Arch Enemy Issues Recent Festival Appearances Recap

Arch Enemy has posted video footage of their appearances at the Zwarte Cross and Lorca Rock Festivals, which can be viewed below. Vocalist Angela Gossow has also issued the following recap of their recent festival shows:

"Yeah.. sorry, I am a bit behind with my tour recaps, haha Bloodstock and Mexico Tour recap will follow soon!

"What we were supposed to play the other weekend was: 23-July-2009 @ Hunter Festival (Poland)?, 24-July-2009 @ Zwarte Cross Festival (The Netherlands)?, 25-July-2009 @ Lorca Rock Festival (Spain)

"Unfortunately the Hunter Festival promoter - Mr Arek Michalski - never paid us the advance and left us high and dry with a couple of grand loss for the flights we had already paid for.

"We didnt go there as we were pretty sure - after all his lies and fake bank statements - that we most certainly would be stuck in a bad situation there.. Epica and Tiamat pulled out for the same reason.

"In retrospective we had to find out he did it to other bands too.. year after year… why is this guy still around and doing festivals??? Not a nice thing to do to the bands and the fans!!! You should be ashamed of yourself, Arek boy!

"Zwarte Cross - that was cold! A bit weird this festival, featuring all kinds of music and fans. Not a full on metal festival for sure. I saw a lot of people with big eyes and jaws dropping when we entered the stage. They were obviously new to Arch Enemy, haha.

"It rained so badly that the van actually got stuck in deep mud. For a looooong while! Thus we had to suffer a short night and an early morning flight yet again. Love the early birds – not! And I had my first cold this summer – but that was a bad one with a nice, thick mucus cough.. Thought for a second about canceling Lorca Rock, Spain, but then pictured disappointed fans, angry press and severe financial loss and pulled myself together – armored with a box of Kleenex and the will to kill.

"Lorca – just beautiful. Love the Spanish spirit. Joyful. So nice and warm. Caught an hour of sleep before the show, then we did our co-headline gig with Carcass. Bloody good show! Lots of interaction with the crowd, chanting, mosh pits and big smiles going on!"