ARCH ENEMY To Release 'Anthems Of Rebellion' In August

May 7, 2003

Sweden's ARCH ENEMY have set "Anthems Of Rebellion" as the title for their forthcoming effort, tentatively due on Aug. 26 through Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Wages Of Sin" will be released in Japan on July 23 through Toy's Factory Records.

Says guitarist Michael Amott: "There is a thread of ANTI-establishment and REBELLION that goes through all the songs lyrics and also the artwork, but I wouldn't go as far as calling it a full-blown concept — that kind of stuff usually tends to get in the way of the music. I do think the lyrics are more focused and have a lot more 'bite' to them this time around. Musically, we have just focused on making the catchiest and cool ARCH ENEMY music we could come up with! There's an absolute abundance of HEAVY riffs, THICK harmonies, RIPPING solos, FRANTIC drumming and SICK screaming — ALL OVER THIS ALBUM! The performances from the individual members are awesome! We are all so proud of each other!

"As far as the production goes, Andy Sneap really excelled himself on this one," Amott continued. "It sounds thicker and more heavy than the last album ('Wages Of Sin'). It really helped us a lot using Andy as a producer this time, he gave us a strong focus and made us work harder than we've ever done before. We have been known to be bit lazy and complacent at times (!?).Andy soon knocked that out of us and got all ARCH ENEMY members thinking like true soldiers of metal — it was hardcore!

"We are also putting together a limited edition bonus CD with the first pressing (worldwide) that will have live tracks (from 2002) and a few of the 'Anthems Of Rebellion' songs in head spinning 5.1 (surround) mixes + some other goodies…

"As usual, it's hard to describe music in words. You will all be able to hear it soon enough anyway! I can tell you that I personally speaking, as good an album that 'Wages Of Sin' really was, I firmly believe we have moved on from there and made something that is equally as strong, if not stronger! 'Anthems Of Rebellion' has got every type of feel and emotion that we want to have in our music…it's beautiful and it's ugly. And it's very fucking metal."

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