Great album. Its Arch Enemy. COuldnt expect it to be different :p

I can´t stop to heard it!!
This album has broken my neck!!!. Wonderfull job!!!!

FUCK YEAH!!!

Only complains I have is that too many instrumental stuff and other than the first one, the other 2 not really useful.

Though they're playing safe, I dont mind as long as they make good music. Rather than trying some new stuff which is crappy.

It just keeps getting worse

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

High hopes for this one, some people already have it?

Yeah im listening to the album for the first time, its good, i still need to give it a few more listens before i can give my final verdict, the musicianship in the album is excellent possibly the most technical i have heard from the band. I'll rate it after a good few listens.

Ever since Angela got into the band, they got worse and worse... The first album with her is really good, but after that, they went down the road. I'm listening to it right now. It almost doesn't sound like the Arch Enemy I used to know. Sounds generic.

Nothing short of expection. Pure fukin' metal! If anything negative, I feel they've played it safe. Not necessarily a bad thing, but could have been nice to see an attempt at something different. 9/10.

Spelling Khaos with a "K" AND using the anarcho-punk "A", while letting the AE logo fly on black flags (another obvious symbol of anarchism) on the album cover seriously makes me want to blow chunks. Sorry guys, that is just too much for a man to handle. It's like slapping some mozzarella between two slices of cheddar and dressing the resulting thing that should not be with Cheez Whiz, calling it a "Cheezburginatorr". I just can't haz it!

However, and this is a big however, this album quickly manages to wash away that initial bad taste with some thrashy, balls-out Gothenburg metal.

I am not ready to rate yet after only a couple of spins, but the hate I see in this thread definitely seems unwarranted, even though I am admittedly biased as a long-time AE fan. I suspect the rating of this album will climb as people open their ears - the musicianship on display is seriously amazing. I do agree with the "not breaking new ground" comments, though. But once the Amott brothers get going with their duelling guitar stuff, I am just in heaven/hell/Nirvana/wherever the fuck you listen to pounding riffs and awesome solos. Can't help it.

Angela has improved her thing, although it certainly remains the same thing as before. I love her sound now - it's closer to Doomsday Machine, but more of her and less effects, but I wish she would go with some new rhythms and structures. She does seem to have gained a new squeal-type growl on tracks such as Bloodstained Cross, but she could do with more variety. Cruelty Without Beauty shows some new stuff which I really like - more like that, please! I also heard she was taking clean singing lessons - sorry to all trve types, but I would actually really like to hear a little of that next time.

This album also has more catchy riffage than the last one, and I seriously want to turn this thing up to 11. Yes, it's all a bit commercial, it has a cheesy intro and the production is squeaky clean, but my goodness, these people can handle their instruments. Special props go to Daniel Erlandsson for his inhuman drumming skills - a joy to listen to every single time, and this is no exception.

On the whole, the album does seem to have some weak tracks about two thirds in, and I wish they had just cut it down a bit. It's as if all AE albums must have some mediocre filler, and that stops them from ascending to the highest peaks. However, in this digital age we can playlist us out of that, and I certainly see myself listening to this quite a lot for the rest of the year. Khaos Legions is not the perfect album that I suspect the band still has in them, but it is a step in the right direction, even if it's a relatively small one.

[Edit] I feel there's more to this album than you'd think at first. AE have always delivered some growlalong-friendly stadium metal, but that is only the top layer here. I am especially enjoying the almost Brian May-like solos from Michael Amott, the way he constantly delays and draws notes out even during faster sequences. Unfortunately some of it sounds almost identical to solos from previous albums, but the production is just so good this time that they feel fresh again. I accidentally played a track from Rise of the Tyrant inbetween two tracks from Khaos Legions, and I actually thought my speaker had malfunctioned - it simply sounded way worse.

Written by Jusbaked on 30.05.2011 at 14:33

Nothing short of expection. Pure fukin' metal! If anything negative, I feel they've played it safe. Not necessarily a bad thing, but could have been nice to see an attempt at something different. 9/10.

So, you're saying they played it safe but still rate it a 9?

For now I'm hugely disappointed. Unless it'll grow on me at some point, this is a pretty low point in their career.

The clichéd "Same ol', same ol'" idiom just went to a whole new level with this album.

Written by BloodTears on 30.05.2011 at 21:00

Written by Jusbaked on 30.05.2011 at 14:33

Nothing short of expection. Pure fukin' metal! If anything negative, I feel they've played it safe. Not necessarily a bad thing, but could have been nice to see an attempt at something different. 9/10.

So, you're saying they played it safe but still rate it a 9?

I rate it a 9 because I think it's a great album. I'm saying it could have been nice to see something new, but it's still Arch Enemy and the content is great.

A very nice album in general, but I would have liked to see something new but hey, why fix what isnt broken? Still all in all very kick ass:)

I thought this album was great. Cult of Chaos, Cruelty Without Beauty, and Thorns in my Flesh are my favorites.

Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 29.05.2011 at 02:32

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

What a lame non-fundamented comment. And the rate 1 ...

Written by Vonpire on 01.06.2011 at 15:04

Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 29.05.2011 at 02:32

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

What a lame non-fundamented comment. And the rate 1 ...

Look at the person's other ratings. No need to say anything else.

Written by neonxaos on 01.06.2011 at 17:08

Written by Vonpire on 01.06.2011 at 15:04

Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 29.05.2011 at 02:32

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

What a lame non-fundamented comment. And the rate 1 ...

Look at the person's other ratings. No need to say anything else.

Yup, typical..

But I really hate who does this just to put "their albums" on top!

Did someone say this was like Carcass? GTFO.

Wow, people really hate this album? Don't get why, maybe it's my problem then...

Written by Vonpire on 02.06.2011 at 18:38

Wow, people really hate this album? Don't get why, maybe it's my problem then...

In my opinion they've gotten worse with every release since Angela took over vocal duties (though I know it's not her responsibility to write the music - it's just coincidentally worked out that way).

Written by Vonpire on 02.06.2011 at 18:38

Wow, people really hate this album? Don't get why, maybe it's my problem then...

No, it's some peoples' definition of what metal is and isn't. And there's no accounting for taste. But I like this album too - I've been listening to it a lot since its release, and I think I would rate it an 8. Can't quite make up my mind.

Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 29.05.2011 at 02:32

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

I don't understand this post
Do you think Carcass albums are bad?

Written by Koen Smits on 02.06.2011 at 21:43

Written by MaiSweettShaadow on 29.05.2011 at 02:32

Its over for this band,, this album is shit , its like an carcass album

I don't understand this post
Do you think Carcass albums are bad?

well, the last one was pretty freaking dire. the rest were great... but Swansong ... i cannot even listen to it in it's entirety in one sitting.

Beautiful songs full of energy... if this album was an atomic bomb, it would explode, destroying whole universe and leaving the most beautiful mushroom cloud ever seen...

Oh, and for all those haters: Kiss my glorious golden ass!!!

Heavy metal with growls, nothing new 2/10

So everyone seems to think that this is either worth a 9 or a 2. Rarely have I seen an album divide people like this.

Written by neonxaos on 03.06.2011 at 10:03

So everyone seems to think that this is either worth a 9 or a 2. Rarely have I seen an album divide people like this.

It appears the people thinking it deserves 9 is in majority... Looks like it's not my problem after all

Rating summary

93 votes

10 9 votes
9 34 votes
8 20 votes
7 11 votes
6 10 votes
5 3 votes
4 3 votes
3 1 vote
2 1 vote
1 1 vote

Ah yes... well, let people say what they want. Most of us like the album, and that's all that matters, right?