The Great Heathen Army

This article is about the 2022 Amon Amarth album. For the military organization, see Great Heathen Army.

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]

The Great Heathen Army
Studio album by Amon Amarth
Released	5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
Studio	Backstage Productions, Derbyshire, England.
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	42:59
Label	Metal Blade, Sony Music
Producer	Andy Sneap
Amon Amarth chronology
Berserker (2019) The Great Heathen Army (2022)
Singles from The Great Heathen Army
"Get in the Ring" Released: 2 June 2022

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AngryMetalGuy	[2]
Blabbermouth.net	8.5/10[3]
Kerrang!	[4]
Metal Injection	8/10[5]
Metal Storm	5.5/10[6]
Sonic Perspectives	9/10[7]
Sputnikmusic	[8]

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".^[4]

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".^[3]

Track listing

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

The Great Heathen Army track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get in the Ring"	4:24
2.	"The Great Heathen Army"	4:04
3.	"Heidrun"	4:42
4.	"Oden Owns You All"	4:17
5.	"Find a Way or Make One"	4:30
6.	"Dawn of Norsemen"	5:32
7.	"Saxons and Vikings" (featuring Saxon)	4:55
8.	"Skagul Rides with Me"	4:34
9.	"The Serpent's Trail"	6:01
Total length:		42:59

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 Weekly chart performance for The Great Heathen Army Chart (2022) Peak position Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[9] 17 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 56 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 32 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 7 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 79 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 1 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[17] 43 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 20 Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 17 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 77 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 95 UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] 4 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[24] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for The Great Heathen Army Chart (2022) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 86