Arch Enemy - 'The Root Of All Evil' Artwork Unveiled
The band posted the following words on their myspace :
"On September 28th, 2009 ARCH ENEMY will release their new studio album "The Root Of All Evil" in Europe. It contains a selection of completely re-recorded tracks from the band's first three albums "Black Earth" (1996), "Stigmata" (1998) and "Burning Bridges" (1999) reenergized and unified by the band's ultimate line-up!
Originally recorded with ever changing band members (i.e. former vocalist Johan Liiva, drummer Peter Wildoer, bass player Martin Bengtsson), "The Root Of All Evil" presents classic tracks as "Beast Of Man", "The Immortal", "Transmigration Macabre" or "Bridge Of Destiny" with the insane vocals of Angela Gossow, several completely new bass lines by Sharlee D'Angelo, the ever-present guitar wizardry of the Amott brothers as well as Daniel Erlandsson's merciless punch. The entire project was approached with the idea of having the possibility to re-add these songs to the bands live set and follow up the release with some special touring activity.
The album was recorded at a few different locations in Sweden and produced by ARCH ENEMY with Daniel Erlandsson and Rickard Bengtsson handling the engineering. Finally, this special release was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap. In the light of ARCH ENEMY finding their defining line-up and a bigger worldwide recognition with 2002's "Wages Of Sin" album, it has been a logical decision to update the earlier compositions and present them in the splendour of a 2009 shape.
The band chose to have the "The Root Of All Evil" artwork/layout created by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes."
The album artwork can be found here.
"On September 28th, 2009 ARCH ENEMY will release their new studio album "The Root Of All Evil" in Europe. It contains a selection of completely re-recorded tracks from the band's first three albums "Black Earth" (1996), "Stigmata" (1998) and "Burning Bridges" (1999) reenergized and unified by the band's ultimate line-up!
Originally recorded with ever changing band members (i.e. former vocalist Johan Liiva, drummer Peter Wildoer, bass player Martin Bengtsson), "The Root Of All Evil" presents classic tracks as "Beast Of Man", "The Immortal", "Transmigration Macabre" or "Bridge Of Destiny" with the insane vocals of Angela Gossow, several completely new bass lines by Sharlee D'Angelo, the ever-present guitar wizardry of the Amott brothers as well as Daniel Erlandsson's merciless punch. The entire project was approached with the idea of having the possibility to re-add these songs to the bands live set and follow up the release with some special touring activity.
The album was recorded at a few different locations in Sweden and produced by ARCH ENEMY with Daniel Erlandsson and Rickard Bengtsson handling the engineering. Finally, this special release was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap. In the light of ARCH ENEMY finding their defining line-up and a bigger worldwide recognition with 2002's "Wages Of Sin" album, it has been a logical decision to update the earlier compositions and present them in the splendour of a 2009 shape.
The band chose to have the "The Root Of All Evil" artwork/layout created by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes."
The album artwork can be found here.
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
That cover is madness. Love it.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Well, if its anything like Rise Of The Tyrant I'll be happy. Not that fond of that artwork though.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| thesabbathfan Posts: 410  |
Artwork is okay. but god, i loved the Liiva era, i'm happy to hear this.
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920  |
Written by Guest on 02.08.2009 at 11:43 I pretty much agree with this statement. I'm not gonna hear this album, I think.
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| Abattoir Staff Posts: 3630  |
The album cover looks cool to me...although I'm not so interested in this album.
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| FeskarN Posts: 867  |
The artwork was ok. But looking forward to hear it.
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| Ag Fox Angel No More Elite Posts: 4774  |
I like the art work...want to hear the actual content though
---- loves 小巫
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| Jan Destiny Posts: 115  |
Good artwork! 
---- "Fiction is the truth inside the lie" (Stephen King)
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| Kinzoku Posts: 57  |
I liked Liiva better as a vocalist, Angela is going to ruin them with her mediocre voice. Besides, most of those songs are guitar driven, so how much different can they sound? It'll be cool to see them perform these songs live again, but is it really worth the album?
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
The art work is very good.. I dont like Angela's voice also, but the last album was nice... maybe some more improovment.
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| Umideath Posts: 177  |
OMG its my favorite band forever
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| Muhannad Saleh www.jorzine.com Posts: 125  |
Such a great title and cool album artwork cant wait for it
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| Crème fraiche Posts: 695  |
Written by Doc G. on 02.08.2009 at 11:48 I totally agree with you 
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| Fhuesc Posts: 1328  |
I liked the cover, but what does it have to do with the name of the album? A tree or a radish would fit better.
---- Hasta la victoria, siempre! Until victory, always!
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662  |
Bah, i found this cover quite bad...sorry
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| Powerslavex Alexskywalker Posts: 777  |
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| Andresopeth Posts: 201  |
I always have loved those three albums, so i can't wait to listen those songs in Angela's voice, simply amazing
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| Bulletbeast Posts: 5  |
Oh damn I just noticed it said re-recordings, ahhh ...got excited for nothing.
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| Varyag Posts: 4 |
From 'Burning Bridges', my favorite Arch Enemy release, I'm also hoping for new recordings of 'Silwerwing', Angel Claw' and 'Seed of Hate'. Not that they're bad in any way.. they all kick ass. Would be interesting to hear these songs performed by today's line-up tho. I'm definately gonna check this out and go se the show if they visit my town. I always wished these songs could be included more in live performances. Also I feel that the early work of Arch Enemy stands in the shade of the latest releases starting with Wages of Sin. Think it's a nice intiative to bring the older stuff into the spotlight for a bit, of course raising expectations for the next fresh studio album. Some might say it's crappy, lazy or some sort of writers-block. I'm thrilled anyhow and can't wait to hear this. Almost forgot  the artwork looks amazing, as usual.
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| Mull666 Posts: 42  |
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| In_tallica Posts: 151  |
I was expecting a completely new studio album with new material...ah! at least this is better than nothing 
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| Forsaker Posts: 57  |
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
The old Arch Enemy songs already kicked ass, but I'm still a little eager to hear it since the re-recording of "Fields of Desolation" was amazing!
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
Written by Guest on 03.08.2009 at 21:20That should have been obvious at least a couple of albums ago Written by Fhuesc on 03.08.2009 at 09:04LOL dude, the title is very appropriate with the well-known saying "Money is the root of all evil." The art's a good representation of them laughing all the way to the bank. I agree with the ones who believe this will just be butchering the best songs the band has written
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721  |
Avarage cover. I more curious about the album itself
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