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| | The Root of All Evil | | | Music Artist : | | Arch Enemy | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Century Media | | Release Date : | | 2009-10-06 | | Store Price : | | $15.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Root Of All Evil (intro)
2. Beast Of Man
3. The Immortal
4. Diva Satanica
5. Demonic Science
6. Bury Me An Angel
7. Dead Inside
8. Dark Insanity
9. Pilgrim
10. Demoniality (instrumental)
11. Transmigration Macabre
12. Silverwing
13. Bridge Of Destiny
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Classic Arch Enemy, Revisited
Submitted on: 2009-10-30 |
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I suppose most people know the history behind this release. Arch Enemy was always one of the better Swedish melodic death metal bands, but it wasn't until they hired a female vocalist (one Angela Grossow, a rarity in a male-dominated genre) that they really received mainstream attention. It didn't hurt that Grossow could belt out throat-shredding growls with the best of her male counterparts. Anyway, several albums into their career with Grossow, the band has decided to revisit some of the songs from the early Arch Enemy albums - Black Earth, Stigmata and Burning Bridges - that featured Johann Liiva on vocals, this time with Grossow singing.
I'm sure this will seem like sacrilege to the old school Arch Enemy fans that can't get into the band's second incarnation, but I think the band struck the right tone with The Root of All Evil (though Anthrax beat them to the punch with their similarly titled and identically themed The Greater of Two Evils). They're not trying to airbrush history. If that were the case I doubt they would have agreed to such elaborate reissues of Stigmata and Burning Bridges earlier this year. They're simply giving fans a chance to hear studio versions of some of the old songs with the current lineup - not to mention more modern technology and production values. Having Fredrik Nordstrom (Dark Tranquillity, In Flames) producing and Andy Sneap (Nevermore, Testament) mixing and mastering the album doesn't hurt either.
As I expected, the songs all sound great. I'm a fan of both versions of Arch Enemy, so I was really looking forward to this album. Grossow sounds amazing as always, and the band does their part to breathe new life into these old songs. I still prefer the original versions, but it's still cool to hear these remakes. I was a little disappointed that they didn't include new versions of "Sinister Mephisto" and "Burning Bridges", as those are probably my favorites from the Liiva era.
For those who think the Liiva albums are the only Arch Enemy albums worth owning, The Root of All Evil is not going to change your mind. Those who only enjoy the Grossow albums will hopefully look at these older songs in a new light, and will maybe even go back and check out the original albums. Arch Enemy fans that enjoy both eras of the band's history are the ones who will get the most out of this release. |
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 metal for the ages
Submitted on: 2009-10-18 |
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| Arch Enemy need to hire some 90s grunge band to swipe the stage after they are done-they give it all live and someone needs to clean up all the sweat! Their technique is avant-garde and the guitarists just shred like there is no tomorrow. TROAE will make your metal senses tingle-go for it!!! |
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Arch Enemy give a gift to the fans
Submitted on: 2009-10-15 |
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| We all know there is something in the water in Sweden. Lately, however, there has been little to get really amped up about. Amon Amarth is giving every fan a wet dream come true by releasing the classic catalogue with a bonus disc of the entire album performed live. Arch Enemy have given stellar performances for years and have been delivering the goods with two live DVD sets and a CD set. Now they have released the most daring album of their career since they announced petite German vocalist Angela Gossow as their new frontwoman. On The Root Of All Evil, the band is embracing their past by looking back at the first three Arch Enemy albums which were more straight forward with Johan on vocals. Now, the band has taken a virtual greatest hits collection from those albums and presented them newly recorded with Angela Gossow handling the vocal duties and Sharlee D'Angelo laying down some sick new bass lines. This works perfectly. In my opinion, Arch Enemy is the greatest band Michael Amott has has been associated with. To boot, Angela Gossow is the greatest thing to ever happen to Arch Enemy. She has charisma, she is bold, she can scream like no other, and she is easy on the eyes. To hear her on a studio version of Bury Me An Angel is Pure F-ing Metal bliss. There is not a bad track on here. There is, however, a special edition worth seeking out. It includes the entire album listed here but also three additional live tracks, an exclusive PFM sew-on patch, and is presented in a beautiful digibook form. I got mine for [...]. They probably have it listed here on Amazon. That is the version to get. I cannot wait for another studio album. Five stars. |
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Great Album
Submitted on: 2009-10-12 |
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| I use to give this band a lot of garbage, in reviews, magazine articles, i'd go as far to slander the s*** out of them ever since they got rid of their original singer. Well those days have ended this isn't just a hit below the belt, this album beats everything out of you. The guitars never dissapoint, the drums keep you wanting more, and the vocalist is finally amazing. Go out and buy this you will get every pennies worth, this will be in the top 5 for best metal albums of 09' hands down! |
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Best Arch Enemy album
Submitted on: 2009-10-07 |
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| More bands should rerecord there older music. Sound quality is so much better now than it was 10 years ago. I have arch enemy's first three albums and this is worth every penny. Imagine all those amazing solos in high quality sound. |
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