ARCH ENEMY Guitarist AMOTT Is Open To CARCASS Reunion

May 22, 2006

Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott. An excerpt from the interview follows.

Live-Metal: Would there ever be any chance of a CARCASS reunion?

Michael Amott: "There's nothing discussed and those guys have kind of moved away from this music, where I'm the retard. I'm still doing this. I'm still growling and playing ridiculous guitar parts for a living. They kind of moved on and did different things. I have a hard time visualizing that. I can't really see it. I can't really see us on a stage together."

Live-Metal: I wouldn't want ARCH ENEMY to break up or anything for a CARCASS reunion.

Michael Amott: "No, and I love playing with these guys. These guys are some of the best players in the business. It would be hard to just give that up. I would do a CARCASS reunion if it was done right and if it was done for maybe a tour only. It would have to be soon before everybody dies."

Live-Metal: So I guess you didn't have any involvement in Jeff [Walker]'s solo album coming out ["Welcome to Carcass Cuntry"], the country-metal album or whatever it is?

Michael Amott: "He's got a very twisted mind, so I'm very interested to hear it. But from what I hear, it's not metal. I'm just happy that he's getting back out there. He's actually playing bass now for a band called BRUJERIA. I think Jeff Walker, he's a very talented person. He has a very talented way with words and artwork ideas. He's a very creative person. I always thought it was weird that he didn't do more music after CARCASS. I always thought he was a very creative person. But it's cool that he's getting back into it. As for a CARCASS reunion, I don't know. Do you think people would be excited by that?"

Live-Metal: Well I know "Heartwork" is probably one of my favorite—

Michael Amott: "Yeah, I was talking to Gary Holt from EXODUS yesterday and he was like, 'We were way into 'Heartwork' when that came out.' We had no idea that EXODUS, kind of an established band that we grew up listening to — it was unthinkable that they would be into what we were doing. I think afterwards it's become bigger than what it was at the time."

Live-Metal: I think what you guys did then is what all these bands are trying to do now.

Michael Amott: "Yeah. It's weird. I was part of that, so I can't really have an objective point of view. It was just something that happened at the time."

Read the entire interview at www.live-metal.net.

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