ARCH ENEMY - Black Earth (2023 Reissue) - LP - Gold Vinyl [APR 28]

LP - Limited Edition Gold Vinyl. 

Arch Enemy are the ultimate in Swedish retro thrash/death. The northerners bludgeon old school banger riffs of Slayer and Destruction format with an ease and joy of playing from the soul that the neck muscles almost begin to rotate by themselves and manage, incredibly, to insert between the chainsaw chord sequences again and again two-part melodic licks, which remind more than once of early Iron Maiden records and spherical Death songs.

Formed by guitarist Michael Amott after his departure from the now legendary Carcass and years before the introduction of their amazing German female singer Angela Gossow, Arch Enemy first garnered praise with the metal milestone Black Earth in 1996. This first album of a band which would later become one of the biggest of its genre, featuring original singer Johan Liiva, was propelled by flawlessly technical dual guitars and a previously unheard mixture of melody and aggression – an alchemy that redefined the limits of melodic death metal. Black Earth was the foundation of a unique trademark sound which helped the band to quickly solidify their reputation as one of the genre’s elites, which it is nowadays.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Bury Me An Angel
2. Dark Insanity
3. Eureka
4. Idolatress

Side B
1. Cosmic Retribution
2. Demoniality
3. Transmigration Macabre
4. Time Capsule