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Rating: What can I say?
Arch Enemy have made history with their original and personal melodic Death-metal that also takes inspiration from Death and Thrash.
Led by (in my opinion, the gorgeous) Angela Gossow, the real leaders have been the two brothers Chris and Michal Amott, the latter having been in numerous bands like Carcass of “Heartwork” and Spiritual Beggars. This latest album comes with the expectation of being the follow-up to their previous album “Wages of Sin,” thus capturing everyone's attention. “Doomsday Machine” indeed is well-conceived, but it has many sides and therefore needs careful analysis: the album opens with "Enter the machine", an epic instrumental ballad that sends shivers down the listener's spine with every listen. But the first real sonic assault is "Taking back my soul", which perfectly connects to the final riff of the previous song, leaving the listener shocked by the fury of the initial riff. Angela's growl and the Amott brothers' solos have never been so effective and well-placed as in this song. So a strong and well-aimed start that suggests a great CD. "Nemesis", the following track and the first single from the album for the group, is also a true bomb alternating between melodic and angry parts while always maintaining speed.
"My apocalipse" instead lowers the tone in terms of speed and anger, maintaining the usual alternation of verses with tough riffs and melodic choruses. In the song, in my opinion, the acoustic part is less suitable before returning to the verse. Another highlight of the CD is "I am legend/Out for blood", extremely violent with a central death/brutal riff with fearsome blast beats, a true mosh pit piece. The instrumental "Hybrids of Steel" instead is a beautiful mixture of the personal tastes of the guitarist songwriters, who insert jazz and acoustic parts, always alternating in a metal key.
“Doomsday Machine” is a good album characterized by excellent production and memorable songs, but it's not a masterpiece like “Burning Bridges” or “Stigmata”.
Let's hope the next work is much more thought out!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Taking Back My Soul (04:35)
Processed, diluted
Virtually unrecognizable
I was lost there - no direction
A scattered void
No more
It's over
I'm on to you
Your evil game
The tables have turned
I am taking back my soul
Tranquilized, scrutinized
Hate injected mind
As if internal wounds
Wouldn't bleed, wouldn't hurt me
I see through your lies
Taking back what's mine
03 Nemesis (04:12)
We walk this earth
With fire in our hands
Eye for an eye
We are Nemesis
We are with you
Countless vicious souls
Fight! – Fighting for freedom
United we stand (We stand!)
We are legion
Voice of anarchy
This is revolution
Creating new disorder
We are enemy
Opponent of the system
Crushing hypocrisy
Slaying the philistine
One for all – All for one
We are strong – We are one
One for all – All for one
We are one
A malicious fever burns
In our hearts in our veins
Your blood my blood
All blood runs the same (The same!)
One for all – All for one
We are strong – We are one
One for all – All for one
We are one
We are Nemesis!
One for all – All for one
We are strong – We are one
One for all – All for one
We are one
04 My Apocalypse (05:26)
Sudden implosion of silenced emotions
Buried beneath a scarred heart for too long
Delusions of hope fading away
Dying like leaves on frozen soil
My apocalypse is near
I can feel the end... coming here
Neglecting existence repulse and repent
An endless journey into the morbid
Whispering voices distorting all senses
Buried beneath a scarred heart for too long
My apocalypse is near
I can feel the end... coming here
The bitter taste of a dying dream
Shine the light on our shadows and illusions
05 Carry the Cross (04:12)
We walk through the ages
The world on our shoulders
The burden we carry
To the dark end of our days
A thousand eyes watching
every step we are taking
waiting to see us
struggle and fall
And when we are beaten
The cross holds us down
I hear them laughing
And walking away
Carry the Cross
And suffer the loss
Hear my confession
Forever damnation
Reincarnation
Bleeding forever
Recover the pain
Pain gives me strength
Pick up the cross
And carry it on
Over and over
the wheel turns again
And when we are beaten
The cross holds us down
I hear them laughing
And walking away
Carry the cross
And suffer the loss
Hear my confession
Forever damnation
07 Skeleton Dance (04:34)
On a journey ill
My mind floats astray
Over withered fields
I cross the river
This shortness of breath
Between birth and grave
Fading in the distance
I am nothing
Watch the skeleton dance
Dancing on my grave
My frozen hour of death
Watch the skeleton dance
Dance On my grave
My frozen hour of death
Here I am alone
Casting my own shadows
Traversing the mundane
Desperate cry
Boundless darkness
A voiceless fear
Unheard, unseen
It is coming near
Watch the skeleton dance
Dancing on my grave
My frozen hour of death
Watch the skeleton dance
Here I am - alone
Had I not known
That I was dead
I would have mourned
My loss of life
Loss of life
Watch the skeleton dance
Dancing on my grave
My frozen hour of death
Watch the skeleton dance
On my grave
My frozen hour of death
Between birth and grave
Here I am alone
09 Mechanic God Creation (06:00)
The human race
Like a chromatic stain
Lost in concrete fields
Hybrids of steel
Mechanic god creation
Enter annihilation
We are rendered obselete
Just a relic at their feet
Not cold enough - too human
The doomsday machine
Created by man
Like a black dawn rising
To conquer - conquer and destroy
Mechanic god creation
enter annihilation
Climbing the walls
The walls are too high
They swallow the sun
Ebony sky
We are rendered obselete
Just a relic at their feet
Not cold enough - too human
10 Machtkampf (04:16)
Flying high on blackened wings
Vengeance in my eyes
Colder than steel instantly real
A new power flows through me
Reaching out for something
Knowing that it's there - Somewhere
All I had was
All I gave
Was it not enough?
You took
You take
Never giving anything back
Bridges that I thought I crossed
Got to cross them all again
These parts that lead to nowhere
Mocked me all my life
Reaching out for something
Knowing that it's there - Somewhere
All I had was
All I gave
Was it not enough?
You took
You take
Never giving anything back
x2
Make a change
Break the chain
Make a change
End this game
SOLO
Vengeance in my eyes
A new power flows in me
All I had was
All I gave
Was it not enough?
You took
You take
Never giving anything back
x2
11 Slaves of Yesterday (05:01)
Monuments of dying dreams
As far away as Eden
These hours standing still
Finding comfort in a distant past
Slaves of yesterday
You are blind
Blind to the sunrise
A roaming spirit, forever lost
Among the living
Walking down the fatal road
Cursed to be left behind
Slaves of yesterday
You are blind
Blind to the sunrise
Slaves of yesterday
Slaves of yesterday
Slaves of yesterday
You are blind
Blind to the sunrise
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