Lollipop Magazine

Arch Enemy – Black Earth – Review

May 11, 2007

Reissue of the ’97 Europe-only debut from ex-Carcass/ex-Carnage guitarist Michael Amott, returning to melodic death metal. Does it stand up? YES.

Arch Enemy – Live Apocalypse – Review

February 9, 2007

Two discs of concert footage, videos, and interviews, with the pristine production values and sound quality from a band that never does anything half-ass.

Metal For The Masses – Vol. 4 – Review

August 11, 2006

20 songs on each of the two discs, a few edits and demo tracks, and inclusions from Nuclear Blast and Liquor and Poker to boot.

Arch Enemy – Doomsday Machine – Interview

March 10, 2006

An interview with guitarist Mike Amott

Arch Enemy – Doomsday Machine – Review

November 11, 2005

It’s Angela who steals the show. Her muted and processed vocals on AoR are replaced with a ravenous, starving beast raping the microphone for all its worth.

Arch Enemy – Anthems of Rebellion – Review

February 16, 2004

Anthems of Rebellion reeks of amateur riffs, a suspicious stench of commerciality, and a child-like obsession with predictable E-minor progressions.

Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin – Review

October 4, 2002

Arch Enemy are back with a long-overdue full-length and a ridiculously crisp, articulate, hungry new vocalist who just happens to be a fox.

Visual Chaos – The Video Collection – Review

August 2, 2002

16 videos for $10. There’s a little blurb about each band in case yer unfamiliar, but most of these bands are pretty well-known in the underground.

Tales from the Crypt – Monsters of Metal – Review

June 4, 2001

From Sabbath’s ’76’s “Heaven and Hell” to ’00’s Apartment 26 (could be Kittie or Coal Chamber, really) to faves like Entombed, The Haunted, and Arch Enemy.

Identity – 6 – Behold Another World – Review

June 1, 2000

18 tracks, maxing out at just over 70 minutes of metal, most sub-genres represented. Groove-oriented nü metal allows the indulgence of black/Goth/dark metal.