AMON AMARTH: Deceiver of the Gods US Headline Tour Announced!

Very Special Guests Enslaved and Skeletonwitch Swedish heavy metal titans AMON AMARTH have announced a headline tour of the US for January and February 2014 in support of their newly released album Deceiver of The Gods. Very special guest on the dates will be ENSLAVED with additional support from SKELETONWITCH (NO ENSLAVED ON SAN DIEGO). Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg comments, "After our successful part of the Rockstar Mayhem Festival this summer, it is with great confidence we'll be heading back to North America as the headliner in January. We are proud and happy to announce that our friends in Enslaved and Skeletonwitch will be supporting us on this raid and pillage tour across the continent! Come and join us for all the fun of a real metal show! WE. SHALL.DESTROY!" AMON AMARTH + ENSLAVED + SKELETONWITCH Friday, January 17 – Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues Saturday, January 18 – Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red Monday, January 20 – San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live Tuesday, January 21 – Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues Wednesday, January 22 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues Friday, January 24 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage Saturday, January 25 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Sunday, January 26 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Monday, January 27 – Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues (*no Skeletonwitch) Wednesday, January 29 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Thursday, January 30 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVA Friday, January 31 – Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore Saturday, February 1 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues Monday, February 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ TLA Tuesday, February 4 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza Friday, February 7 – Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues Saturday, February 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Mill City Nights Sunday, February 9 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre Tuesday, February 11 – Denver, CO @ Summit Theatre Wednesday, February 12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater Friday, February 14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Saturday, February 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Sunday, February 16 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues (* No Enslaved) Special Amon Amarth fan pre-sale tickets are available now at: http://amonamarth.com/tour/north-america General on-sale tickets will be available on September 20th and can be accessed at the same link. Deceiver of the Gods, Amon Amarth's latest studio release via Metal Blade Records, has broken the band's previous sales records around the world. The album landed at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and #19 on the Top Current Albums Chart. The band's last album, Surtur Rising, entered the Top 200 Chart at #34 making Deceiver of the Gods the band's highest charting record to date. In related news, AMON AMARTH is currently putting the finishing touches on the official video for colossal track "Father Of The Wolf." The video will be unveiled leading up to the band's US tour kicking off in January. Until then, check out the trailer now playing HERE. In Germany, Deceiver of the Gods entered the Top 100 Chart at #3 and the official Media Market/Saturn Chart at #3. Deceiver of the Gods came in at #9 on Canada's Top 200 Chart, #2 on the Hard Music Charts and #21 on the Digital Music Chart. Additionally, the record came in at #2 on the iTunes Metal Chart, #2 on the iTunes Rock Chart and #7 on the iTunes Top 200. In the UK, the record entered the official Album Charts at #67, the Rock/Metal Chart at #4 and the Independent Chart at #14 marking the highest UK chart placements for the band yet. Elsewhere, Deceiver of the Gods came in at #9 on the Top 100 Album Chart in Switzerland, #7 on the Austrian Top 100, #9 in Sweden, #27 in Denmark, #51 in France, #34 in Czech Republic and #51 in Hungary. Order your copy of Deceiver of the Gods at this location: http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth. http://www.amonamarth.com http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAmonAmarth http://twitter.com/amonamarthband http://deceiver.amonamarth.com