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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Rich Hobson

"We were drunk on the bus and he was being annoying. We threw punches at each other." From singing in a pub getting him a job in one of Europe's biggest metal bands to MMA and cat fostering: five minutes with Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg

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Johan Hegg sticking his tongue out on stage.

Against all odds, a melodic death metal band from a small town on the East Coast of Sweden, named after a mountain in The Lord Of The Rings and packing lyrics almost entirely focused on Viking mythology, ended up being one of the biggest metal bands in Europe and one of the biggest rock bands their country has ever produced. Amon Amarth have got where theyrichrich are doing things entirely their own way, and ahead of their October tour with fellow Swedish metal veterans Soilwork and rising countrymen Orbit Culture, we sat down with frontman-mountain Johan Hegg for a quick chat.

Vikings are all well and good, but doesn’t the name Amon Amarth come from Lord Of The Rings? Shouldn’t you be a Hobbit metal band?

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