Ex-Amon Amarth members from new band Fimbul Winter

Three former Amon Amarth members have reunited to form a new band called Fimbul Winter (not to be confused with the early 90's Norwegian black metal group Fimbulwinter.)

The lineup includes original Amon Amarth members Niko Kaukinen on drums and Anders Biazzi (formerly Anders Hansson) on guitar, along with former Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson, who now handles lead guitar duties. Joining them are Gustav Myrin on bass and Clint Williams on vocals.

Fimbul Winter is set to make their first official appearance at the Close-Up Båten cruise this September.

The band shared the following:

The focus for now is to play the old demo and classic songs we were all involved with in some way but we already have five original new songs written and demoed, some songs including riffs that were originally written for Amon Amarth, which will be recorded and released at some point.

The idea started with Niko wanting to play the demo 'The Arrival Of The Fimbul Winter', which he recorded over 30 years ago, at his 50th-birthday party. Fredrik thought it sounded like fun and offered to play the guitar. After that Anders was asked to join in and then with the addition of friends Linus Nirbrant on bass and Clint on vocals, a selected amount of friends got to experience this unique lineup and hear the tracks that once laid the foundation to what was to become. Having so much fun playing together and realizing all three former members had a ton of killer old-school material, the decision to keep on playing and to eventually record new songs was made.