Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy, the Swedish extreme metal crew on Century Media Records out of the US, are opening a new chapter in their career with a fresh single, the band's first new music since their last album, "Blood Dynasty". The single is To The…

Metaldays has been offering a so-called "early arrival" for a while now, meaning you can show up at the festival ahead of time. In the past that only meant camping early (and grabbing the best shady spots), but a few years ago the…

Arch Enemy definitely delivered with a tight, epic performance that never felt like routine. But the over-the-top theatrics made it clear the band no longer always puts the music first. Kitsch and clichés take center stage, and as for…

New fans will find the album tailor-made for them, but longtime followers will hear that Arch Enemy have simply run out of inspiration and real ideas, and delivered a generic, forgettable product with bright moments in seriously short…

Location: Majano / Area Concerti Festival / Italy Date: Monday, 07.08.2017 This year's festival lineup in Majano, a little town a good ten kilometers northwest of Udine in Italy, brought two Swedish melodic death metal outfits to…

This year's festival program in the town of Majano, a good ten kilometers northwest of Udine in Italy, brought two Swedish melodic death metal acts to town on Monday, August 7, 2017. Both are hugely popular with the new generation of heavy…

The weather was kind to us on the third day of the festival too, even though it got properly chilly in the evening. Budvar and an already almost-too-stacked Friday lineup made sure we didn't freeze.

By the fourth day of the festival the fatigue was really showing, but Metaldays still had a few beasts up its sleeve, from respected underground names to bigger, more commercial-sounding giants. Thursday was marked above all by the return…

Despite the fresh blood, Arch Enemy haven't risen above average. With a few exceptions, War Eternal offers nothing new that would count as an innovative record in today's flood of albums.

Arch Enemy don't march proudly and energetically under the black flags of Khaos Legions, but tired and with their heads hanging low.

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad Location: Tolmin, SloveniaConcert date: 11.07.2011Attendance: 10 Simon Gregorčič once wrote, "Beautiful art thou, clear daughter of the mountains ... and bloody shalt thou flow for me." ... and the…

"The band has apparently decided to play only songs written after 2000 from now on. That's pretty sad, since the stuff from the eighties is cult, not to mention the unforgettable classic "Triumph Of The Steel" (1992). DeMaio snapping every…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Tolmin / SloveniaConcert date: 11.07.2010Attendance: 4000Ticket price: 60,00€ What's a person even supposed to say when the World Cup final and Magic Circle festival collide -…

Arch Enemy look back at the start of their career, but in the meantime the roots of evil have almost withered.

Author: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 05/24/2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: 160.00HRK (advance) / 190.00HRK (day of show) We finally got the chance to catch the standard-bearers of melodic death metal,…

The last record from Sweden's melodic death metal champions, Doomsday Machine (2005), was their most ambitious effort up to then and also their most successful album, the one that catapulted them into the ranks of metal's big names

Before putting out a first DVD of live material and extras, any band could take a page from Arch Enemy, because the Swedish metal giants followed every principle of making a quality audio-visual package to the letter on the double DVD Live…