Arch Enemy News

Angela Gossow comments on US tour!

2008-05-08T21:10:42Z

“The ‘TYRANNY & BLOODSHRED’ US tour starts tomorrow in Philadelphia and it’ll be a brutal return to the US! We had an extremely good run with the co-headline tour with Machine Head last year (‘THE BLACK TYRANNY’ tour) and we know this one will be just as good or even top that!!!”]]> METALKULT.com! Also, join the Arch Enemy family now! We have just launched our official FAN CLUB ‘UNITED ENEMIES’! Check it out here! PURCHASE TICKETS to the TYRANNY & BLOODSHRED TOUR by clicking the links below

Fri/May-09 Philadelphia PA The Fillmore

Sat/May-10 Towson MD Recher Theater

Sun/May-11 New York NY Irving Plaza

Tue/May-13 Montreal QC Le Medley

Wed/May-14 Quebec City QC Imperial

Fri/May-16 Toronto ON Opera House

Sat/May-17 Detroit MI The Majestic Theater

Mon/May-19 Chicago IL House of Blues

Tue/May-20 St. Paul MN Station 4

Wed/May-21 Winnipeg MB The Garrick Centre

Fri/May-23 Calgary AB MacEwan Ballroom

Win MICHAEL AMOTTs’ signature LTD guitar at BITPOM.com!

2008-04-30T21:09:21Z

Arch Enemy's "The Tyranny and Bloodshred Tour" is is getting ready to start tearing through the US, and they wanted to share something special with BITPOM! BITPOM is giving away a very special item courtesy of ESP- "Michael Amott's Signature LTD Ninja guitar" autographed by the Arch Enemy axeman himself ! How do you enter? Easy! Click the banner above to visit BITPOM.COM and enter to win!!! Entry is open to all US and Canadian residents. Winner will be selected on Monday, June 2 at 10 AM EST. One entry per winner - duplicate entries will disqualify you. Tour dates for the "Tyranny and Bloodshred Tour": Fri/May-09 Philadelphia PA @ The Fillmore
Sat/May-10 Towson MD @ Recher Theater
Sun/May-11 New York NY @ Irving Plaza
Tue/May-13 Montreal QC @ Le Medley
Wed/May-14 Quebec City QC @ Imperial
Fri/May-16 Toronto ON @ Opera House
Sat/May-17 Detroit MI @ The Majestic Theater
Mon/May-19 Chicago IL @ House of Blues
Tue/May-20 St.Paul MN @ Station 4
Wed/May-21 Winnipeg MB @ The Garrick Centre
Fri/May-23 Calgary AB @ MacEwan Ballroom
Sat/May-24 Edmonton AB @ Starlite
Mon/May-26 Vancouver BC @ Croation Cultural Centre
Tue/May-27 Seattle WA @ Showbox
Thu/May-29 San Francisco CA @ Slim's
Fri/May-30 West Hollywood CA @ House of Blues

"I Will Live Again", the new video from ARCH ENEMY posted!

2008-04-29T17:01:11Z

"I Will Live Again", the new video from ARCH ENEMY, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus, who previously worked with the group on the "Revolution Begins" video. ]]> “TYRANNY AND BLOODSHRED 2008” U.S./CANADA tour featuring: ARCH ENEMY, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DIVINE HERESY, FIREWIND: Fri/May-09 Philadelphia PA @ The Fillmore Sat/May-10 Towson MD @ Recher Theater Sun/May-11 New York NY @ Irving Plaza Tue/May-13 Montreal QC @ Le Medley Wed/May-14 Quebec City QC @ Imperial Fri/May-16 Toronto ON @ Opera House Sat/May-17 Detroit MI @ The Majestic Theater Mon/May-19 Chicago IL @ House of Blues Tue/May-20 St. Paul MN @ Station 4 Wed/May-21 Winnipeg MB @ The Garrick Centre Fri/May-23 Calgary AB @ MacEwan Ballroom Sat/May-24 Edmonton AB @ Starlite Mon/May-26 Vancouver BC @ Croation Cultural Centre Tue/May-27 Seattle WA @ Showbox Thu/May-29 San Francisco CA @ Slim's Fri/May-30 West Hollywood CA @ House of Blues ARCH ENEMY @ European Summer festivals 2008: 13.06.2008 Hultsfred Festival / Sweden www.rockparty.se 21.06.2008 Kobetasonik Festival, Bilbao / Spain www.kobetasonik.com 29.06.2008 Graspop Metal Meeting / Belgium www.graspop.be 08.07.2008 Metalcamp Festival / Slovenia www.metalcamp.com 18.07.2008 Rockweekend, Bollnäs / Sweden www.rockweekend.se 14.08.2008 Summer Breeze Open Air / Germany www.summer-breeze.de 16.08.2008 Brutal Assault Festival / Czech Republic www.brutalassault.edgedesign.cz

Angela Gossow reports from the road: tour blog posted at MetalKult.com

2008-04-22T19:15:32Z

Dear Arch Enemies! This tour has been an overwhelming success so far! Rabid Russian fans in Moscow and St. Petersburg, a completely sold-out show in Amsterdam, Holland (with bleeding hearts we had to watch the ticket office turn fans away!), a packed and RAGING French metal inferno in Paris (our best Paris show ever! Unbelievable!!). And now we are gonna hit the UK hard with the ‘Defenders Of The Faith’ tour! The Manchester Academy is already completely sold-out, London is going to go as well. There are few tickets left for Birmingham and Glasgow – go and get them if you are in the area – You do not wanna miss this package! Arch Enemy, Opeth, Devildriver and 3 Inches Of Blood will crush all those, who do not believe in METAL! It’s gonna be sick!!! ]]> METALKULT.com: … We arrived in the Finish capital Saturday evening. Helsinki - in sunshine - is a beautiful and lively city, offering interesting architecture, arts, beautiful parks and lots of bars, cafes and restaurants. Saturday night it was storm, heavy rain and darkness that prevailed though.. And people getting totally hammered, screaming and fighting in the streets… To read more (and check out lots of pictures!). Go to www.metalkult.com And make sure to pick up the latest issue of Metal Hammer UK, featuring the ‘Defenders Of the Faith’ tour with Angela/Arch Enemy in the cover story! Upcoming ARCH ENEMY shows: THE DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH 23.04.2008 Birmingham / UK, Academy + Opeth, Devil Driver, 3 Inches Of Blood 24.04.2008 Glasgow / SCOT, Barrowlands + Opeth, Devil Driver, 3 Inches Of Blood 25.04.2008 Manchester / UK, Academy + Opeth... ***SOLD-OUT*** 26.04.2008 London / UK, Brixton Academy + Opeth, Devil Driver, 3 Inches Of Blood ESP Guitars, Randall Amps, Guitar World and Revolver Magazine Presents The “TYRANNY AND BLOODSHRED 2008” U.S./CANADA tour Feat: ARCH ENEMY, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DIVINE HERESY, FIREWIND: Fri/May-09 Philadelphia PA @ The Fillmore Sat/May-10 Towson MD @ Recher Theater Sun/May-11 New York NY @ Irving Plaza Tue/May-13 Montreal QC @ Le Medley Wed/May-14 Quebec City QC @ Imperial Fri/May-16 Toronto ON @ Opera House Sat/May-17 Detroit MI @ The Majestic Theater Mon/May-19 Chicago IL @ House of Blues Tue/May-20 St. Paul MN @ Station 4 Wed/May-21 Winnipeg MB @ The Garrick Centre Fri/May-23 Calgary AB @ MacEwan Ballroom Sat/May-24 Edmonton AB @ Starlite Mon/May-26 Vancouver BC @ Croation Cultural Centre Tue/May-27 Seattle WA @ Showbox Thu/May-29 San Francisco CA @ Slim's Fri/May-30 West Hollywood CA @ House of Blues ARCH ENEMY @ European Summer festivals 2008: 13.06.2008 Hultsfred Festival / Sweden 21.06.2008 Kobetasonik Festival, Bilbao / Spain 29.06.2008 Graspop Metal Meeting / Belgium 08.07.2008 Metalcamp Festival / Slovenia 18.07.2008 Rockweekend, Bollnäs / Sweden 14.08.2008 Summer Breeze Open Air / Germany 16.08.2008 Brutal Assault Festival / Czech Republic Stay tuned for more news from the ARCH ENEMY camp soon… www.archenemy.net www.myspace.com/archenemy www.centurymedia.com

Japan/Taiwan/Korea tour recap!

2008-03-21T11:22:24Z

Michael Amott and Angela Gossow report... ]]> Photo credit: Masa Noda Photo credit: Lolo666 Angela Gossow: "We are back from the ‘Tyrants Of The Rising Sun’ Asia tour – and it was a fantastic experience! Kawasaki, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka in Japan, then on to Taipei, Taiwan – where we played for the first time ever.. And then on to beautiful and vibrant Seoul, where we haven’t played before either. What a trip!" Photo credit: Masa Noda "It was a busy schedule in Japan. We didn’t have many days off on this tour, the only Yen I spent were on foot detox patches, ha-ha… These things rock btw. I love Japan. Refined, elegant and so wonderfully organized. Not one single bad surprise, everything on time and according to schedule. Many thanx to Creative Man and Layli, who did a superb job as usual and Tetsu & Aya from our label Toys Factory! I would move to Tokyo any day if I could… Ah, and I spotted Celine Dion on the Shinkansen train from Tokyo to Osaka. She had a whole entourage and film crew with her… I wonder how she liked to travel with the common people… ha-ha" Photo credit: Hiromi Hagiuda Michael Amott: “As you some of you might know, we filmed and recorded the Tokyo show at ‘Shinkiba Studio Coast’ on March 8th. We are planning to edit and mix this material this year and release as a DVD… We were of course a little worried if everything would work on the night with the audio and video recording, but it worked perfectly!”. “There was really no need to worry, we had a great team of people working on the shooting of the concert Mr. Uehara and the Fuji Pacific team did an excellent job of capturing the extreme metal action on stage! We brought our good friend Paul Smith from London, UK (he edited our ‘Live Apocalypse’ DVD) to Japan to direct the DVD and also film stuff backstage, on the road footage etc. He also filmed interviews with all band members on various locations in Japan. Comparing it to our ‘Live Apocalypse’ DVD, which featured material from all over the world (and concert footage from the UK) this new DVD will be totally focused on ARCH ENEMY in Japan 2008. I am excited to start working on it! I am not sure when we will eventually release this DVD – but I am hoping that it will be in a not too distant future!” "We also filmed me visiting the ESP guitars custom shop factory in Tokyo (Thanks Makoto Suzuki!) and the BIG BOSS shop and ESP schools in Nagoya (thank you Mr. Nagaya and staff!)" Michael and a white Ninja V at the ESP custom shop in Tokyo! Photo credit: PaulSmithMusic.com "Of course it was also very special to receive the BURRN! trophies in Japan, we brought the trophies on stage in Tokyo to show our gratitude and took some pictures – a very emotional experience to be so appreciated by the readers of the worlds heaviest heavy metal magazine – BURRN!" *Best Group (Arch Enemy) *Best Guitarist (Michael Amott) *Best Drummer (Daniel Erlandsson) *Best Album (Rise Of The Tyrant) *Best Songwriter (Michael Amott) Scans from Burrn! #4 April 208 (c) 2008 by Burrn! Corporation Photo credit: PaulSmithMusic.com Michael Amott: "After the Japanese tour we flew to Taipei, Taiwan and played a concert – our first time in Taiwan and we found out that it has a healthy metal scene! We had a great time and our promoter Mr. Space was a very generous host and it was a nice experience. A few of us In the ARCH ENEMY camp went up the 101 tower – currently the tallest building in the world...it was almost like walking on the clouds up there! The Taipei show was intense and fun" Angela Gossow: "The Taipei crowd was insane! I believe we played our best show of the whole tour that night – a packed, sweaty place, people right in your face (I know barriers are important for security, but they def take away some of the feel and vibe..) and just this pure metal straight in your face delivery.. I wish all shows would feel this good! That night everybody went home with that huge, childish smile on their faces – band and fans alike" ENEMY WITHIN / TAIPEI 08/03/12 SNOWBOUND / TAIPEI 08/03.13 Angela Gossow: "Many thanx to HJ, Max and Mark for taking such good care of us – beautiful hotel, very nice venue. A little funny story on the side: When Tom ( our tour manager) checked my little room he found the lights to be extremely… well, unfriendly… Looked kind of like in a morgue… Anyway, he asked a girl working there if it would be possible to find some more gentle light, so Mrs. Gossow wouldn’t be blind after her little warm up session in there (which is very cute Tom, btw. I usually warm up in the ladies room and I am already happy when I don’t have to look at toilet seats whilst doing my dodgy scales.) That girl obviously misunderstood him completely. After a few minutes promoter HJ approach Tom to tell him that painting the room in a different, warmer colour would be a bit difficult now at such short notice. A total Mariah Carey/Spinal Tap moment. We broke down and almost cried of laughter after that. And I happily did my warm up in the morgue... To ease the pain on my band mates ears. They usually have to endure 10 minutes of vocal torture prior to another 90 minutes of extreme Angela shouting" "The Korean crowd was very passionate, singing along to the lyrics and melodies and forming some serious circle pits. The Korean rock and metal scene is rather small, but def loud and crazy! Thank you for inviting us – we hope to come back again sooner than later!" Too read Angela's full Asia blog go here! Visit the Official Arch Enemy eBay shop to view special Japanese Arch Enemy items for sale!

North American Headline Tour Announced!

2008-02-28T00:15:31Z

ARCH ENEMY, ESP Guitars, Randall Amps, Guitar World and Revolver Magazine Presents The “TYRANNY AND BLOODSHRED 2008” tour! ]]> www.myspace.com/archenemy to view ARCH ENEMY's complete touring schedule.

Guitar, guitar, guitar...

2008-02-17T15:13:56Z

Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott is featured on the cover of the new issue of Europe’s biggest selling guitar magazine TOTAL GUITAR. Michael Amott shares the cover and a huge ‘The New Shred’ feature with Alexi Lahio (Children Of Bodom) and Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge).]]> FUZZ takes a look at Michael Amott’s 2007/2008 touring rig in their latest issue. Check out the scan (text in Swedish): Also, check out a short Q&A with Michael Amott at ALL OUT GUITAR. As previously reported, Michael Amott was voted “Best Guitarist” and “Best Songwriter” of 2007 by the readers of Burrn! Magazine (Japan). The complete results of the poll will be published in the March 2008 issue of Burrn! Magazine. ESP guitars unveiled two new Michael Amott signature guitars ('Ninja V') at the 2008 Winter NAMM show.

ARCH ENEMY Tops BURRN! Magazine's Readers' Poll

2008-02-11T17:58:55Z

*Best Group (Arch Enemy) *Best Guitarist (Michael Amott) *Best Drummer (Daniel Erlandsson) *Best Album (Rise Of The Tyrant) *Best Songwriter (Michael Amott) The complete results of the poll will be published in the March 2008 issue of Burrn! Magazine. Michael Amott comments: “Amazing! We can’t thank the Japanese fans enough for their support and trust in Arch Enemy - it feels amazing to be “ichiban” in so many categories! Last years headlining performance at Loud Park festival was a night we’ll never forget, simply magical. Right now, we are rehearsing and preparing a killer set-list for the Japan headline tour in March – see you there!” ]]> Arch Enemy at Loud Park Festival 2007 (Pic: Mikey Poole)

Arch Enemy announce first ever shows in RUSSIA!

2008-02-10T18:00:36Z

Vocalist Angela Gossow comments: “We are very excited to meet our Russian fans! We have heard a lot of crazy stories about YOU – and we sincerely hope they are all true! ‘Tyrants of the East’ – Let the REVOLUTION BEGIN! See you all there!” April-15-2008 St Petersburg - Port (RUSSIA) April-16-2008 Moscow - DK Gorbunova (RUSSIA)

Michael Amott voted best guitar player by Greek METAL HAMMER readers!

2008-02-05T22:16:15Z

Metal Hammer Greece have published the results of their readers’ poll for the year 2007. Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott came out on top in the 'best guitarist' category. Michael Amott comments: “Wow, I’m very happy about this one! I want to thank all the Greek metal fans that voted for me in this poll – your support is amazing! I was delighted that we finally got to play Greece with Arch Enemy last year…we hope to return again for more of the passionate atmosphere that we enjoyed at the Athens show…and also the killer food!”

More 'World Tyranny' shows confirmed!

2008-02-05T12:54:12Z

5 more shows have been added to Arch Enemy’s Spring 2008 touring schedule. Headline shows in Taiwan, Korea, Holland, Belgium and France are now confirmed! The 2008 ‘WORLD TYRANNY’ touring schedule is now as follows below, with additional shows to be added very soon! Stay tuned for more updates and a US tour announcement! ARCH ENEMY "Tyrants Of The Rising Sun" Japan tour 2008 March-07 Kawasaki @ Club Citta' (JAPAN) March-08 Tokyo @ Shinkiba Studio Coast (JAPAN) March-10 Nagoya @ Club Diamond Hall (JAPAN) March-11 Osaka @ Namba Hatch (JAPAN) Support: Shadows Fall http://www.creativeman.co.jp http://www.creativeman.co.jp/2008/arch_shadow/ ARCH ENEMY "World Tyranny" ASIA 2008 March-13-2008 Taipei @ National Army Auditorium (TAIWAN) March-15-2008 Seoul @ SFA Hall (KOREA) Support: TBA Arch Enemy "World Tyranny" European Headline shows April-19-2008 Amsterdam @ Melkweg (HOLLAND) April-20-2008 Paris @ Bataclan (FRANCE) April-21-2008 Antwerp @ Hof Ter Loo (BELGIUM) Support: TBA UK co-headline dates w/ OPETH April-23 2008 Birmingham Academy Birmingham April-24 2008 Glasgow Barrowlands Glasgow April-25 2008 Manchester Academy Manchester April-26 2008 Brixton Academy London Support: Devil Driver, 3 Inches Of Blood ]]>

Interview in Guitar Player Magazine

2008-02-05T02:43:21Z

Arch Enemy's guitar team brothers are featured in the new issue of US Guitar Player magazine.

"When I first started playing, I was the worst guitarist in the bunch," admits Arch Enemy's Michael Amott. "I was the kid sitting in the back of the class drawing logos for the imaginary bands I wanted to form. I never really did it for fame—I didn't have any ambition. I just wanted to be a part of a gang. But I stuck with it longer than a lot of my friends, and playing guitar became my thing."

Read the rest of the interview online here.

Arch Enemy win three categories in ROCK HARD (Spain) 2007 Reader's Poll!

2008-02-03T10:40:59Z

ROCK HARD (Spain) has confirmed the results of their 2007 Reader's Poll. The Spanish ROCK HARD readers voted ARCH ENEMY number one in the following categories: - Best record of the year - Best cover of the year - Best singer of the year Arch Enemy front woman Angela Gossow comments: “Muchas Gracias! We’d like to thank the Spanish Arch Enemy fans for their support! We hope to see you again in 2008! Viva España!

Arch Enemy wins Swedish Metal Award 2008

2008-01-27T19:41:46Z

More than 58,800 Swedes voted and Arch Enemy won in the category best 'Death Metal' album with their 'Rise Of The Tyrant' opus. Check it out here... ]]> Swedish Metal Awards

Michael Amott Issues Post-NAMM Update

2008-01-24T15:10:52Z

"Last weekend was truly an intense one, flying in to Cali from Sweden sucked of course – I hate flying (yeah, I know I could’ve taken the boat, ha-ha). Anyway, I was not about to miss RANDALL’s release of the ‘NINJA V2 Michael Amott’ halfstack and the unveiling of the two new killer versions of my signature NINJA V’s from ESP guitars!" ]]>