Back in January, Swedish metallers Avatar dropped their eighth album, the epic, ambitious Avatar Country. While touring behind the new album, the band's guitarists—Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström—took the time to stop by our New York offices to film their latest playthrough video, for the Avatar Country song, "The King Wants You." Check it out above.
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