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ARCH ENEMY Singer Says MACHINE HEAD 'Unprofessionally' Handled Tour Cancellation

November 3, 2004

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow recently spoke to Holland's Lords of Metal webzine about the cancellation of the group's tour with MACHINE HEAD earlier in the year and the band's upcoming album, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow:

On the cancellation of the MACHINE HEAD U.S. tour:

"I was surprised to see how unprofessionally MACHINE HEADhandled the incident. It was not me who actually stopped the tour, but another person who had a big problem in the band, and they obviously didn't have enough respect to let it go and say they were sorry. We were sorry and said so, it was very shitty for both bands. They lost some people coming to the shows and it sucked for us because we lost a hell lot of money, we had to pay for the tour bus that whole tour, you know. At the end of the day it is a business and you might meet that band you are talking shit about again. It always comes back to you. Rob Flynn actually lost his voice later that tour, hahaha. I was disappointed really, but I do not have hard feelings in any way towards MACHINE HEAD."

On the new material:

"At the moment it is very complex stuff. It is typical ARCH ENEMY but very much the 'nobody else can play riff' stuff, hahahaha. It is going to be a bit more like 'Wages Of Sin' with lots of melody and more complex. We are not going for the mainstream thing, which people think we are. It is going to be more extreme and brutal. This new stuff has blast beats all over the place!"

On whether the band's commercial success was expected:

"No, this was unexpected. I think, when you are in a metal band you don't think in terms of success anyway. It is the fun that is important. Who can actually make a living out of travelling the world? Only a few bands make it that big, but most of the bands I know or people who play in them work a normal day job as well. We just take it step by step. Now we sold some more records and hopefully the next one will sell some more and tour bigger places. If you are planning on success you should play fucking rap, hahahahah."

Read Angela Gossow's entire interview with Lords of Metal at this location.

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