We're super excited to announce that we'll be playing Wacken Open Air, Germany next year! See you in 2022! ??
Our video for "House Of Mirrors" just hit 1 million views within one week since its release! Thank you so much for your support. We're truly overwhelmed. ????
In case you haven't checked it out yet ▶ www.archenemy.net/HouseOfMirrors
Watch the new video for ‘House Of Mirrors’ now!
Our new song ‘House Of Mirrors’ is out now! Get it now: https://archenemy.lnk.to/HouseOfMirrors-Single
Head over to our YouTube channel at 6pm CET to watch the video premiere!
Welcome Home!
Get an EXCLUSIVE look at the video for our new upcoming song „House Of Mirrors“ by clicking the link below!
Song and video out Dec. 9th!
https://www.archenemy.net/HouseOfMirrors
Who’s ready for more music? Check out the cover for our new upcoming song "House Of Mirrors" – out Dec. 9th!
Here is a little BTS clip of our music video for “Deceiver, Deceiver”! We're still so grateful for all your support!
Listen to the song & watch the video now ▶️ https://archenemy.lnk.to/DeceiverDeceiver-Single
Over 1 MILLION VIEWS on the official video for our newest song "Deceiver, Deceiver" since its release last week! WOW, we're absolutely blown away by your support! Thank you SO much! ????
Listen to the song & watch the video now ▶️ https://archenemy.lnk.to/DeceiverDeceiver-Single
Super excited to announce that we'll be playing #ReloadFestival, Germany 2022! Get your tickets at www.reload-festival.de and we'll see you there!
"Deceiver, Deceiver" video out now!
Listen to our new song & watch the video for "Deceiver, Deceiver" ▶️ https://archenemy.lnk.to/DeceiverDeceiver-Single
Our new single "Deceiver, Deceiver" is out now!
▶️https://archenemy.lnk.to/DeceiverDeceiver-Single
Watch the video premiere with us today at 6pm CET on our YouTube channel! We'll be joining you in the chat!
We're super stoked to announce that we'll be playing Summer Breeze Festival, Germany 2022! Get your tickets at www.summer-breeze.de and we'll see you there!
In celebration of our 25th anniversary we're bringing you a strictly limited (only 150 available!) and SIGNED #AE25 poster! Only available at @bravado_de and only while supplies last! Get yours now ➡️ https://archenemy.bravado.de
We're super excited to announce that we'll be playing Knotfest Finland 2022! Tickets are on sale now via https://www.lippu.fi/artist/knotfest/! See you there!
We’re deeply saddened to announce that „The European Siege“ Tour 2021 with @BehemothOfficial, @CarcassBand & @UntoOtherspdx has been postponed due to the ongoing global situation. All tickets will remain valid for the new dates, so keep them safe. See you all in 2022!
Michael Amott comments as follows:
"Nobody’s more disappointed than us about this, that’s for damn sure. But it is what it is, and we’re already looking forward to getting back to it in 2022! Stay healthy, stay Metal!"
THE EUROPEAN SIEGE 2022
With Arch Enemy, Behemoth + Support by Carcass & Unto Others
Tickets: www.archenemy.net/tour
27.09.2022 IE - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
29.09.2022 UK - Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow
30.09.2022 UK - Manchester, O2 Apollo
01.10.2022 UK - Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham
02.10.2022 UK - London, O2 Academy Brixton
04.10.2022 FR - Paris, Le Zénith
05.10.2022 FR - Toulouse, Le Bikini
07.10.2022 PT - Lisbon, Coliseu de Lisboa
08.10.2022 ES - Madrid, Palacio Vistalegre
09.10.2022 ES - Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi
11.10.2022 FR - Lyon, Le Radiant
12.10.2022 IT - Milano, Alcatraz
14.10.2022 DE - Berlin, Columbiahalle
15.10.2022 CZ - Prague, Tipsport Arena
16.10.2022 HU - Budapest, Barba Negra
18.10.2022 AT - Vienna, Gasometer
19.10.2022 PL - Katowice, Spodek
21.10.2022 DE - Ludwigsburg, MHP Arena
22.10.2022 NL - Den Bosch, Mainstage Brabanthallen
23.10.2022 BE - Brussels, Forest National
25.10.2022 CH - Zurich, Samsung Hall
26.10.2022 DE - Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle
28.10.2022 DE - Munich, Zenith
29.10.2022 DE - Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
30.10.2022 DE - Hamburg, edel-optics.de Arena
31.10.2022 SE - Gothenburg, Partille Arena
02.11.2022 FI - Helsinki, Ice Hall
04.11.2022 SE - Stockholm, Annexet
05.11.2022 DK - Copenhagen, Forum
06.11.2022 NO - Oslo, Sentrum Scene
The 25 Years Collection - Only available at Bravado (while supplies last)! Get yours now: www.archenemy.net/EUShop ??
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, we’re bringing you strictly limited merch bundles for every studio album we've ever released. Here’s WILL TO POWER, which comes with a signed card! Get your bundle now: http://bit.ly/AE25Years!
Enjoy the last part of our series “Arch Enemy 25th anniversary - random fun facts & memories with Michael Amott”!
"After having a very exciting (and long!) run with the “War Eternal” album, we were kind of wondering how we could top that. But ultimately, you can’t really think like that…you just have to try to write the best songs you can, one by one, and hopefully end up with something that is kick ass in the end.
We always write a lot of material and keep circling back around to songs, constantly improving on them. The first song we wrote for this record was “The World Is Yours”, which was already there in demo form while we were still out on the “War Eternal” tour. We had accumulated a fair amount of music, fragments of songs…sometimes just a melody or a riff. But everything needed a lot more work.
In order to get away and focus on putting it all together, and hopefully come up with some new cool stuff as well, Daniel and myself rented a house in Mexico for a two week songwriting session. I know that might sound crazy but “The Eagle Flies Alone” was written by the Gulf of Mexico. I guess the Scandinavian darkness is deeply embedded in our hearts and souls - we don’t actually need to be physically there to create the music that we do. After these two weeks of intense writing sessions (with a few margaritas thrown in for good measure) we had amassed most of the material that became “Will to Power”!
Once we had the instrumental demos finished, Alissa and myself wrote lyrics and discussed vocal arrangements etc. This process was smooth as well.
We basically decided to repeat the exact same recording and mix procedure that had yielded such great results three years earlier on the “War Eternal” record. So we went about recording in various studios on the southwest coast of Sweden and once again mixed and mastered in Örebro by Jens Bogren.
On the song “A Fight I Must Win” we once again got an exquisite orchestral arrangement and recording courtesy of Ulf Janson and Stockholm Session Strings. Legendary Swedish keyboard player Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Stratovarius etc) graciously accepted our invitation and played beautifully on “Dreams of Retribution”, “The World Is Yours” and a few other things. Always a pleasure to have guests come in and add their spices to the dish, so to speak. This was also Jeff Loomis’ recording debut with the band after touring with the band for a couple of years. What a great guitarist and dear friend, Jeff has really enhanced the stability and harmony within the band.
We shot two videos with director Patric Ullaeus ahead of the album release. Both “The World Is Yours” and “The Eagle Flies Alone” got an astonishing amount of YouTube views. Especially “Eagle” has taken on a life of its own and become quite the anthem for us.
We did a lot of press, promoting the album as much as we could, and that, along with the relentless touring we’d done seemed to pay off in a big way actually. Will to Power was/is our most successful album to date, and how many bands can say that this far into their career?
We hit the road hard, as usual. It was our biggest and most ambitious tour to date and this time we could really feel that Arch Enemy had reached another plateau. I guess you could say it is well-deserved (depending on your perspective obviously)…one thing is for sure though, it certainly wasn’t an overnight success!
Looking back. I wouldn’t change a thing. There’s been highs and there’s been lows. All valuable lessons that we’ve taken something from and grown. It’s been an absolutely incredible journey so far, and we’re all very excited about the future and the new music we have for you (coming soon!). "
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