Metal Blade has issued the following update:

Today Metal Hammer Germany premieres For Victory Or Death, the seventh track off AMON AMARTH‘s eagerly anticipated new full-length Surtur Rising. Scheduled for European release via Metal Blade on March 25/28, 2011, the record marks the eighth studio offering from the kings of epic, melodic death metal.

To hear For Victory Or Death surf over to METAL HAMMER GERMANY! On the same site you can find a video of Johan Hegg and Olavi Mikkonen talking about For Victory Or Death.

Make sure to surf over to the Surtur Rising landing page where you will find pre-order options, videos and a stream of War Of The Gods – the opening track off Surtur Rising. Check it out at http://www.surturrising.com!

European fans will have these Surtur Rising pre-order options:

Limited deluxe CD/DVD Digibook:
* 10 tracks of brand new music
* 28-page full-color booklet
* DVD includes over three hours of live concert footage filmed during the ‘Bloodshed Over Bochum’ concert series in 2008 where AMON AMARTH played the first four albums on four successive nights.

Limited deluxe CD/DVD Digibook w/ Surtur Action Figure:
* Limited collectible Surtur figure (approx 14 cm tall)
* 10 tracks of brand new music
* 2 bonus tracks: cover versions of Kiss “War Machine” and Accept’s “Balls To The Wall”
* 28-page full-color booklet
* DVD includes over three hours of live concert footage filmed during the ‘Bloodshed Over Bochum’ concert series in 2008 where AMON AMARTH played the first four albums on four successive nights.
* 1 x 1,50 meter flag with cover artwork (available only with EMP pre-order!)

Jewel case CD:
* 10 tracks of brand new music
* 16-page full-color booklet

Gatefold 2-LP vinyl edition:
* 10 tracks of brand new music
* 1 bonus track: cover version of Accept’s “Balls To The Wall”
* Gatefold packaging
* song split on 3 sides, fourth side will be etched
* free poster

Surtur Rising Track Listing:
01. War of the Gods
02. Töck’s Taunt – Loke’s Treachery Part II
03. Destroyer of the Universe
04. Slaves of Fear
05. Live Without Regrets
06. The Last Stand of Frej
07. For Victory or Death
08. Wrath of the Norsemen
09. A Beast Am I
10. Doom Over Dead Man

Surtur Rising is AMON AMARTHs eighth studio offering in a winding discography that’s helped shape the very face of epic, Viking-inspired death metal. Named in tribute to Surtur, leader of the fire giants of Muspelheim (“flame land”) and the oldest being in the nine worlds of Norse mythology, the record was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren and bears the striking cover art by Tom Thiel.

Surtur Rising will be released the 25th of March in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the 28th of March in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.