Arch Enemy
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 ten 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.
| Origin | Halmstad, Sweden
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| Genre | Melodic death metal
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| Label | Century Media · Wrong Again
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Mood | Aggressive · Gloomy · Bleak · Harsh · Swaggering · Theatrical · Menacing · Hostile · Rebellious · Confrontational · Uncompromising · Volatile · Ominous · Dramatic · Intense · Fiery
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- The song "I Am Legend/Out for Blood" is based on the science fiction/horror novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
- The song "Machtkampf" literally means "struggle for power" in German.
- The song "Nemesis" is featured as a half-length song made playable in Drummania V4 & GuitarFreaks V4. The full song is playable in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and as Rock Band Network DLC for Rock Band 3. A shortened version of the song is featured in the video game Lollipop Chainsaw as possible background music.
- The end of the lyrics to "Skeleton Dance" recite the death poem of Ōta Dōkan. The beginning of "Skeleton Dance" contains backmasked messages containing the phrases "The world on his shoulders" and "Bleeding forever" among others.
- Anthems Of Rebellion is the only Arch Enemy album to feature clean vocals. The clean vocals were sung by Christopher Amott on "End of the Line" and "Dehumanization".
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