ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott is featured in a new interview with UltimateGuitar.com discussing the band's new Root Of All Evil album. An excerpt is available below.

UltimateGuitar: How did Arch Enemy approach selecting which tracks to re-record from the group's initial three studio albums?

Amott: "Five of us are in Arch Enemy. Everyone's had different favourites from that era of the band, so it was a case of arguing about it (laughs). Once we got in and started rehearsing those songs, some tracks didn't really work that well anymore, and some tracks really sounded great - tracks we didn't think would possibly sound so great. It was a matter of trying those songs out in rehearsal really, and jamming on them. Some songs we've actually played live in the past with Angela, like 'The Immortal', 'Bridge of Destiny', and some songs like that. We knew they would be songs we wanted to perform again, and knew that they would work. Some others we had to fine tune a bit more, and find the right ones."

UltimateGuitar: How would you compare The Root of All Evil's sound to the sounds on the old recordings of the tracks?

Amott: "There's slight differences, here and there. It's a few years later, and Arch Enemy is a different sounding band. We're so much tighter, and so much more of a unit, than what we were when we recorded those original albums back then. The Root of All Evil's sound is just tighter, harder, and just more pounding and brutal. Angela's voice is a lot more brutal, and quite extreme. The album just has more impact, and the songs just kick more ass now (laughs). Then there's some changes that we made in terms of arrangement for a couple of songs, but nothing too drastic. We tried to stay pretty true to the originals. What else is there? Some of the solos are slightly different because solos are the last thing we lay down, and we just tend to improvise a few of the faster licks and all that. We just go off, and play something that's spur of the moment. That's what creates the excitement, I think."

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The Root Of All Evil is available as regular CD, LP (with the full album on CD as bonus), Digital Download and Limited Edition CD incl. a special Mediabook packaging, three additional live bonus tracks, alternate artwork, an extended booklet and an exclusive embroidered patch.

The tracklist is as follows:

'The Root Of All Evil' (Intro)

'Beast Of Man'

'The Immortal'

'Diva Satanica'

'Demonic Science'

'Bury Me An Angel'

'Dead Inside'

'Dark Insanity'

'Pilgrim'

'Demoniality' (Instrumental)

'Transmigration Macabre'

'Silverwing'

'Bridge Of Destiny'

The Mediabook version of the album adds the following bonus tracks:

'Bury Me An Angel' (Live)

'The Immortal' (Live)

'Bridge Of Destiny' (Live)

The Japanese version (available here) also contains the following covers:

'Wings Of Tomorrow' (EUROPE cover)

'Walk In The Shadows' (QUEENSRŸCHE cover)