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Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant



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Release date: 23 September 2007
Style: Gothenburg metal

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Disc I [CD]
01. Blood On Your Hands
02. The Last Enemy
03. I Will Live Again
04. In This Shallow Grave
05. Revolution Begins
06. Rise Of The Tyrant
07. The Day You Died
08. Intermezzo Liberté
09. Night Falls Fast
10. The Great Darkness
11. Vultures
12. The Oath [Kiss cover] [Japanese bonus]

Disc II [Live In South Ameica DVD]
01. I Am Legend / Out for Blood
02. Diva Satanica
+ Tour Movie

Additional info
Produced by Fredrik Nordstrom and Michael Amott. Co-produced by Daniel Erlandsson.

Staff review by
Dream Taster
Rating:
9.1
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it". With this motto leading Sweden's Arch Enemy vision, Rise of the Tyrant should sound like any of their previous albums, right? Wrong! They took all of their experience and added some to brought forth an incredible effort. But let's rewind a tad. Arch Enemy is the brainchild of talented guitarist Michael Amott, who after leaving the band Carcass, deviled in different projects before forming the band. However, the band really got in the public eye when a German female vocalist by the name of Angela Gossow joined to record Wages of Sin on 2000. Since then, Arch Enemy has become one of the beloved children of the Gothenburg Death Metal sound.

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published 13.10.2007 | Comments (54)

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14.09.2013 - 22:00
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

Good album, though strongly overshadowed by the band's previous three albums. The main problem I have here is the production, which doesn't exactly bring out the best sounds in each instrument (the worst being Gossow's vocals), but with songs as excellent as The last enemy' and the blistering title track, I think that problem can be ignored. For the most part this is simply Arch Enemy doing what they do best. 'The day you died' is a little bland for me and 'Intermezzo liberté' is simply a guitar-led instrumental to brea things up, but the album generally flows at a consistent pace.
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16.05.2020 - 05:09
Rating: 6
DeathMetal

First track kicks ass. After that it goes downhill pretty fast.
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30.05.2020 - 02:21
Rating: 8
TheH2K

More atmospheric this time, Arch Enemy released another album replete with good riffs and nice solos.To be honest this is the most evil album of Arch Enemy.
Atmospheric and evil in music yet full of emotion lyric-wise.
Although it is not as creative as Doomsday Machine,it has a lot to offer.The Day You Died can be one of my all time Arch Enemy songs.
Intermezzo Liberte can be mentioned as on of the best instrumentals of the band. Good product to buy.
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17.10.2020 - 22:27
Rating: 4
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
This one is horrendous. The mix is absolutely terrible and Angela's vocals hurt my ears. It has its moments with the incredibly cheesy "blood on your hands" and the amazing instrumental "intermezzo liberté". Other than that it's quite bland and average.
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26.08.2023 - 18:29
Rating: 8
Neoxx07

They try to rekindle the flame of the 90's by going back to the Friedman studio, but ended up sounding worst than the earlier records. The music is ok but not even close to Wages or Doomsday.
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26.08.2023 - 19:07
Nejde
CommunityManager
Written by Neoxx07 on 26.08.2023 at 18:29

They try to rekindle the flame of the 90's by going back to the Friedman studio, but ended up sounding worst than the earlier records. The music is ok but not even close to Wages or Doomsday.


But still you've rated Wages Of Sin the same and Doomsday Machine lower
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