Amon Amarth meets Apocalyptica in Helsinki
Apocalyptica's Perttu Kivilaakso joined Swedish Viking metallers Amon Amarth on stage last night (Friday, October 2) at the Tavastia club in Helsinki, Finland to perform the song "Embrace Of The Endless Ocean".Fan-filmed video footage of this unique collaboration can be viewed below.
The deluxe reissue of Amon Amarth's "The Crusher" saw the light of day on September 1 in Europe via Metal Blade Records (August 29 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria).
"The Crusher" was made available as a double-popup-digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire "The Crusher" album remastered by Jens Bogren plus the bonus track "The Eyes Of Horror", which is a cover version of a song by Possessed. Disc two features the live recording of the show Amon Amarth played on December 30, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they performed "The Crusher" album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding "The Eyes Of Horror").
"The Crusher" reissue was made available as an eight-sided double-digipak with an individual pop-up. All four pop-ups attached to each other show a special three-dimensional image. The reissue also features liner notes by Amon Amarth.