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Amon Amarth to release deluxe edition of The Avenger

By jason •
After the successful re-issue of the AMON AMARTH debut album Once Sent From The Golden Hall (1998), Metal Blade has announced the details for the second re-issue of the year. The second album in the discography is The Avenger and the two-disc deluxe reissue is set for release May 22/25 in Europe.

After the successful re-issue of the AMON AMARTH debut album Once Sent From The Golden Hall (1998), Metal Blade has announced the details for the second re-issue of the year. The second album in the discography is The Avenger and the two-disc deluxe reissue is set for release May 22/25 in Europe.

The Avenger will be released again as a double-popup-digipak featuring two discs. Disc one features the entire The Avenger album remastered plus the bonus track 'Thor Arise'.

Disc two features the live recording of the show Amon Amarth played on December 29, 2008 in Bochum, Germany where they played the album in its entirety. The order of songs is the same as on disc one (excluding 'Thor Arise'). This reissue (and all the other ones to follow up later in the year) will be released as an eight-sided double-digipak with individual pop-up. All four pop-ups attached to each other show a special three-dimensional pic. The reissue also features liner notes by singer Johan Hegg.

Tracklisting The Avenger:
'Bleed For Ancient Gods',
'The Last With Pagan Blood',
'North Sea Storm',
'Avenger',
'God, His Son And Holy Whore',
'Metalwrath',
'Legend Of A Banished Man',
'Thor Arise' (bonus track).