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ARCH ENEMY's MIKE AMOTT: 'Heavy Metal Fans Are Such Bitches'

November 11, 2003

ARCH ENEMY founder/guitarist Mike Amott recently told Canada's Chart Attack that some fans take their favorite bands so seriously, they end up becoming a bigger pain in the ass than self-important journalists and their mocking questions.

"Heavy metal fans are such bitches," he half-joked. "I hate our fans sometimes! They're so adamant about what they like and hate, they're the first people to nail us to the wall. Then they're the first ones to chant along to a song like 'We Will Rise' or say how much they adore us. What the hell kind of double-standard is that?"

Amott grumbled about how the group's latest album, "Anthems Of Rebellion", has garnered some pretty serious critical praise, while the stringy-haired bangers in the front row gripe about the band having "sold out."

"How the hell can we be 'selling out' when we're playing this sort of extreme music? Just because we put a bit of melody or dynamic here and there, people jump all over us, saying we're selling out. At the same time, they keep saying how much they love the album. Make up your minds!"

ARCH ENEMY are in the middle of a U.S. tour with SLAYER and HATEBREED. A U.K. headlining trek will follow in late December.

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