Nor heaven above
But a yawning gap
And grass nowhere
Then Bur’s sons lifted
The level land
Midgard the mighty
There they made
The sun from the south
Warmed the stones of earth
And green was the ground
With growing weeds
The sun the sister
Of the moon, from the south
Her right hand cast
Over heaven’s rim
No knowledge she had
Where home should be
The moon knew not
What might was his
The stars knew not
Where their stations were
Amon Amarth Live Dates:
UK:
Oct 09: England - Manchester, O2 Apollo
Oct 10: England - London, Eventim Apollo
Oct 11: England - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
EU:
Oct 13: France - Paris, Zenith
Oct 14: Luxembourg - Esch sur Alzette, Rockhal
Oct 16: Germany - Stuttgart, Schleyer-Halle
Oct 17: Germany - Frankfurt, Festhalle
Oct 18: Belgium - Antwerp, Lotto Hall
Oct 20: Netherlands - Den Bosch, Mainstage
Oct 21: Germany - Hamburg, Sporthalle
Oct 23: Sweden - Gothenburg, Scandinavium
Oct 24: Sweden - Stockholm, Hovet
Oct 26: Finland - Helsinki, Ice Hall
Oct 27: Estonia - Tallin, Unibet Arena
Oct 29: Poland - Gliwice, PreZero Arena Gliwice
Oct 30: Germany - Leipzig, Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Oct 31: Germany - Oberhausen, Rudolf Weber Arena
Nov 02: Hungary - Budapest, Barba Negra
Nov 03: Austria - Vienna, Gasometer
Nov 04: Germany - Bamberg, Brose Arena
Nov 06: Czech Republic - Prague, O2 Universum
Nov 07: Germany - Berlin, Velodrom
Nov 08: Germany - Munich, Zenith
Nov 10: Italy - Milan, Alcatraz
Nov 11: Switzerland - Zurich, The Hall
Nov 13: Spain - Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club
Nov 14: Spain - Madrid, Vistalegre
Nov 15: Portugal - Lisbon, Sala Tejo
Follow Amon Amarth:
amonamarth.com
facebook.com/AmonAmarth
instagram.com/amonamarth
twitter.com/amonamarthband
Production company: TRE FILM
Director: Pavel Trebukhin @pashatre
Producer: Denis Kotegov @dkotegovs
DOP: Denis Rayneeed @rayneeed
1AD: Arturs Zeps @zerturs
2AD: Victoria Trebukhina @victoria.niklyaeva
1AC: Denis Sorogin @diplv , Ivars Trautmanis @mr.applebox
2AC: Indrikis Marts Zunde @mizunde
Technical Director: Dmitrijs Jermolovs
Steadycam: Nikita John Creagh @nikita_john_creagh
Gaffer: Toms Locmelis @lightbandit_
Best Boy: Zigmunds Sins
Sparks: Janis Zeidaks, Janis Kukulis
Production designer: Aksels Millers @akselsmillers
Art Director: Dima Buks @buksdima
On set props: Jēkabs Sapnovs, Reinis Johansons, Kaspars Anuševics, Ēriks Glazgovs
Set decorators: Kristers Straumers, Domeniks Bērziņš, Anna Anuševica
Graphic Designer: Lidija Zaneripa
Prints: Jānis Libarts
Costume designers: Ksenia Krasnodebska @lazycinema
Costume assistants: Elina Bertule @elina.bertule
Casting director: Nika Stepanova @nikasteppa
HEAD MUA: Kseniia Halchenko @kseniiahalchenko
SFX MUA: Anastasija Gaile @anastasijagaile
MUA assistants: Dace Bartusa @insta_geisha
SFX: Faville @faville_sfx
SFX supervisor: Janis Jakuss-Kreituss @pirojanis
SFX coordinator: Ilze Jakusa-Kreituse @ilzekreituse
SFX crew: Mairis Peksis, Janis Vasilevskis, Augusts Tauriņš, Edgars Bāliņš
PA: Oleksandr Olishchuk @sashka_olishchuk
Production: TRE FILM @tre.film
Edit: Saveliy Zhukov
VFX: Illia Mukhin @wateone.films
Color: Olha Korzhynska @olha.colourist
CAST:
Katrīna Morozova
Ņikita Molčanovs
Ziedonis Kalniņš
Jan Gebruk
Bartender: Dmitrijs Šerstņovs
Special thanks:
ARKOGINTS camera rental @arkogints
CINEVILLA
SHOOTIX
EventTransport
iOZ
Kaktuss catering
Listen / Share / Playlist “Upphaf” / lnk.to/Upphaf
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.
“Upphaf” was produced by Jacob Hansen and is available via Metal Blade Records across all digital retail alongside its video directed by Pavel Trebukhin.
Amon Amarth is:
Johan Hegg - Vocals
Olavi Mikkonen - Guitar
Johan Söderberg - Guitar
Ted Lundström - Bass
Jocke Wallgren – Drums
UPPHAF
Stanza 1-5 of the Völuspa.
Translation by Henry Adams Bellows, 1936.
Lyrical arrangement and adaptation by Johan Hegg
Hearing I ask
From the holy races
From Heimdall’s sons
Both high and low
Thou wilt Valfather
That well I relate
Old tales I recall
Of men long ago
I remember yet
The giants of yore
Who gave me bread
In the days gone by
Nine worlds I knew
The nine in the tree
With mighty roots
Beneath the mold
Of old was the age
When Ymir lived
Sea, nor cool waves,
Nor sand there were
Earth had not been
Nor heaven above
But a yawning gap
And grass nowhere
Then Bur’s sons lifted
The level land
Midgard the mighty
There they made
The sun from the south
Warmed the stones of earth
And green was the ground
With growing weeds
The sun the sister
Of the moon, from the south
Her right hand cast
Over heaven’s rim
No knowledge she had
Where home should be
The moon knew not
What might was his
The stars knew not
Where their stations were
Amon Amarth Live Dates:
UK:
Oct 09: England - Manchester, O2 Apollo
Oct 10: England - London, Eventim Apollo
Oct 11: England - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
EU:
Oct 13: France - Paris, Zenith
Oct 14: Luxembourg - Esch sur Alzette, Rockhal
Oct 16: Germany - Stuttgart, Schleyer-Halle
Oct 17: Germany - Frankfurt, Festhalle
Oct 18: Belgium - Antwerp, Lotto Hall
Oct 20: Netherlands - Den Bosch, Mainstage
Oct 21: Germany - Hamburg, Sporthalle
Oct 23: Sweden - Gothenburg, Scandinavium
Oct 24: Sweden - Stockholm, Hovet
Oct 26: Finland - Helsinki, Ice Hall
Oct 27: Estonia - Tallin, Unibet Arena
Oct 29: Poland - Gliwice, PreZero Arena Gliwice
Oct 30: Germany - Leipzig, Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Oct 31: Germany - Oberhausen, Rudolf Weber Arena
Nov 02: Hungary - Budapest, Barba Negra
Nov 03: Austria - Vienna, Gasometer
Nov 04: Germany - Bamberg, Brose Arena
Nov 06: Czech Republic - Prague, O2 Universum
Nov 07: Germany - Berlin, Velodrom
Nov 08: Germany - Munich, Zenith
Nov 10: Italy - Milan, Alcatraz
Nov 11: Switzerland - Zurich, The Hall
Nov 13: Spain - Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club
Nov 14: Spain - Madrid, Vistalegre
Nov 15: Portugal - Lisbon, Sala Tejo
Follow Amon Amarth:
amonamarth.com
facebook.com/AmonAmarth
instagram.com/amonamarth
twitter.com/amonamarthband
Production company: TRE FILM
Director: Pavel Trebukhin @pashatre
Producer: Denis Kotegov @dkotegovs
DOP: Denis Rayneeed @rayneeed
1AD: Arturs Zeps @zerturs
2AD: Victoria Trebukhina @victoria.niklyaeva
1AC: Denis Sorogin @diplv , Ivars Trautmanis @mr.applebox
2AC: Indrikis Marts Zunde @mizunde
Technical Director: Dmitrijs Jermolovs
Steadycam: Nikita John Creagh @nikita_john_creagh
Gaffer: Toms Locmelis @lightbandit_
Best Boy: Zigmunds Sins
Sparks: Janis Zeidaks, Janis Kukulis
Production designer: Aksels Millers @akselsmillers
Art Director: Dima Buks @buksdima
On set props: Jēkabs Sapnovs, Reinis Johansons, Kaspars Anuševics, Ēriks Glazgovs
Set decorators: Kristers Straumers, Domeniks Bērziņš, Anna Anuševica
Graphic Designer: Lidija Zaneripa
Prints: Jānis Libarts
Costume designers: Ksenia Krasnodebska @lazycinema
Costume assistants: Elina Bertule @elina.bertule
Casting director: Nika Stepanova @nikasteppa
HEAD MUA: Kseniia Halchenko @kseniiahalchenko
SFX MUA: Anastasija Gaile @anastasijagaile
MUA assistants: Dace Bartusa @insta_geisha
SFX: Faville @faville_sfx
SFX supervisor: Janis Jakuss-Kreituss @pirojanis
SFX coordinator: Ilze Jakusa-Kreituse @ilzekreituse
SFX crew: Mairis Peksis, Janis Vasilevskis, Augusts Tauriņš, Edgars Bāliņš
PA: Oleksandr Olishchuk @sashka_olishchuk
Production: TRE FILM @tre.film
Edit: Saveliy Zhukov
VFX: Illia Mukhin @wateone.films
Color: Olha Korzhynska @olha.colourist
CAST:
Katrīna Morozova
Ņikita Molčanovs
Ziedonis Kalniņš
Jan Gebruk
Bartender: Dmitrijs Šerstņovs
Special thanks:
ARKOGINTS camera rental @arkogints
CINEVILLA
SHOOTIX
EventTransport
iOZ
Kaktuss catering