The last time we spoke to Michael Amott and Angela Gossow, in April 2011, to talk about Khaos Legions (a long and rich interview which we still recommend to this day), we would never have thought that a tsunami would hit Arch Enemy three years later. Nothing in those interviews ever suggested the emblematic screamer would just up and leave. And yet, Amott now mentions “heralding signs”, “changes in her attitude” that “everybody in the band noticed”. Sometimes, when the passion is gone, change is the only solution left.
After all, change turned out to be a good thing for the band in the early 2000s. But the context is different: this time, Arch Enemy lost a face and a voice that everybody knew. Unruffled, and with the help of their now ex-frontwoman, the band has arranged a smooth, meticulously orchestrated transition. After keeping the news secret for months, they have finally revealed the name of their new voice: Alissa White-Gluz, of The Agonist fame, will step into Angela’s shoes on ten out of thirteen songs on Arch Enemy’s new album, War Eternal.
We talked to guitarist Michael Amott about this transfer of power, the replacement of his brother Christopher by Nick Cordie (the second big change on War Eternal, which makes the band’s leader surprisingly “happy”), and the album itself, from the artwork to the unusual orchestrations. Directly after that, you’ll find the complete transcript of the live interview vocalist Alissa White-Gluz gave us last April, which you can still listen to in the original Quebecois French.
After reading this complete debriefing, War Eternal will have no secrets for you.
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