Formed: 1996
From:
Halmstad,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Background
This melodic death metal band, formed by former Carcass’ guitarist, Michael Amott, started out with Johan Liiva on vocals, but then replaced him with Angela Gossow. Though a female replaced him, the band still has the same death metal vocal style. Gossow, who has only been with the band on the past two albums, has been able to create a strong presence in the band.
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Arch Enemy's "The Root Of All Evil" Tracklisting
Arch Enemy has revealed the complete tracklisting for their upcoming release, "The Root Of All Evil," which clocks in at 52:28:
1. The Root Of All Evil (Intro) (1:06)
2. Beast Of Man (3:45)
3. The Immortal (3:47)
4. Diva Satanica (3:48)
5. Demonic Science (5:24)
6. Bury Me An Angel (4:25)
7. Dead Inside (4:24)
8. Dark Insanity (3:25)
9. Pilgrim (4:50)
10. Demoniality (Instrumental) (1:40)
11. Transmigration Macabre (3:33)
12. Silverwing (4:22)
13. Bridge Of Destiny (7:53)
As previously reported, "The Root Of All Evil" will be released on September 28th and contains re-recorded tracks from the bands first three (pre-Angela Gossow) albums “Black Earth," “Stigmata,"and “Burning Bridges." You can currently hear the song "Beast of Man" on the band's MySpace page.
Arch Enemy Posts Bloodstock Open Air Footage
Arch Enemy has posted a fan filmed video online of their performance at the Blood Stock Open Air Festival on August 15th. The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Arch Enemy Streaming New Song Online
Guitarist Michael Ammot of Arch Enemy has issued the following update about streaming the re-recorded song "Beast of Man" from their upcoming album "The Root of All Evil" on their MySpace page:
"So the time has arrived for a first taste of ‘The Root Of All Evil’! The song ‘Beast Of Man’ was originally written as a last minute addition to the ‘Stigmata’ album back in 1998. Daniel (Erlandsson) had just returned to the ARCH ENEMY drum throne and I wrote this one and another song called ‘Diva Satanica’ in a day or two. Christopher (Amott) had the cool harmonized mid section part and that was that, we went into the studio and rehearsed, recorded and mixed them in a marathon 24 hour session. It was OK at the time, but I always thought the songs deserved a little more love and attention.
"The 2009 version of this song is really heads and shoulders above the original in my opinion. The song was always cool, but the production on the original was quite poor, more like a demo really. I am very pleased that we did this ‘Root Of All Evil’ project and that we can give these songs a 'new life'… Enjoy the ‘Beast Of Man’!”
"The Root Of All Evil" will be released on September 28th and contains re-recorded tracks from the bands first three albums “Black Earth," “Stigmata,"and “Burning Bridges."
Arch Enemy Announces Greek Tour Dates
Swedish female fronted death metal band Arch Enemy has announced the following Greek tour dates:
27-November-2009 @ Block 33 Club (ex Ydrogeios Club), Thessaloniki (Greece)
28-November-2009 @ Gagarin 205 Club, Athens (Greece)
Arch Enemy Issues Festival Recaps
Arch Enemy has issued the following road report about their recent performances at the UniRock and Prorock Festivals (live footage from the festivals can also be found below):
"UniRock Istanbul and ProRock Kiev recap! 17-July-2009 @ Uni Rock Festival, Istanbul (Turkey)?, 18-July-2009 @ Prorock Festival- Kiev (Ukraine)
"Istanbul – walking a fine line between freedom of choice and - its government.. still.. I mean, we had a fantastic time in Istanbul. Such a diverse and rich culture on display. Really nice people. Friendly. Helpful. Metal fans all over the place. One really gets the impression people are free here to express themselves.. Until you get to read this – which obviously happened at the day of our show. Metal kids were throwing the devil horns and got arrested for it. But even their poor prime minister will not stop them from being rebels – They are growing up with the right attitude;-) More...
Arch Enemy Reveals "The Root Of All Evil" Artwork
Arch Enemy have revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming album "The Root Of All Evil," which can be viewed here. Arch Enemy issued the following statement about the album:
"On September 28th, 2009 ARCH ENEMY will release their new studio album ‘The Root Of All Evil’ in Europe. It contains a selection of completely re-recorded tracks from the band’s first three albums ‘Black Earth’ (1996), ‘Stigmata’ (1998) and ‘Burning Bridges’ (1999) reenergized and unified by the band’s ultimate line-up!
"Originally recorded with ever changing band members (i.e. former vocalist Johan Liiva, drummer Peter Wildoer, bass player Martin Bengtsson), ‘The Root Of All Evil’ presents classic tracks as ‘Beast Of Man’, ‘The Immortal’, ‘Transmigration Macabre’ or ‘Bridge Of Destiny’ with the insane vocals of Angela Gossow, several completely new bass lines by Sharlee D’Angelo, the ever-present guitar wizardry of the Amott brothers as well as Daniel Erlandsson’s merciless punch. The entire project was approached with the idea of having the possibility to re-add these songs to the bands live set and follow up the release with some special touring activity.
"The album was recorded at a few different locations in Sweden and produced by ARCH ENEMY with Daniel Erlandsson and Rickard Bengtsson handling the engineering. Finally, this special release was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap. In the light of ARCH ENEMY finding their defining line-up and a bigger worldwide recognition with 2002’s ‘Wages Of Sin’ album, it has been a logical decision to update the earlier compositions and present them in the splendour of a 2009 shape.
"The band chose to have the ‘The Root Of All Evil’ artwork/layout created by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes. More details on ‘The Root Of All Evil’ will be announced in the coming weeks!"
Arch Enemy Cancels Hunter Fest Appearance
Arch Enemy has issued the following update about canceling their appearance at the Hunter Fest in Poland:
"Arch Enemy and many other bands on the 'Hunter Fest' (Poland) bill have pulled out due to the promoter not paying the bands their deposit. Michael Amott comments: 'This is a real shame as this was to be Arch Enemy's first ever concert in Poland. Unfortunately for the fans, this so called 'festival' is a scam. We will be looking into how we can play Poland with a serious promoter in the future.'
"Arch Enemy's performances this weekend at the Zwarte Cross festival (Holland) and the Lorca Rock Festival (Spain) will of course go ahead as originally planned! 24-July-2009 @ Zwarte Cross Festival (The Netherlands) and 25-July-2009 Lorca Rock Festival (Spain)."
Arch Enemy Posts Live Festival Footage Online
Arch Enemy has posted several new video clips online from their recent festival performances, including their show at the Masters of Rock Festival on July 12th. The video clips can be viewed below. More...
Arch Enemy Confirms Support Acts For Asian Tour
Arch Enemy has confirmed the following supporting acts for their "Tyrants Of Evil" Asian tour dates:
10/18 @ Liberty Square - Taipei (Taiwan) Support Act: Hercules
10/20 @ World Trade Center - Manila (Philippines) Support Acts: Badburn, Mortal Fear, Intolerant, and Bloodshed
10/21 @ Hitec Auditorium - Kowloon (Hong Kong) Support Act: Narakam
10/23 @ The Star Live House - Beijing (China) Support Act: Narakam
10/25 @ Venue TBA - Seoul (Republic Of Korea) Support Act: TBA
10/28 @ Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium- Jakarta (Indonesia) Support Act: Psycroptic
Arch Enemy to Return to Moscow
Arch Enemy have confirmed that they will perform a concert in Moscow, Russia on October 9th at the DK Gorbunova venue.
Michael Amott comments: "We had a memorable time and a very killer show when we played Moscow back in April last year... Now we know how amazing the Russian fans are - we're excited as hell to return so soon!"
Ticket information for the Moscow show at this location.
Arch Enemy are currently playing their Summer Tyranny 2009 shows and festivals. Here are the remaining dates: More...
Arch Enemy Adds Extra Mexican Tour Date
Arch Enemy has issued the following announcement about adding an additional Mexican tour date:
"Arch Enemy are delighted to announce a 2nd show in Mexico D.F. after the (rescheduled) first Mexico D.F. show has been sold out for months: 20-August - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador. The added 2nd Mexico D.F. show will take place: 23-August - Mexico City, Mexico @ Circo Volador.
"This event will see Arch Enemy playing a different ‘old school’ set, inspired by their upcoming studio release ‘The Root Of All Evil’ due in late September 2009. 'The Root Of All Evil' is a special release featuring a selection of completely re-recorded songs from the first three ARCH ENEMY albums, 'Black Earth', 'Stigmata' and 'Burning Bridges'. Note: The Monterrey, Mexico show has been moved up to a bigger venue: 22-August - Monterrey, Mexico @ UMA.
“Mexico, we are moving in, armed with a huge arsenal of heavy metal ammunition! It’s going to be a real challenge to add lots of new ‘old’ songs to our setlist – We have actually blocked more than 2 weeks for rehearsals for these 3 shows… We will go straight from the EU festivals into the rehearsal room, then headline Bloodstock Open Air, UK and fly straight on to Mexico. No rest, just the usual insanity!"
Arch Enemy Announces First Tour Date In Poland
Arch Enemy will perform, for the first time in the history of the band, in Poland on July 19th at the Hunterfest 2009. More information on Hunterfest (in Polish) here.
Arch Enemy's "Summer Tyranny" tour also has the following confirmed tour dates:
7/9 Norway Rock Festival (Norway)
7/10 Rockweekend Kilafors (Sweden)
7/11 Rock Harz Open Air (Germany)
7/12 Masters Of Rock (Czech Republic)
7/17 Uni Rock Festival, Istanbul (Turkey)?
7/18 ProRock Festival - Kiev (Ukraine)
7/19 Hunterfest (Poland)
7/24 Zwarte Cross Festival (The Netherlands)
7/25 Lorca Rock Festival (Spain)
8/14 Bloodstock Open Air (England)
Arch Enemy Comments On Rockwave Cancellation
Arch Enemy has issued the following statement about today's Rockwave festival in Greece being canceled:
"Heavy rain has forced the cancellation of the the first 'metal' day at this year's edition of the Rockwave festival, which is being held at Terravibe Park, Malakasa, Greece. Among the bands that were scheduled to perform at today's (Monday, June 29) event were MÖTLEY CRÜE, W.A.S.P., ARCH ENEMY, MONSTER MAGNET, VOIVOD, LAUREN HARRIS and INACTIVE MESSIAH.
"Michael Amott comments: 'As you can see, a lot of rain has fallen over the beautiful city of Athens and its surroundings these last couple of days! We are disappointed that we couldn't play as planned as we were looking forward to it very much. The good news is that we have booked two headline shows in Greece on the 27th and 28th of November. Something to look forward to - we will see you Greek metal heads again soon!!!'" More...
Arch Enemy Announces New Album Info
Arch Enemy front woman Angela Gossow has issued the following update about their upcoming album:
"ARCH ENEMY - To unleash 'The Root Of All Evil' in September.
"More details on 'The Root Of All Evil' will be available in the coming weeks. In the meantime, make sure to catch the band during their intense festival schedule in Europe this Summer and further worldwide activity which sees the band play previously re-scheduled dates in Mexico, appear at Japan’s massive Loud Park festival, visit countries like China, Philippines or Korea and then also do a headline run in Australia with support by Suffocation and label-mates Winds Of Plague."
Arch Enemy Announces Asian Tour Dates
Arch Enemy has announced the following string of upcoming Asian tour dates:
10/17 - Loud Park ‘09 Makuhari Messe 9-11 - Tokyo, Japan
10/18 - Liberty Square - Taipei, Taiwan
10/20 - World Trade Center - Manila, Philippines
10/21 - Hitec Auditorium - Kowloon, Hong Kong
10/23 - The Star Live House - Beijing, China
10/25 - Venue TBA - Seoul, Republic of Korea
10/28 - Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium - Jakarta, Indonesia
Lazarus A.D. Confirmed For Loud Park Festival
Kenosha, WI's Lazarus A.D. have come a long way in the last year, having re-released The Onslaught through Metal Blade and touring US and Canada with the likes of Amon Amarth, Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch and most recently Testament and Unearth. Lazarus A.D. will now be taking their energetic and enthralling stage show overseas to the fans at Japan's infamous Loud Park festival! Bassist/vocalist, Jeff Paulick, describes being invited to play as “an unbelievable honor” and the band is unanimous in their excitement about doing a festival of this magnitude this early in their career. Also confirmed so far for this year's Loud Park also are Poison The Well, Napalm Death, Arch Enemy, Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Slayer and the legendary Judas Priest.
Lead guitarist Dan Gapen sums it up: “All I can say is wow. I am so honored to play a festival of such magnitude. I can't wait to experience the Japanese culture…Sake anyone?!?!”
Lazarus A.D.'s touring onslaught will continue in just a few short weeks with label mates, Bison b.c. and Woe of Tyrants, on the Baptized In Beer tour.
LAZARUS A.D.
Baptized In Beer
Tour w/ Bison b.c., Barnburner
07/08 Vancouver, BC Biltmore no Barnburner w/ Bogus Tokus
07/09 Kelowna, BC Habitat
07/10 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
07/11 Calgary, AB Dickens
07/13 Banff, AB Wild Bills
07/14 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
07/15 Regina, SK The Exchange
07/16 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Hotel
Tour w/ Bison b.c.
07/17 St. Paul, MN Triple Rock
07/18 Mokena, IL Pearl Room
07/19 Sandusky, OH Underground
Bison b.c., Woe Of Tyrants
07/21 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
07/22 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/23 Jackson, MS Club Fire
07/24 Fayetteville, AR The Gypsy
07/25 Amarillo, TX War Legion Underground
07/26 Ft Worth, TX Ridglea Theater
07/27 Window Rock, AZ Day Customs
07/28 Tempe, AZ Club 910
07/29 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/30 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
07/31 San Jose, CA VooDoo Lounge
08/01 Portland, OR Ash St Saloon
08/02 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Full Lineup Announced For Uni Rock Festival
The organizers of Uni Rock Festival have announced its full line-up for its second edition, held at park KUCUKCIFTLIK, Istanbul- Turkey between July 17-19, 2009. International, regional and Turkish metal bands will dominate the stage for 3 days of ultimate metal experience.
The line-up for this year's Uni Rock Festival will feature:
ARCH ENEMY
KREATOR
AMON AMARTH
PARADISE LOST
ROTTING CHRIST
FIREWIND
Supported by:
CATAFALQUE (Turkey)
SOUL SACRIFICE (Turkey)
ONE BULLET LEFT (Germany)
BILOCATE (Jordan)
RAMPAGE (Turkey)
MAGILUM (Turkey)
SAINTS 'N' SINNERS (Turkey)
UNDERTAKERS (Turkey)
UCK GRIND (Turkey)
EPISODE 13 (Turkey)
PICKPOCKET (Turkey)
VE DAHA FAZLASI (Turkey)
B0LETLER (Turkey)
For more info about the event, the lineup, sponsors, and future events, visit unirockfest.com.
Tickets are now on sale here. Tickets for Combine and Front Stage Combine are valid throughout the festival, also special tickets provides the entrance to the front stage to all festival concerts and free entrance to the Testament concert on July 29, 2009.
No camping provided for this year festival, as park KUCUKCIFTLIK is walking distance from Taksim area.
Arch Enemy Plans To Release New Album By October
As previously reported, Arch Enemy will be one of the bands performing at the Loud Park Festival in Tokyo, Japan this October. Speaking on the festival, guitarist Michael Ammot stated: "We're honored that Arch Enemy can once again be a part of Japan's premier heavy metal event! The shows we've done at Loud Park in past years have been very special. I truly wish every metal fan could experience this festival - it really is something else! This year will have an awesome vibe as usual I'm sure!"
"By October we'll have a new studio recording released worldwide, and the set we do at Loud Park '09 in Japan will reflect that of course! The title and full details of this album we've been making in somewhat secretive, or at least in a low key manner will be made official very soon...
"We are in the process of finalizing more shows in this part of the world (Australia has already been announced earlier this week). We'll be playing a few locations in the Far East that are new for Arch Enemy - we'll be confirming and announcing live shows over the next days/weeks."
Judas Priest To Headline Loud Park Festival
British heavy metal gods Judas Priest has been confirmed as the headliners for Japan's Loud Park Festival. The event takes place between October 17th and 18th in Tokyo. Other bands on the bill include Slayer, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death, Fair Warning, Outrage, Poison The Well and Lazarus A.D. with more to be announced soon.
Arch Enemy Announces Australian Tour Dates
Arch Enemy has issued the following announcement about playing a string of Australian tour dates with Suffocation:
"Arch Enemy return to Australia for a phenomenal headlining tour to demonstrate to metal heads here what they do best...delivering pure sonic force and ripping us apart with their stunning brand of metal! These melodic extreme metal genre-leaders have become a synonym for success, hard work and pure f**king metal! The stunning chart entries of their last two albums ‘Doomsday Machine’ (2005) and ‘Rise Of The Tyrant’ (2007, charted in over a dozen countries!) have allowed the band to celebrate another peak of their already stellar career. Now, Arch Enemy proudly showcase their current strength and musical brilliance by releasing a breathtaking live document of their ‘Rise Of The Tyrant’ touring cycle. Witness it first hand, the sheer brilliance of these melodic metal titans!
"Arch Enemy guitarist/songwriter Michael Amott comments: ‘We're totally looking forward returning to Australia, you know we've missed the fans and the great weather! Although the tours in '06 (w/ Megadeth) and '07 (w/ Machine Head) were amazing in many ways, we haven't played a full headline tour in Australia since our first visit back in 2005. So this is long over due and we are more than ready to attack your shores once again! We can't wait to give you the full 'Arch Enemy Heavy Metal Mayhem' experience! And we already know you - the fans, will bring it...Aussie style! See you all in November!’ More...
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