Arch Enemy dot net newsletter - January/February 2004
Welcome to our first official newsletter of 2004. There's a little bit of
everything this time, we have a competion, a tour report, then there's
rescheduled shows, lots of other trival information and a little bit of love at
the end too.
Anthems of Rebellion certainly didn't go by unnoticed. Arch Enemy have had an
amazing 2003, but they have much, much more in store for you for 2004. We had
Michael Amott look back and update us on future plans.
-Touring news-
In case you aren't aware, the band are currently on tour in the USA, supporting
Iron Maiden. You can read all about the excitement in the reports section where
Michael keeps us updated.
"OK, so here we are in Montreal, getting ready for our first Canadian show
tomorrow supporting the mighty Maiden! I have to tell you, it's seriously cold
up here, even for Swedish Viking types like us...."
[[url]http://www.archenemy.net/report25.shtml[/url]]
Arch Enemy will be heading back to Europe after all the Iron Mayhem for their
upcoming headlining tour. Support will come from Stampin' Ground & Zyklon. Go
check them out if you get the chance. They will be playing a + 1hr set and the
setlist will feature songs from all the albums.
17-Feb 2004 @ Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
18-Feb 2004 @ RockIt, Stuttgart, Germany
19-Feb 2004 @ New Backstage, Munich, Germany
21-Feb 2004 @ Cesena, Vidia, Italy
22-Feb 2004 @ Motion, Bergamo, Italy
24-Feb 2004 @ Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz II
25-Feb 2004 @ Carcol, Madrid, Spain
27-Feb 2004 @ Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France
28-Feb 2004 @ Lantaarn, Hellendoorn, Netherlands
29-Feb 2004 @ Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands
02-Mar 2004 @ Logo, Hamburg, Germany
03-Mar 2004 @ Works, Osnabruck, Germany
04-Mar 2004 @ Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany
05-Mar 2004 @ Hof Ter Loo, Antwerpen, Belgium
We have issued a competition to promote this exciting tour (woohoo). At the
website (that's [url]http://www.archenemy.net[/url]) you can find the offical European tour
banner. Stick it (clearly visible) on your homepage or ICQ/MSN profile or your
Ultimate Metal signature and let us know by sending us an e-mail
(banner@archenemy.net) with a link to the location of the banner. You might win
a meet and greet with the band when they come through your country.
In other touring news, the UK headlinging shows the band were forced to cancel
in December have been rescheduled as promised. The new dates are:
07-March-2004 @ The Cockpit, Leeds, England
(b/o: 0113 245 5570)
08-March-2004 @ The Academy II, Birmingham, England
(b/o: 0870 771 2000)
We are told that original tickets WILL remain valid for the new dates!
-Media news-
In media news, there's a big article on Arch Enemy (+ a poster!) in the latest
issue of the US guitar magazine GUITAR WORLD. "We Will Rise" is also featured in
the tab section of the magazine. The awesome photo's for the piece were taken by
photographer Zach Cordner.
Michael Amott says; "We did the Guitar World photo shoot in a part of California
that was really hurt by the fires they had there last year. There was burnt down
houses and forests everywhere for as far as you could see - it was really
shocking. The photographer had no qualms about getting the smoke machine in for
the photo shoot though - probably evoking some pretty bad memories for the
people in the neighbourhood! We just had to laugh, it was kind of absurd!".
Our featured site of the week is a small Brasillian gallery of collected Angela
Gossow pictures:
[url]http://www.sourcewebzine.com.br/photoalbum/angela.asp[/url]
Vist www.wgtb923.com/webcast.html University radio between 6 and 8 pm EST for an
exclusive web broadcast interview with Michael Amott.
-Message board-
For you who visit out little commmunity over at Ultimate Metal, we are currently
working on making it an even better and more thriving place, we have a few
changes planned and are working out the details right now. More on this later.
For you who don't visit, maybe it's time you came on over payed us a visit? Hey,
hey, come out and play!
-Past and present with Michael Amott-
So what's to expect in 2004? We've had a friendly chat with Michael so he could
fill us in on what's been going on and on what's coming up...
1. Looking back on 2003 you've had a pretty exciting and busy year,
what have been the highlights of 2003?
Yes, 2003 was a very busy year for us! We started it off in January with a
Scandinavian headline tour (still
promoting the Wages Of Sin album), that tour ended on a Friday and then we
started pre-production for the
new album on the following Monday! That was just crazy! Working on our Anthems
Of Rebellion album in the
studio at the very nice facilities at Backstage Studios in the U.K with Andy
Sneap was a really good
experience. When wed completed the album we played live in the USA, Europe and
Korea to promote the
Anthems... album and we havent stopped yet, the live campaign will continue
into 2004!
2. Did the response to Anthems Of Rebellion exceed your expectations?
Well, it was actually better than what wed expected, as wed had the Wages Of
Sin album get such great
reviews and feedback You know its hard to always be the flavour of the month
so to speak. I think most
fans of the Wages album enjoyed the new album.
3. Is it your most successful album to date?
Yes, sales wise it is. The Wages Of Sin is still ahead of the new one in sales
figures I guess in some
places like the USA and Japan, cause that album has been out longer. But the
Anthems album is selling
at faster rate than what Wages Of Sin ever did in most places. In Europe
Anthems... is doing far better
than any other release weve had out. Arch Enemy is growing all the time So
yes, we are happy about that!
4. What's the most memorable event 0f 2003?
To be completely honest, there are too many to mention really it was just a
great year for us! But some
obvious highlights include the SLAYER/HATEBREED US tour (to be on the road for 7
weeks with SLAYER was such
a killer opportunity for ARCH ENEMY). I must also mention our headline slot at
the Korean International
Busan Rock Festival that was very a very cool and different experience!
5. What was the least memorable event 0f 2003?
All the waiting around we do on the road. I hate airports now more than ever!
6. What's in store for AE in 2004?
First thing coming up touring wise is a bunch of dates in Canada, USA & Japan
opening up for NWOBHM Gods
IRON MAIDEN! It doesnt really get any better than that, at least not in our
world!
After that well be doing our own headline tour around Europe in Feb/March, and
then I am not 100% what is
happening I guess we are doing a headline tour in Japan at some point, possibly
in May.
7. Will you be playing any festivals this summer?
I think well play a few European ones, we have played quite a few over the last
couple of summers so we
dont want to over do it, maybe well play a few selected ones. Well see!
8. Have you actually been writing for the next album yet?
No real completed new songs as of yet! There are bits and pieces of riffs and
melodies that we jam on at
rehearsals. Id say that a new album from us is quite far away at the moment
though. But you never know, if
we get creative and inspiration hits us maybe itll be sooner than we think!
9. Is there anybody left you'd like to tour with?
Well, I dont know after the recent SLAYER tour and the upcoming IRON MAIDEN
dates, its kind of hard to top
that you know?!! I think what we are mostly looking forward to at the moment is
playing our own shows and be
able to stretch out a bit more that what you are afforded as a support act play
more songs etc!
10. Any last words for the people reading this newsletter?
Id like to thank all the fans for their support. And we hope too see as many of
you a possible in 2004! Let
the killing begin!!!
There you have it. Until the next newsletter my lovelies.
Keep on visiting [url]http://www.archenemy.net[/url] for all the latest on the world's
greatest! (I know, but what can
ya do?).
Welcome to our first official newsletter of 2004. There's a little bit of
everything this time, we have a competion, a tour report, then there's
rescheduled shows, lots of other trival information and a little bit of love at
the end too.
Anthems of Rebellion certainly didn't go by unnoticed. Arch Enemy have had an
amazing 2003, but they have much, much more in store for you for 2004. We had
Michael Amott look back and update us on future plans.
-Touring news-
In case you aren't aware, the band are currently on tour in the USA, supporting
Iron Maiden. You can read all about the excitement in the reports section where
Michael keeps us updated.
"OK, so here we are in Montreal, getting ready for our first Canadian show
tomorrow supporting the mighty Maiden! I have to tell you, it's seriously cold
up here, even for Swedish Viking types like us...."
[[url]http://www.archenemy.net/report25.shtml[/url]]
Arch Enemy will be heading back to Europe after all the Iron Mayhem for their
upcoming headlining tour. Support will come from Stampin' Ground & Zyklon. Go
check them out if you get the chance. They will be playing a + 1hr set and the
setlist will feature songs from all the albums.
17-Feb 2004 @ Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
18-Feb 2004 @ RockIt, Stuttgart, Germany
19-Feb 2004 @ New Backstage, Munich, Germany
21-Feb 2004 @ Cesena, Vidia, Italy
22-Feb 2004 @ Motion, Bergamo, Italy
24-Feb 2004 @ Barcelona, Spain, Razzmatazz II
25-Feb 2004 @ Carcol, Madrid, Spain
27-Feb 2004 @ Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France
28-Feb 2004 @ Lantaarn, Hellendoorn, Netherlands
29-Feb 2004 @ Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands
02-Mar 2004 @ Logo, Hamburg, Germany
03-Mar 2004 @ Works, Osnabruck, Germany
04-Mar 2004 @ Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany
05-Mar 2004 @ Hof Ter Loo, Antwerpen, Belgium
We have issued a competition to promote this exciting tour (woohoo). At the
website (that's [url]http://www.archenemy.net[/url]) you can find the offical European tour
banner. Stick it (clearly visible) on your homepage or ICQ/MSN profile or your
Ultimate Metal signature and let us know by sending us an e-mail
(banner@archenemy.net) with a link to the location of the banner. You might win
a meet and greet with the band when they come through your country.
In other touring news, the UK headlinging shows the band were forced to cancel
in December have been rescheduled as promised. The new dates are:
07-March-2004 @ The Cockpit, Leeds, England
(b/o: 0113 245 5570)
08-March-2004 @ The Academy II, Birmingham, England
(b/o: 0870 771 2000)
We are told that original tickets WILL remain valid for the new dates!
-Media news-
In media news, there's a big article on Arch Enemy (+ a poster!) in the latest
issue of the US guitar magazine GUITAR WORLD. "We Will Rise" is also featured in
the tab section of the magazine. The awesome photo's for the piece were taken by
photographer Zach Cordner.
Michael Amott says; "We did the Guitar World photo shoot in a part of California
that was really hurt by the fires they had there last year. There was burnt down
houses and forests everywhere for as far as you could see - it was really
shocking. The photographer had no qualms about getting the smoke machine in for
the photo shoot though - probably evoking some pretty bad memories for the
people in the neighbourhood! We just had to laugh, it was kind of absurd!".
Our featured site of the week is a small Brasillian gallery of collected Angela
Gossow pictures:
[url]http://www.sourcewebzine.com.br/photoalbum/angela.asp[/url]
Vist www.wgtb923.com/webcast.html University radio between 6 and 8 pm EST for an
exclusive web broadcast interview with Michael Amott.
-Message board-
For you who visit out little commmunity over at Ultimate Metal, we are currently
working on making it an even better and more thriving place, we have a few
changes planned and are working out the details right now. More on this later.
For you who don't visit, maybe it's time you came on over payed us a visit? Hey,
hey, come out and play!
-Past and present with Michael Amott-
So what's to expect in 2004? We've had a friendly chat with Michael so he could
fill us in on what's been going on and on what's coming up...
1. Looking back on 2003 you've had a pretty exciting and busy year,
what have been the highlights of 2003?
Yes, 2003 was a very busy year for us! We started it off in January with a
Scandinavian headline tour (still
promoting the Wages Of Sin album), that tour ended on a Friday and then we
started pre-production for the
new album on the following Monday! That was just crazy! Working on our Anthems
Of Rebellion album in the
studio at the very nice facilities at Backstage Studios in the U.K with Andy
Sneap was a really good
experience. When wed completed the album we played live in the USA, Europe and
Korea to promote the
Anthems... album and we havent stopped yet, the live campaign will continue
into 2004!
2. Did the response to Anthems Of Rebellion exceed your expectations?
Well, it was actually better than what wed expected, as wed had the Wages Of
Sin album get such great
reviews and feedback You know its hard to always be the flavour of the month
so to speak. I think most
fans of the Wages album enjoyed the new album.
3. Is it your most successful album to date?
Yes, sales wise it is. The Wages Of Sin is still ahead of the new one in sales
figures I guess in some
places like the USA and Japan, cause that album has been out longer. But the
Anthems album is selling
at faster rate than what Wages Of Sin ever did in most places. In Europe
Anthems... is doing far better
than any other release weve had out. Arch Enemy is growing all the time So
yes, we are happy about that!
4. What's the most memorable event 0f 2003?
To be completely honest, there are too many to mention really it was just a
great year for us! But some
obvious highlights include the SLAYER/HATEBREED US tour (to be on the road for 7
weeks with SLAYER was such
a killer opportunity for ARCH ENEMY). I must also mention our headline slot at
the Korean International
Busan Rock Festival that was very a very cool and different experience!
5. What was the least memorable event 0f 2003?
All the waiting around we do on the road. I hate airports now more than ever!
6. What's in store for AE in 2004?
First thing coming up touring wise is a bunch of dates in Canada, USA & Japan
opening up for NWOBHM Gods
IRON MAIDEN! It doesnt really get any better than that, at least not in our
world!
After that well be doing our own headline tour around Europe in Feb/March, and
then I am not 100% what is
happening I guess we are doing a headline tour in Japan at some point, possibly
in May.
7. Will you be playing any festivals this summer?
I think well play a few European ones, we have played quite a few over the last
couple of summers so we
dont want to over do it, maybe well play a few selected ones. Well see!
8. Have you actually been writing for the next album yet?
No real completed new songs as of yet! There are bits and pieces of riffs and
melodies that we jam on at
rehearsals. Id say that a new album from us is quite far away at the moment
though. But you never know, if
we get creative and inspiration hits us maybe itll be sooner than we think!
9. Is there anybody left you'd like to tour with?
Well, I dont know after the recent SLAYER tour and the upcoming IRON MAIDEN
dates, its kind of hard to top
that you know?!! I think what we are mostly looking forward to at the moment is
playing our own shows and be
able to stretch out a bit more that what you are afforded as a support act play
more songs etc!
10. Any last words for the people reading this newsletter?
Id like to thank all the fans for their support. And we hope too see as many of
you a possible in 2004! Let
the killing begin!!!
There you have it. Until the next newsletter my lovelies.
Keep on visiting [url]http://www.archenemy.net[/url] for all the latest on the world's
greatest! (I know, but what can
ya do?).
