ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From U.S. Tour

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"We are in Boulder, CO today… I had to switch out my camo shorts for camo pants — damn it's cold!

"I saw my first racoon today, right outside the coffee shop on the street… Wow… I am from Sweden, I am not used this stuff. It was cool!

"A local was telling me that they get bears and mountain lions coming down to their town too. That's really mind-blowing to me, but just a part of life here…

"We started this U.S leg of the 'Doomsday' tour in Tempe, Arizona — a much warmer place!

"I visited the Krank factory — Krank is the company that builds my amps… Great guys and fantastic amps! They hooked me up with a Krankenstein amp that sounds really raging — a high-gain monster! The Krankenstein amplifier is the Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P) signature amp.

"I think the world needs a 'Michael Amott amp' now, right??? ;-P

"The show in Tempe, AZ was nice, pretty raging for a first show…some bugs to work out…but all in all…great crowd and a cool night.

"It's a lot of fun to be headlining shows again in the U.S. We've got a great set list, basically the same thing we've been doing in Europe, Japan and Australia recently — it pretty much covers most of the essentials from our recorded history (well, you could argue about that forever!) and also features a killer drum solo from Daniel and guitar solo spots from myself and new boy Fredrik. It's good fun and very metal… Also playing the instrumental song 'Hybrids of Steel' from the 'Doomsday Machine' album — that's a blast to play.

"A few nights ago we played in Los Angeles at the House Of Blues on Sunset Blvd. It was another great show… The L.A crowd has always been good to us! Our first show with Angela was in L.A at the Troubadour, good memories…

"L.A usually means lots of stress and promotional activities and also tons of guests. I had a great time though and spent most of the after show time talking to my new friend Doug Aldrich, talking about guitars, amps and effect pedals…that's a good evening for me!

"And on the subject of guitars… while in L.A, I visited the very good people at ESP guitars — had a great meeting with them, discussed some very cool stuff for 2006. I am excited! More on this later…

"The show in San Francisco went well, a lot more people in the club compared to last time we played there back in 2002...I guess the word is spreading.

"So yeah, a cold evening here in Boulder, Colorado… after the show here we'll be driving down to Texas for a couple of shows down there.

"Come out and see the show if you are in the area — it's a PURE FUCKING METAL extravaganza!"