ARCH ENEMY singer Angela Gossow has issued the following update:

"To all the haters - Arch Enemy Versus CARCASS ... there is no such thing. We are friends and fellow musicians. This conflict only exists in the pea brains of some ape-fans out there. Carcass today is 50% Arch Enemy – in case you haven't noticed yet. Yeah, that's a bitter pill for some of you to chew on. I am loving that.

Jeff Walker actually asked me to join them on stage at the Wacken show – not the other way round. It was a totally spontaneous thing (and btw, I did not bother their FOH with 'effect' requests – all I have on my voice live is compression.. you are welcome to ask him personally when you meet him). I would have never suggested this, as Arch Enemy is my fucking band and Carcass is not – and that's absolutely fine with me as Arch Enemy is kicking ass worldwide. I am a fan of Carcass and I actually saw them live in 1990 and 1991 at the Rose Club in Cologne with Ken Owen on drums – I wonder how many of you 'truest fans' can say that for yourself? Yeah, that's right. You probably weren't even born then, haha.

Anyway, Jeff figured its cool to give the middle-finger to all the haters and close-minded morons that flock the metal scene.. But his joke at the end of the song 'I still fucking hate Arch Enemy' obviously didn't come across right – there are too many people out there whose intelligence level doesn't allow to get irony or advanced humor. They get off on slapstick and Jackass movies instead. Oh well. It doesn't take a brain or degree to be a metal fan I guess. It most certainly doesn't take much to spill hatred and negativity all over the place. But it does take guts and stamina to become a successful musician and a positive and empowering role model – most of you will always be merely part of a faceless crowd.

Please go and buy tickets for the upcoming Carcass shows (they fucking deserve it as they got mocked, slacked off and ripped off back in the day) – I will gladly spend it together with Michael on a nice vacation in the Caribbean in December!"