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Arch Enemy add second Mexico City date; To play Wages of Sin in its entirety

Posted in News with tags America Tour, Archenemy, Mexico, Mexico City, San José Costa Rica, São Paulo on 14th November 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Swedish death metallers Arch Enemy have announced a second show in Mexico City, on December 6^th, where they’ll perform their Wages Of Sin album in it’s entirety.

The band released an update which states: “We are celebrating the 10th year anniversary of our Wages Of Sin album in 2012 – a defining release in the history of Arch Enemy as you might know. We have decided to dedicate the last Arch Enemy concert of 2012 to this album and our Mexican fans and play it in its entirety (plus an encore of rare Arch Enemy songs). If you are anywhere near Mexico City on December 6^th – don’t miss out on this truly unique event which will not be repeated! Be there and become a part of Arch Enemy‘s history!” Tickets are available at this location.

The band also recently issued the following announcement regarding their plans for the DVD: “Big news for our upcoming Latin & South America tour! We will be documenting the entire tour for the next official Arch Enemy DVD (to be released in 2013)! We are bringing along the team from Filmefahrer Pictures (who also shot the Cologne, Germany 2012 show) to film the shows, do interviews with the band members, shoot backstage footage, fans and incidentals during the entire run of the tour. We are so excited to come back to Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as well as discovering new places like Uruguay, Peru and Costa Rica that we simply must immortalize this experience – and the crazy fans we’ll meet along the way! Additionally we will have the team from Abysmo filming the Chile show in HD with several cameras. We are also looking into recording the Mexico show with a local film team there. Stay tuned and come to the shows, if you want to be a part of our next DVD (and Blue-ray) extravaganza! Khaos Legions – Heed Our War Cry!”

The band’s video message about the Latin America Khaos Legions tour can be viewed below.

Arch Enemy’s tour schedule is now as follows:

November
^{21 – Teatro Caupolican – Santiago, Chile

23 – Teatro Flores – Buenos Aires, Argentina

25 – Carioca Club – Sao Paulo, Brazil

27 – Club Platense – Montevideo, Uruguay

29 – Centro de convenciones Scencia de la Molina – Lima, Peru}

December
^{1 – Club Peppers – San José, Costa Rica

4 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, Mexico

6 – Circo Volador – Mexico City, Mexico (performing Wages Of Sin album)}

Arch Enemy announce release of video for Cruelty Without Beauty (valkyrianmusic.com)

Incassum – Rite of Passage

Posted in Review with tags Archenemy, Candace Kucsulain, Death Metal, Dethklok, Flyleaf, Icassium, Incassum, Lacey Mosley, Melodic death metal, Opeth, Rite of passage, Sharleen Kennedy, Walls of Jericho on 12th November 2012 by mariadodarmata

Incassum
Rite of Passage
Released: November 24^th
Melodic Death Metal
Released via Rocksector Records

Rite of Passage came to my hands – my cybernetic hands - when I was asked if I wanted to review a female fronted melodic death metal band [editor’s note: I never told Maria the band have a female vocalist]. Personally, I hate when female fronted bands use that female factor as a “Look at me! I’m special!” card – Though some bands do need it.

The words fast and aggressive describe this album pretty good. It gives me that feeling of craving headbanging to it even in the most awkward, crowded public places. The clean vocals and occasional acoustic guitars come and refresh the songs, taking away that cheesy feeling some death metal bands have after a few songs.

Listening to Incassum, I can’t help but to think about a now extinct Prog Metal band from my area. From the vocal style to the music they are quite alike and it gives me a pleasant flashback. Sadly enough it also takes me back 5-6 years to the time I would listen to stuff that sounded brOOtal just for the sake of being brOOtal.

Sharleen Kennedy’s vocals are a mix of Candace Kucsulain (Walls of Jericho) with Lacey Mosley (ex-Flyleaf) and the music seems to me to be a mix of Swedish Death Metal with a couple of touches of Prog Rock, a tiny bit or Core and a teaspoon of Opeth’s mysticism. To some point, it actually had a bit of a Dethklok feeling to it.

Although I have mixed feelings about the album I’m going leave those subjective matters aside and tell you that Rite of Passage is a good Melodic Death metal album. It moves away from what the Finnish have done to the genre – though I will clarify, I adore Finnish death metal. Incassum is like a breath of fresh air out of that melancholic aura that Melodeath is now. To make it into a pretty analogy, it is like climbing to a tree top after being lost for weeks in the black forest.

Incassum are not one of those bands that play on the female factor. They should get rid of the Arch Enemy stigma associated to that kind of bands and just promote themselves as what they are: A good Melodic Death Metal band.

4/5

María Mata

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Arch Enemy announce release of video for Cruelty Without Beauty

Posted in News with tags Angela Gossow, Archenemy, Germany, Mexico City, São Paulo, South America, Spain on 19th September 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Arch Enemy’s Khaos Legions campaign gathers more steam as the band announce a new video for the song Cruelty Without Beauty from the band’s latest album Khaos Legions. Vocalist Angela Gossow of the Sweden based melodic death metal quintet comments, “I’m very pleased we got this video done for one of my favourite songs off the Khaos Legions album. The video is quite raw and extreme as it reflects the lyrics very well I believe, dealing with a subject matter close to my heart – animal cruelty and vivisection.”

Angela adds, “We want to thank the good folks at Peta2, Hardforce, Metalitalia and The Metal Circus for supporting a serious subject. All of us have been well aware that a video like this doesn’t find everybody’s acceptance. But rock music was always more than guitar riffs – it’s also the voice of the voiceless.”

This autumn will be see the band trail blaze across European soil with 4 shows in Spain with special support from extreme metal legends Voivod. The year will close with a South America tour ending in Mexico City (where despite the Mayan Calendar the world doesn’t end).

^{05/10/12 – Hell Inside Festival, Würzburg – Germany

10/10/12 – L’Usine, Geneva – Switzerland

12/10/12 – Blackout Rock Club, Rome – Italy

13/10/12 – Fillmore Live Club, Piacenza – Italy

14/10/12 – Z7, Pratteln – Switzerland

16/10/12 – Gemeindesaal, Kundl – Austria

17/10/12 – Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg – Germany

19/10/12 – Kulturfabrik, Krefeld – Germany

21/10/12 – Le Bataclan, Paris – France

23/10/12 – Totem, Pamplona – Spain

25/10/12 – Capitol, Santiago de Compostela – Spain

26/10/12 – La Riviera, Madrid – Spain

27/10/12 – Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona – Spain

21/11/12 – Teatro Caupolican, Santiago – Chile

23/11/12 – Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires – Argentina

25/11/12 – Carioca Club, Sao Paulo – Brazil

27/11/12 – Club Platense, Montevideo – Uruguay

29/11/12 – Centro De Convenciones Scencia De La Molina, Lima – Peru

01/12/12 – Club Peppers, San José – Costa Rica

04/12/12 – Circo Volador, Mexico City – Mexico}