ARCH ENEMY Forced To Cancel Upcoming European Festival Appearances - Statement Available!

ARCH ENEMY have announced that they won't be able to participate in any of the European Festivals that they were scheduled to be part of this summer. Here is a collective statement from the band explaining their decision:

"It is with great disappointment that we have to cancel our shows at European festivals this summer. The reason for this being private family matters that demand our full attention, making it difficult to fulfill our commitments in that time frame. We are currently looking into the possibility of rescheduling these festival slots for next year.

"We would like to thank the festival promoters, and, of course, the fans for their understanding and continued support. We will use this downtime to finish up the work on our upcoming DVD/Blu-ray and continue with the songwriting process of the next ARCH ENEMY album. We look forward to seeing you all in 2014! Metal on!" 

Related links:
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ARCH ENEMY Unleash 'ASTRO KHAOS 2012 - OFFICIAL LIVE BOOTLEG [CD+DVD]'!

This just in from the ARCH ENEMY camp:

 "Today we’re releasing ASTRO KHAOS 2012 - OFFICIAL LIVE BOOTLEG [CD+DVD] in Japan. At the end of our Japan tour in April 2012, we played two suddenly announced special intimate shows with setlists voted by the Japanese fans...the CD+DVD captures these very special moments..."

Fans outside of Japan can order it online: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=QATE-10030

As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY's badass vocalist Angela Gossow has announced that the band will be taking a temporary hiatus. Read her statement HERE!

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ARCH ENEMY Release Message For Their Latino Fans!

South and Latin America are quickly becoming one of the most powerful markets in the world when it comes to Heavy Music! ARCH ENEMY is currently spreading their destructive furious Heavy Metal to 1000s of hungry Latinos. Recently, they demolished South and Latin America. Here is what the band had to say after their last show in Mexico City, before their previously announced temporary hiatus. Read more about that HERE!

"Thank you so much, Mexico City - again! It's been a blast.. really enjoyed it tonight!!! Strange to play songs like 'Web Of Lies' live.. feels like playing a new track, haha.. Now we have to leave the sunny side of this planet and head towards the snow covered hills of Scandinavia. Thank you Latin and South America for the passion, the love, the chants and the sun :-) You rocked our world for the last 3 weeks!!!"



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ARCH ENEMY's Chaotic Concert In Peru Loses Electrical Power, But The Show Must Go On!

South and Latin America are quickly becoming one of the most powerful markets in the world when it comes to Heavy Music! ARCH ENEMY is currently spreading their destructive furious Heavy Metal to 1000s of hungry Latinos. Last night (October 29), they performed at the Centro De Convenciones Scencia De La Molina, in Lima, Peru. Here is what the band had to say about a very chaotic, yet awesome show!

"Lima, Peru was INSANE!!! Total punk rock show, power went out, amps went down, LED video screens died early in the set.. It all went wrong and yet it was the perfect show. We had so much fun! Thank you for the bottle of Pisco appearing out of nowhere onto stage during one of the power cuts.. haha. Genius! We emptied that bottle of course.

"We are off to Costa Rica, we just heard more than 2.000 tickets are sold.. This show is going to be crazy!"

Due to popular demand, ARCH ENEMY have added a second show in Mexico City. They have also announced that they will be performing their epic album 'Wages Of Sin' in its entirety.

ARCH ENEMY Latin American Tour (remaining tour dates):

- 01/12/12: Club Peppers, San José in Costa Rica
- 04/12/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico
- 06/14/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico

As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY's badass vocalist Angela Gossow has announced that the band will be taking a temporary hiatus. Read her statement HERE!

Related links:
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ARCH ENEMY Add 2nd Mexico City Show; Band To Perform 'Wages Of Sin' In Its Entirety!

As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY's badass vocalist Angela Gossow has announced that the band will be taking a temporary hiatus. Read her statement HERE!

Due to popular demand, ARCH ENEMY have added a second show in Mexico City. They have also announced that they will be performing their epic album 'Wages Of Sin' in its entirety. Here is the bands statement:

"We are celebrating the 10th year anniversary of our 'Wages Of Sin' album in 2012 – a defining release in the history of Arch Enemy as you might know...

"We have decided to dedicate the last Arch Enemy concert of 2012 to this album and our Mexican fans and play it in its entirety (plus an encore of rare Arch Enemy songs). If you are anywhere near Mexico City on December 6th - don't miss out on this truly unique event which will not be repeated! Be there and become a part of Arch Enemy's history!"

ARCH ENEMY Latin American Tour:

- 21/11/12: Teatro Caupolican, Santiago in Chile
- 23/11/12: Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires in Argentina
- 25/11/12: Carioca Club, Sao Paulo in Brazil
- 27/11/12: Club Platense, Montevideo in Uruguay
- 29/11/12: Centro De Convenciones Scencia De La Molina, Lima in Peru
- 01/12/12: Club Peppers, San José in Costa Rica
- 04/12/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico
- 06/14/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico

Related links:
Arch Enemy's Official Site

ARCH ENEMY Announce Temporary Hiatus - Statement From Angela Gossow Available!

ARCH ENEMY's badass vocalist Angela Gossow has issued the following update regarding the bands decision to take a temporary hiatus:

"[The ARCH ENEMY] European tour was awesome!! Lots of people came to the shows. [We are] very, very grateful for this, given the tough economy all around.

"We know how it feels to be broke. Been there many times. But just like you, we rather spend our last penny on music (or gear for that matter) than paying our phone bill. For that matter, I only have a prepaid card and no phone contract ;-) I hate bills and reminders.

"Back home now, recovering from dirty backstage rooms, cold showers and lack of quality sleep.

"I love playing live. [It's] a shame I can't bring my home (or at least my bed and my clean bathroom) on tour though, haha..

"After 12 years of continuous touring, I can tell ya, sometimes I think about stopping for good and route for the homely life instead.

"We got the Latin America tour kicking off in November all the way through December and then we'll stop touring for at least six months. We'll just do a few [European] festivals in the summer, like Wacken :-). Will be interesting how that feels. If I get bored with being 'static?'

"I'll miss playing shows, but I am also excited to finally have some time to myself, actually being able to take up an art class, start drawing again, take some vocal lessons for fun, try new sports (like thai boxing or any sort of angry martial arts, haha), spend quality time with my family, decorate my home with framed pictures, paint the walls.. you know, that stuff 'normal' people do when they are not living like gypsies, always on the move.

"It will be nice not having to do pre-production for a tour in my 'off time' but actually allow my mind to rest and stop worrying about travel arrangements, technical riders, ticket sales, budgets, crew, stage production etc.

"I have noticed I am in an constant 'alarm-state' mentally and I don't relax in my sleep either anymore. I dream about figures and band stuff every night.

"I miss my crazy, funny, light dreams.. and simply being worry-free.

"This said, I wont be lazy. We have a massive new live DVD/Blu-ray in the works and it will take up a real chunk of my time to get that together for an autumn 2013 release. We filmed so many shows.. And we will film even more now during the Latin America tour. We got a ton of incidental footage too.. That will be weeks and weeks of sorting out, editing, cutting, mix and master. Plus we got a new album to write and record in 2013 too. It will drop in spring-ish 2014.

"So yeah.. today I am catching up with three weeks of unanswered postal mail, final tour budget, tax office paperwork and shopping for groceries. I will go for a walk later, take a long bath to soak my sore back and neck and try to go to bed before 6 a.m. as I am not on tour anymore ;-)"

ARCH ENEMY Latin American Tour:

- 21/11/12: Teatro Caupolican, Santiago in Chile
- 23/11/12: Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires in Argentina
- 25/11/12: Carioca Club, Sao Paulo in Brazil
- 27/11/12: Club Platense, Montevideo in Uruguay
- 29/11/12: Centro De Convenciones Scencia De La Molina, Lima in Peru
- 01/12/12: Club Peppers, San José in Costa Rica
- 04/12/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico

Related links:
Arch Enemy's Official Site

MACHINE HEAD Win Award For "Best International Band" At Germany's Metal Hammer Awards!

This past Friday, September 14th, Bay Area Metallers MACHINE HEAD were honored with the "Best International Band" award at the 2012 Metal Hammer Awards in Berlin, Germany! We want to congratulate the entire MACHINE HEAD camp!

The award show was hosted by ARCH ENEMY's badass front lady Angela Gossow and featured performances by SABATON, ELUVEITIE and CALLEJON.

"METAL HAMMER Award Show" winners:

- Legend: Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR)
- God Of Riffs: Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY)
- Best Album: IN FLAMES - "Sounds Of A Playground Fading"
- Best Debut: WHILE SHE SLEEPS - "This Is The Six"
- Best German Band: RAMMSTEIN
- Best International Band: MACHINE HEAD
- Best Live Band: SABATON
- Metal Anthem: CANNIBAL CORPSE - "Scourge Of Iron"
- Up And Coming: GRAVEYARD
- Maximum Metal: Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, ex-PANTERA)

Click HERE to watch footage of the event!

Related links:
MACHINE HEAD's Official Site
METAL HAMMER Deutschland

A Must See: ARCH ENEMY Premiere Music Video For "Cruelty Without Beauty"!"

ARCH ENEMY’s ‘Khaos Legions’ campaign gathers more steam as the band announce a NEW video for the song "Cruelty Without Beauty" from the bands latest album ‘Khaos Legions’. Vocalist badass Angela Gossow of the Sweden based melodic Death Metal quintet comments, “I’m very pleased we got this video done for one of my favorite songs off the ‘Khaos Legions’ album. The video is quite raw and extreme as it reflects the lyrics very well I believe, dealing with a subject matter close to my heart – animal cruelty and vivisection.”

Angela adds, “We want to thank the good folks at Peta2, Hardforce, Metalitalia and The Metal Circus for supporting a serious subject. All of us have been well aware that a video like this doesn’t find everybody’s acceptance. But Rock music was always more than guitar riffs – it’s also the voice of the voiceless.”

Without further due, here is the premiere of ARCH ENEMY's music video for "Cruelty Without Beauty":



This autumn will be see the band trail blaze across European soil with 4 shows in Spain with special support from extreme Metal legends Voivod. The year will close with a South America tour ending in Mexico City (where despite the Mayan Calendar the world doesn’t end).

- 05/10/12: Hell Inside Festival, Würzburg in Germany
- 10/10/12: L’Usine, Geneva in Switzerland
- 12/10/12: Blackout Rock Club, Rome in Italy
- 13/10/12: Fillmore Live Club, Piacenza in Italy
- 14/10/12: Z7, Pratteln in Switzerland
- 16/10/12: Gemeindesaal, Kundl in Austria
- 17/10/12: Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg in Germany
- 19/10/12: Kulturfabrik, Krefeld in Germany
- 21/10/12: Le Bataclan, Paris in France
- 23/10/12: Totem, Pamplona in Spain
- 25/10/12: Capitol, Santiago de Compostela in Spain
- 26/10/12: La Riviera, Madrid in Spain
- 27/10/12: Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona in Spain
- 21/11/12: Teatro Caupolican, Santiago in Chile
- 23/11/12: Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires in Argentina
- 25/11/12: Carioca Club, Sao Paulo in Brazil
- 27/11/12: Club Platense, Montevideo in Uruguay
- 29/11/12: Centro De Convenciones Scencia De La Molina, Lima in Peru
- 01/12/12: Club Peppers, San José in Costa Rica
- 04/12/12: Circo Volador, Mexico City in Mexico

Related links:
Arch Enemy's Official Site

METAL HAMMER's Inaugural Award Show Rocks Berlin, Germany - Complete List Of Winners & Video Available!

This past Friday, September 14th, the inaugural "METAL HAMMER Award Show" welcomed a ton of your favorite musicians to the Kesselhaus in Berlin, Germany. MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, RAMMSTEIN, SABATON and CANNIBAL CORPSE were some of the bands that got honored at this year's installment of the award show.

The award show was hosted by ARCH ENEMY's badass front lady Angela Gossow and featured performances by SABATON, ELUVEITIE and CALLEJON.

"METAL HAMMER Award Show" winners:

- Legend: Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR)
- God Of Riffs: Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY)
- Best Album: IN FLAMES - "Sounds Of A Playground Fading"
- Best Debut: WHILE SHE SLEEPS - "This Is The Six"
- Best German Band: RAMMSTEIN
- Best International Band: MACHINE HEAD
- Best Live Band: SABATON
- Metal Anthem: CANNIBAL CORPSE - "Scourge Of Iron"
- Up And Coming: GRAVEYARD
- Maximum Metal: Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, ex-PANTERA)

Here is some footage of the event:









Related links:
METAL HAMMER Deutschland

ARCH ENEMY Premieres Music Video For “Under Black Flags We March” - Watch It!

Before the Swedish Metal powerhouse went to Asia and Australia to present their latest album 'Khaos Legions' on their ongoing world tour, they found time to finish the third video for the album, "Under Black Flags We March". The video was once again produced by the Swedish director Patric Ullaeus (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, etc.), and is the first video to feature the NEW guitarist Nick Cordle (from the US band ARSIS) who replaced Chris Amott earlier this year.

The video for "Under Black Flags We March" can be viewed below (courtesy of Metal Hammer German).

ARCH ENEMY singer Angela Gossow will host the annual Metal Hammer Germany Awards that takes place in Berlin on September 14th, 2012. ARCH ENEMY is nominated in the "Best Band" category and Michael Amott is also nominated as "God Of Riffs". Click here to vote now!

Michael Amott (guitar) comments on the video: "It was a pleasure as always to work with our friend Patric Ullaeus on this video, which will be the fourth clip he's made for us and he really is a consummate professional-- truly excellent stuff! He's captured a very suitable and cool vibe on this one too. The track itself, 'Under Black Flags We March', is a song that we've played at every ARCH ENEMY show since we released the 'Khaos Legions' album last year, we love playing it as it's a change of pace in our frantic live set and it's going down really well with audiences worldwide too. We felt this pounding metal anthem deserved a visual companion, so here it is! A couple of things to listen out for: we had a our new guitarist Nick Cordle throw down a little lick on the song and had audio master Andy Sneap remix the song a little...So, a few minor tweaks here and there to make it something special for this visual/sonic assault! Under Black Flags We March!"



ARCH ENEMY will continue to spread the Khaos at the following shows and festivals:

26.04.2012 - Diablo Open Air 2012 - Singapore
28.04.2012 - Pulp Summer Slam 12: The Apostles - Manila, Philippines
30.04.2012 - Manning Bar - Sydney, Australia
01.05.2012 - Billboard The Venue - Melbourne, Australia
28.06.2012 - Peace and Love Festival - Borlänge, Sweden
30.06.2012 - Dokk'em Open Air - Dokkum, Netherlands
13.07.2012 - Bang Your Head Festival - Balingen, Germany
14.07.2012 - Rock Harz Open Air - Ballenstedt, Germany
15.07.2012 - Masters Of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic
18.07.2012 - Hegyalja Fesztival - Tokaj Rakamaz, Hungary
20.07.2012 - Devilside - Oberhausen, Germany
21.07.2012 - Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg, Germany
04.08.2012 - Vagos Open Air - Vagos, Portugal
20.10.2012 - Metal Female Voices Fest - Wieze, Belgium
21.10.2012 - Le Bataclan - Paris, France
23.10.2012 - Totem - Pamplona, Spain
25.10.2012 - Capitol - Santiago de Compostela, Spain
26.10.2012 - La Riviera - Madrid, Spain
27.10.2012 - Razzmatazz 2 - Barcelona, Spain

Related links:
Arch Enemy's Official Site