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05-04-2007
Arch Enemy: Black Earth (US
reissue)
Review by ©Scarlet Metal www.scarletmetal.com
Thrashing to death in the same way it did back in 1996, is
the first US reissue
of the Swedish death metal classic Black Earth!
Johan Liiva's vox is brutally
unique to this day in it's inimitable
perfection over this timeless masterpiece!
A frozen Nordic glaze
covers the undertones of influences from both British
heavy/blakk/punk
metal and American heavy/death metal. Guitar riffing ranges
from a raw
unmatched death thrash metal style of the highest order to
the melodic
acoustic interluding that never detracts from the devastatingly
crushing atmosphere. This praise is in no way meant to minimize the
greatness
of the Angela Gossow version of Arch Enemy which is equally
brilliant in
having produced Burning Bridges as it's own magnum opus.
Highly recommended to fans of death, thrash and heavy
metal.
Instrumentation, composition and lyrics were groundbreaking in
1996
and still serve as a superior example as well as a
point of historical
reference to aspiring metal musicians
today.
US Release (reissue): April 10, 2007
Regain Records www.regainrecords.com
official
band site: www.archenemy.net
order: www.candlelightrecordsusa.com
Includes the original nine songs and three bonus
tracks:
Losing Faith, Iron Maiden covers The Ides of March
and Aces High plus the
video for Bury Me An Angel.
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