ARCH ENEMY

ARCH ENEMY Confirm Two More Australian Shows

ARCH ENEMY has posted the following message at their website:

"As the fans of Arch Enemy 'down under' already know, Arch Enemy are returning to Australia on their Doomsday Machine campaign to be a part of the Gigantour alongside MEGADETH and SOULFLY etc! Arch Enemy has also booked two of their own headline shows in Perth and Adelaide."

Guitarist Michael Amott comments: "We didn't get to play Perth and Adelaide last year in OZ - so this is only fair, right?! We are very much looking forward to returning and playing to some of coolest metal fans in the world - see you soon!."

Upcoming Arch Enemy Australian dates include:

October
17 Perth, Australia at Capitol
19 Adelaide, Australia at Fowlers
21 - Brisbane, Australia at The Riverstage *
22 - Sydney, Australia at Hordern Pavilion *
24 - Melbourne, Australia at Festival Hall *

(*Australia edition of the Gigantour festival featuring Megadeth, Soulfly, Arch Enemy, CALIBAN)

ARCH ENEMY Guitarist To Take Part In Gigantour Online Chat Tomorrow

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott will be in the Gigantour Chat Room tomorrow, Saturday, September 9th at 1PM PDT/20:00 GMT. You can find the Gigantour Chat Room here. http://forums.gigantour.com/

The 2006 edition of MEGADETH's Gigantour, also featuring LAMB OF GOD, OVERKILL, INTO ETERNITY, SANCTITIY and THE SMASHUP, launched on September 6th in Boise, ID at Idaho Center.

Upcoming Gigantour dates include:

September:
8 - Oakland, CA at Oakland Coliseum
9 - San Diego;CA at Cox Arena
10 - Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion
12 - Las Vegas, NV - TBA
13 - Phoenix, AZ at Dodge Theatre
15 - West Valley City, UT - USANA Amphitheater
16 - Englewood, CO - Coors Amphitheatre
17 - Albuquerque, NM at Journal Pavilion
19 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
21 - Milwaukee, WI at Eagles Ballroom
22 - Chicago, IL at Congress Theatre
23 - Columbus, OH at Nationwide Arena
24 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
25 - Toronto, ONT at Molson Amphitheatre
27 - Montreal, QC atBell Centre
28 - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Coliseum
29 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
30 - Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Center

October
1 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
6 - Tampa, FL at St Pete Times Forum
7 - Orlando, FL at Hard Rock Live
8 - Sunrise, FL at Bank Atlantic Center

ARCH ENEMY - Transcript Of Frontwoman's Chat Available; Two Gigantour Off-Date Shows Announced

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message at her official MySpace page:

"I did a chat on the Gigantour forum the other night.. If you are interested in reading it here is a link ARCH ENEMY - Transcript Of Frontwoman's Chat Available; Two Gigantour Off-Date Shows Announced
Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at 02:06:04


ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message at her official MySpace page:

"I did a chat on the Gigantour forum the other night.. If you are interested in reading it here is a link http://forums.gigantour.com/showthread.php?p=49870#post49870 to the chat transcript."

Love, Angela

Arch Enemy have also announced two non-Gigantour U.S. shows in October. The first will take place at Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA on October 3rd with OPETH and the second will be a headlining date at Jaxx in West Springfield, VA on October 4th with support from MUNICIPAL WASTE, SOULLESS and BURNING HALO.

As previously reported, the band will be doing a Scandinavian tour in November with COLDWORKER and PATH OF NO RETURN. The tour is sponsored by Sweden's Close-Up magazine. Guitarist Michael Amott comments: "We just don’t play enough on our home turf, we always seem to be on the other side of the world! When the opportunity came to do this tour we jumped at the chance… we are looking forward to seeing all you Swedish and Danish metal freaks in November!!!"

Upcoming Arch Enemy tour dates include:

Gigantour:
September
17 - Albuquerque, NM at Journal Pavilion
19 - Oklahoma City, OK at Zoo Amphitheatre
21 - Milwaukee, WI at Eagles Ballroom
22 - Chicago, IL at Congress Theatre
23 - Columbus, OH at Nationwide Arena
24 - Clarkston, MI at DTE Energy Music Theatre
25 - Toronto, ONT at Molson Amphitheatre
27 - Montreal, QC atBell Centre
28 - Uniondale, NY at Nassau Coliseum
29 - Boston, MA at Bank of America Pavilion
30 - Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Center

October
1 - Atlantic City, NJ at House of Blues
3 - Philadelphia, PA at Trocadero (Arch Enemy, Opeth only)
4 - West Springfield, VA at Jaxx (headlining gig with Municipal Waste, Soulless, Burning Halo)
6 - Tampa, FL at St Pete Times Forum
7 - Orlando, FL at Hard Rock Live
8 - Sunrise, FL at Bank Atlantic Center

Scandinavian tour with Coldworker and Path Of No Return:
November
16 - KB in Malmö, Sweden
17 - Kino in Karlskrona, Sweden
18 - Trägårn in Göteborg, Sweden
22 - Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden
23 - Platens Bar in Linköping, Sweden
24 - Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden
26 - Pumpehuset in Copenhagen, Denmark
27 - Voxhall in Åårhus, Denmark

Arch Enemy ont ajouté des dates à leur prochaine tournée européenne :


novembre
Nov. 16 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB*
Nov. 17 - Karlskrona, Sweden @ Kino*
Nov. 18 - Göteborg, Sweden @ Trägårn*
Nov. 20 - Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
Nov. 22 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben*
Nov. 23 - Linköping, Sweden @ Platens Bar*
Nov. 24 - Halmstad, Sweden @ Diezel*
Nov. 26 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Pumpehuset*
Nov. 27 - Åårhus, Denmark @ Voxhall*
Nov. 29 - Bochum, Germany @ Zeche
Nov. 30 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust

decembre
Dec. 01 - Glachau, Germany @ Alte Spinnerei
Dec. 03 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Rohstofflager
Dec. 05 - Munich, Germany @ New Backstage
Dec. 06 - Aschaffenburg, Germany @ Colos-Saal
Dec. 08 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Hof Ter Lo
Dec. 09 - Arnhem, Holland @ Metal Meeting Festival
Dec. 10 - Strasbourg, France @ La Laiterie

ARCH ENEMY's Michael Amott Schedules Australian In-Stores

The following update from the ARCH ENEMY MySpace page:

"Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott will be making in-store appearances to demonstrate Krank amplifiers and ESP guitars. Entry is free and the first 100 people through the door will receive a signed poster.

These in-store signings are taking place on the same days as the Arch Enemy live performances."

Michael Amott instore appearances:

October
17 - Perth, Australia at Billy Hyde North Perth (1 PM)
19 - Adelaide, Australia at Billy Hyde John Reynolds (1 PM)
21 - Brisbane, Australia at Billy Hyde Music Brisbane (1 PM)
22 - Sydney, Australia at Billy Hyde Music Camperdown (12 PM)
24 - Melbourne, Australia at Billy Hyde Music Blackburn (12 PM)

Arch Enemy Australian 2006 shows:

October
17 - Perth, Australia at Capitol (not a Gigantour show)
19 - Adelaide, Australia at Fowlers (not a Gigantour show)
21 - Brisbane, Australia at Riverstage (Gigantour with Megadeth, Soulfly etc.)
22 - Sydney, Australia at The Hordern (Gigantour with Megadeth, Soulfly etc.)
24 - Melbourne, Australia at Festival Hall (Gigantour with Megadeth, Soulfly etc.)

ARCH ENEMY'S Angela Gossow: "Packed And Sweaty, That's How We Like It"

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has posted the following blog entry at her MySpace site:

"If you wanna know how to play the blues, get yourself a woman...

Well, I am both. Woman and... end-of-tour... bluesy... Terrible.

My Mac broke down (the battery gave out, a serial defect) and I was offline for about 10 days. Thus the... silence...

Loud Park festival in Japan was crazy and apparently we are in the top three most popular bands according to the festival's forum. This is wonderful news. They know how to make you work there. A big room full of media, journalists and industry people. And you have to do... The Round... All bands have to. I was totally talked out hours BEFORE the show. You got one day there and they know how to milk it. I had nothing left to say for days. I didn't need to, the next day we embarked on a 23 hour flight marathon to Perth, Australia. We had a day off there, which I spent as a motionless carcass in bed. I was obviously wide awake the whole following night. Jetlag at its best. Love it. Perth is very beautiful at night. It is spring season there and the air is heavy with salty and flowery scents. I sat down at the beach in the moonlight and felt eternity. Maybe it was just the jetlag though. Or the space cookies. Anyway, the stars were closer to earth than anywhere else.

The Australian shows were nothing short of amazing. Perth and Adelaide were sold out. Aussie metal fans are lunatics. Fucking great. The air was melting hot in the clubs. Packed and sweaty. That's how we like it. We sweat blood. At least that's how the stuff looked like dripping from the ceiling. And I love Danko Jones.

We joined forces with Gigantour again for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Me and Michael (Amott) had painfully missed the Drover brothers and drinking at least 5 bottles of wine per night whilst discussing... real... heavy metal, a.k.a. MERCIFUL FATE and CARCASS. Genital Grinder!

I was seriously impressed by SOULFLY! Max (Cavalera) is so humble, almost shy and very, very nice. And a brilliant frontman. He has always been, I saw him back in the day with SEPULTURA. Beneath The Remains... Joe Nunez is an animal on drums and Marc Rizzo throws in the odd flamenco/metal hybrid solo on his doubleneck axe. And you gotta love the trio-tribal drums. Hope to meet Soulfly again sooner than later on tour. Wonderful people.

Melbourne was the last show. After 8 weeks on the road it felt unreal. Not good. We all jumped onstage for 'Peace Sells...' Dave (Mustaine) gave a little speech after MEGADETH's set and said a couple of very nice things about us. Giving the fact we are some of the biggest Megadeth fans roaming this planet, it truly touched our hearts. We are walking away from this tour with memories and impressions we will surely recall until we die. Some things money can't buy.

My love and gratitude goes out to EVERYBODY who has been on this tour. We have had a great time with all the bands and got immediate help from the crew people whenever needed. Megadeth's tourmanager Tracey had an eye on everybody's wellbeing... thank you so much for taking us out in Australia! The same goes for Mr. Dave Mustaine himself, who was caring and supportive all the way! Thank you so much!

The next morning we had to jump from the top of the golden Gigantour mountain to the bottomless abyss of 24 hour flying, straight into dark, cold, stormy Sweden. I had the roughest landing ever. The plane was swinging from left to right like a drunken sailor.
Piles of mail, bills and dirty clothes waiting for us. And the kids. They are the only sunshine.. we get here atm. It is depressing. Time to write some lyrics.

We are off for a couple of days, then we will embark on our European headline tour. Dates are as follows:

Close-Up Made Us Do It Scandinavian 2006 Tour
Support: COLDWORKER, PATH OF NO RETURN

November
16 - Malmö at KB, Sweden
17 - Karlskrona at Kino, Sweden
18 - Göteborg at Trägårn, Sweden
20 - Helsinki at Nosturi, Finland (Not a Close-Up show)
22 - Stockholm at Klubben, Sweden
23 - Linköping at Platens Bar, Sweden
24 - Halmstad at Diezel, Sweden
26 - Copenhagen at Pumpehuset, Denmark
27 - Århus at Voxhall, Denmark

European 2006 Tour
Support: MAROON, TEXTURES

November
29 - Bochum at Zeche, Germany
30 - Hamburg at Knust, Germany

December
1 - Glachau at Alte Spinnerei, Germany
3 - Zurich at Rohstofflager, Switzerland
5 - Munich at New Backstage, Germany
6 - Aschaffenburg at Colos-Saal, Germany
8 - Antwerp at Hof Ter Lo, Belgium
9 - Arnhem at Metal Meeting Festival, Holland
10 - Strasbourg at La Laiterie, France

I hope to see you headbangers out there and are up for having plenty of Glögg with you. Hot chocolate with Baileys will do too.

Skolt! Angela"

Remaining tour dates are as follows:

November
26 - Copenhagen, Denmark at Pumpehuset
27 - Århus, Denmark at Voxhall
28 - Doertmund, Germany - signing session at Idiot Records
29 - Bochum, Germany at Zeche
30 - Hamburg, Germany at Knust

December
1 - Glachau, Germany at Alte Spinnerei
3 - Zurich, Switzerland at Rohstofflager
5 - Munich, Germany at New Backstage
6 - Aschaffenburg, Germany at Colos-Saal
8 - Antwerp, Belgium at Hof Ter Lo
9 - Arnhem, Holland at Metal Meeting Festival
10 - Strasbourg, France at La Laiterie