ARCH ENEMY: Working With New Swedish Guitarist

September 12, 2005

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

"Wow, that was two months that went by quickly — we had a blast this summer in the U.S.! The Ozzfest dates were very successful for us and we enjoyed seeing our music connect with so many fans, new and old. Also our new album, 'Doomsday Machine', coming out while we were actually in the U.S.A (a first for us) was a highlight!

"We'd like to thank all the great fans for coming out and seeing us play (more often than not at a not-so-metal time of day) and supporting us at our signing sessions at the FYE and Jägermeister tents — you are the true spirit of the metal scene.

"Thank you to all the cool bands on Ozzfest — it was a pleasure sharing the second stage with you — good luck to you all in the future! A metal salute to Jake at FYE (Ozzfest) for going out of his way to get my BLACK SABBATH box set signed — hopefully see you in November!

"Right now we are back home in Sweden, we'll be starting rehearsals next week… With a new guitar player — a Swede this time! That's going to be really cool…I am excited about this new guy — he's a sick ripper! More on this very soon…

"Of course, we want to thank our Greek friend Gus [G., FIREWIND, ex-DREAM EVIL] for coming in and doing this summer with ARCH ENEMY in the US! The boy did good!!! (I am personally going to miss my Greek language lessons…I was making great progress...really, honestly!).

"Ahead of us lies a bunch of European dates (it's been awhile!) and Japan (always amazing) — we are super excited about this of course! (Rumors have it that we'll also be making a trip to a continent ARCH ENEMY has not yet visited — this should be very close to being confirmed now…).

"OK. That's it. The next chapter of the 'Doomsday' tale is soon upon us… We won't be breathing Swedish air for much longer…"

ARCH ENEMY's "Doomsday Machine" album entered the official German Top 100 chart at position No. 34. The CD, which sold close to 30,000 copies in the United States, its first month of release, was co-produced by the band and Rickard Bengtsson at Slaughterhouse Studio in Sweden and was mixed by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, U.K.

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