Founded: 1996
Location: Sweden
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucharist. It was founded by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan Liiva, who were both originally from the death metal band Carnage. The band has released eleven studio albums, three live albums, three video albums and four EPs. The band was originally fronted by Johan Liiva, who was replaced by German vocalist Angela Gossow in 2000. Gossow left the band in March 2014 to become the group's manager and was replaced by Canadian vocalist Alissa White-Gluz.
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Arch Enemy will bring their energized live show to Australia and New Zealand in February.
"The new revamped Arch Enemy blew off the doors of the Luddites afraid of change."
"High-octane metal remained the international quintet's stock-in-trade and, in that respect, their live show was as visceral and potent as ever."
"A lot of people are like, 'Yeah, it's clean singing and that's weird for Arch Enemy, but I like it.' That's kind of how we are too. We aren't of the opinion that we have to stay stuck in a box."
Keep them comin'!
What the fuck happened to this band?
"Perhaps the only major curveball they could realistically throw at their audience nowadays is clean vocals."
"...a worthy addition to the canon, albeit one for die-hards only."
War Eternal fits nicely into the classic Arch Enemy mould with the smallest of changes.
Rock'n'roll.