ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Michael Ammott Talks War Eternal - "It Features The Fastest Song We've Ever Recorded"
August 9, 2014, 10 years ago
Arch Enemy guitarist/founder Michael Amott is featured in a new interview with Ghost Cult Mag. He discusses the addition of new vocalist Alissa White-Gluz and the band's new album, War Eternal. An excerpt is available below:
Michael Amott: "If you go deeper into the album, there’s a lot of really interesting things going on. This album features the fastest song we’ve ever recorded. It’s also features the slowest song we’ve ever recorded. It’s an interesting dynamic. It’s all over the place. There’s a song called ‘Time Is Black’ which is easily the most progressive song we’ve ever worked on. It was the first song we started putting together and the last song we finished. It was a pain in the ass to put together. It was driving us crazy. I couldn’t get it right. At the end when it came together it was rewarding. That song ‘Time Is Black’ alongside another one called ‘Avalanche’ and another one called ‘You Will Know My Name’ and also the intro of the album, those four songs feature a real orchestra. We worked with a conductor and an arranger who helped us put it all together. That’ s also another new element for the band. We’ve always had a lot of keyboards on our albums. There are keyboards on the new album as well, but those four songs are with a real orchestra. That’s something new for the band as well. It sounds really heavy. It’s not like symphonic metal, but it adds so much atmospheric to the songs."
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EMP Rock Invasion recently caught up with Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott and vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, who discussed the changes within the band and former vocalist Angela Gossow staying on as the band's manager, a position she's held for the last six years:
The band's tour schedule is currently as follows:
August
14 - Summer Breeze - Dinkelsbühl, Germany
17 - Alt-Fest - Kettering, UK
September
25 - Arena Hall - Krasnodar, Russia
27 - Glav Club - Moscow, Russia
28 - Zal Ozhidaniya - Saint Petersburg, Russia
30 - Otdykh Club - Novosibirsk, Russia
October
3 - Tele Club - Yekaterinburg, Russia
19 - Loud Park 14 - Saitama City, Japan
November
27 - Istres, France - L´Usine *
December
2 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan *
4 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
5 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - MHP Arena
6 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
7 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
8 - Hamburg, Germany - Docks
9 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys
11 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
12 - Geiselwind, Germany - Eventhall
13 - München, Germany - Tonhalle
14 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
16 - Leamington, England - Assembly Rooms *
17 - Bristol, England - Academy *
18 - London, England - The Forum *
19 - Manchester, England - Academy *
20 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy *
21 - Glasgow, Scotland - QMU *
22 - Newcastle, England - Academy *
* without Sodom and Vader
