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Thursday, September 13th 2007
Arch Enemy Makes Their Triumphant Return To North America; Shoot Two New Videos
The anticipation surrounding the new ARCH ENEMY album, Rise of The Tyrant, is at an all-time high as the group kicked off their massive co-headlining North American tour with Machine Head this past week. The trek, dubbed The Black Tyranny Tour, also features Throwdown and Sanctity in the support slots and is easily one of the most crushing touring packages of the year. Click the link below to check out the new Rise of The Tyrant commercial spot.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17482004
The Black Tyranny Tour also officially marks the return of Chris Amott (guitars) to the U.S. and brother Mike Amott (guitars) states: So we are already a week into our co-headlining tour with Machine Head here in the U.S. I am loving the shows and the general vibe of this tour, lots of really cool and friendly people. We’ve been off the road for over six months and it’s so good to be back. Especially with Chris back in the fold – he’s been playing great and is excited about meeting our fans again, on and off the stage! Both Chris and I have some new killer toys from RANDALL (RM100 Amps and XL cabs) and DIGITECH (GSP1101), and it’s a pure joy playing such awesome equipment – I can honestly say I have never been happier with my lead tone. So as the ‘Black Tyranny Tour’ rolls over North America we are looking forward to more great experiences out there. Hope to see you all soon.
Angela Gossow (vocals) further comments: Too many things happen every day. Before we arrived in the U.S. we shot two videos with Patric Ullaeus (In Flames, Lacuna Coil) in Gothenburg. The video for the song ‘Revolution Begins’ is set in a huge gravel pit with plenty of pyros going off whilst we were playing. Until the wind changed and Daniels hair was no more well, at least some of it. It kinda caught fire and literally melted down in a split second. Pretty, pretty scary!
The next day, we shot a video for the track ‘I Will Live Again’ in Patric’s studio with me being tied back to the wall, fighting against the chains. I tore them right out of the wall and flew into the burning hot set lights in front of me. The result are a couple of 3rd degree burns on my forearms. Ouch! I will remember that one for quite awhile.
Mike agrees: Working with Patric Ullaeus for the first time was a blast! Patric was super professional and cool to work with. It was the most painless video shoot I have ever been a part of (luckily I didn’t get burnt like Daniel and Angela). Be sure to check out our MySpace page to view some photos from the shoots and I can’t wait to see the finished results.
Rise of The Tyrant is set for a Sept. 25th release and if the initial press reactions are any indication of the albums success then this offering is clearly destined to be the groups defining moment. The crushing opening track, Blood On Your Hands, is currently available on the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace.com/archenemy.
With Rise of The Tyrant, the mighty ARCH ENEMY ultimately redefines the genre they helped to create. See below for their complete touring itinerary.