Avatar Country
| Avatar Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Avatar Country Album Cover.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by Avatar | ||||
| Released | 12 January 2018 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2017 | |||
| Studio | Spinroad, Lindome, Sweden | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Producer | Jay Ruston | |||
| Avatar chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Avatar Country | ||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Blabbermouth.net |   [1] |
| Metal Injection | [2] |
Avatar Country is the seventh studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Avatar, released on 12 January 2018.
Contents
Background
The band recorded their seventh studio album throughout Summer 2017 at Spinroad Studios in Lindome, Sweden. The album was produced by Jay Ruston, noted for working with Stone Sour, Anthrax and Steel Panther.[3] Keyboards and orchestral arrangements were provided by Aron Parmerud.
Avatar took part in the Avatar Country World Tour 2017, touring the United States from January to February 2018, and various countries in Europe from March to April, with The Brains and freakshow attraction Hellzapoppin'.[4][5] Just one night before the album's release, in New York City, Avatar performed six songs from the album for the first time, along with songs from their previous albums.[6]
Song information
Avatar released music videos for three songs on the album; "A Statue of the King" on 24 October 2017,[5] "The King Wants You" on 19 December 2017,[3] and "The King Welcomes You to Avatar Country" on 23 May 2018. All three videos were directed by longtime collaborator Johan Carlén.[7]
Avatar also called the opening track, "Glory to Our King", the album's "national anthem".[8] Notably, every song on the track listing has the word "King" in its name.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Glory to Our King" | 0:51 |
| 2. | "Legend of the King" | 8:17 |
| 3. | "The King Welcomes You to Avatar Country" | 5:36 |
| 4. | "King's Harvest" | 3:55 |
| 5. | "The King Wants You" | 4:20 |
| 6. | "The King Speaks" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "A Statue of the King" | 3:44 |
| 8. | "King After King" | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Silent Songs of the King Pt. 1: Winter Comes When the King Dreams of Snow" | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Silent Songs of the King Pt. 2: The King's Palace" | 4:37 |
|
Total length:
|
43:18 | |
Personnel
Avatar
- Johannes Eckerström – lead vocals
- Jonas "Kungen" Jarlsby – guitar
- Tim Öhrström – guitar, backing vocals
- Henrik Sandelin – bass, backing vocals
- John Alfredsson – drums
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] | 90 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] | 161 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 87 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 132 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] | 2 |
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Avatar – Avatar Country" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Avatar – Avatar Country" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Avatar – Avatar Country". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ↑ "Avatar – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Avatar. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "Avatar – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Avatar. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
