Anthems of Rebellion

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Anthems of Rebellion
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Studio album by
Arch Enemy
Released23 July 2003
Recorded2003
StudioBackstage Studios (Derbyshire, UK)
Genre Melodic death metal
Length43:18
Label Century Media
Producer Andy Sneap
Arch Enemy chronology
Burning Angel
(2002)		Anthems of Rebellion
(2003)		 Dead Eyes See No Future
(2004)
Singles from Anthems of Rebellion
  1. "We Will Rise"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Dead Eyes See No Future"
    Released: 2 November 2004

Anthems of Rebellion is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. This was the first Arch Enemy album to feature clean vocals. The clean vocals were sung by Christopher Amott on "End of the Line" and "Dehumanization".

Contents

A music video was produced for the album's single, "We Will Rise", which saw moderate airing on Headbangers Ball and Uranium . It featured a legion of people racing across a beach under a darkened sky. According to the band, one of the participants in the video hurt an ankle considerably in leaping off a large hill but did not sue.

A video was also produced for Dead Eyes See No Future , which consisted of a live performance. The song also appeared on the Alone in the Dark Original Soundtrack.

The songs "Dehumanization", "Leader of the Rats", "End of the Line", and "Instinct" can be heard on the MTV reality series Viva La Bam ; End of the Line is heard in the season 2 episode Mardi Gras, Pt. 1.

Release

At its time of release, Anthems of Rebellion gave Century Media its then highest first-week Soundscan sales in the United States, and later became one of the top ten best-selling albums under the record label. [1]

Bonus disc

In numerous regions, a bonus DVD was supplied with the initial release in three forms. Track listings would be identical, save the Europe jewel case edition, which omitted "Exist to Exit" (5.1). The U.S. jewel case release and Europe digipak included all tracks available on the releases.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blabbermouth.net 7.5/10 [3]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 9/10 [4]
Chronicles of Chaos 8.5/10 [5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [6]

Anthems of Rebellion was received mostly well. Sean Palmerston and Laura Taylor of Exclaim! praised the album stating that it is the "finest album so far without a doubt" and that "with Gossow's death-rattle vocals, and tight performances all around, Anthems of Rebellion is a pretty delectable razor to the eardrums", respectively. [7] [8] Gregory Bradley of Metal Review called the album of "a vicious beast of millennium death/thrash". He praised the Angela Gossow vocals stating that they "are absolutely top notch, some of the best and most signature vocals out there." Bradley also comments that the backing vocals were "a very welcome surprise". [9] Justin Donnelly of Blistering that praised Gossow writing that her "vocal delivery is a solid improvement, and not only complements the aggressive music, but seems to bring more power and style than ever before", commented that the inclusion of Christopher Amott's backing vocal "works surprisingly well". He said that everything on Anthems of Rebellion makes it "one of Arch Enemy's most finest, most diverse yet satisfying releases to date". [10] About the clean vocals, Jackie Smit of Chronicles of Chaos commented that they were "well-implemented". Smit felt that the keyboard lines "add a welcome dash of variety to the proceedings". Nevertheless, he disliked of the lyrics, but stated that "Arch Enemy have produced perhaps their best record to date", though. [5]

EvilG of Metal Rules praised the producer and the band. He said that "the sound and clarity of the album is great, thanks to producer Andy Sneap" and that the band "easily outplays many of their peers from the melodic death metal and blackened thrash metal heap, yet they still manage to push the boundaries of their musical style and create a fury that is second to none." [11] Critic Anders Sandvall, also of Metal Rules, stated that "the band has done a masterpiece in their genre". [12] Carl Begai of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles called Sneap's production "ridiculously perfect" and stated that "Metallica could learn a lot from listening to this album". He comments that Anthems of Rebellion "is an excellent follow-up to their now classic breakthrough album", but the band will probably never surpass the song "Enemy Within" from Wages of Sin . [4] Ralph of Lords of Metal praised the album and the production of Sneap. He completes stating that Anthems of Rebellion is a "very complete metal record". [13] David Atkinson of RevelationZ Magazine praised the album stating that "this is everything Metallica was, should have been and could have been!". Atkinson compared it with Master of Puppets by Metallica and Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? by Megadeth and called it of classic. [14]

Mike Stagno of Sputnikmusic called Gossow's performances of "superb". He also mentioned that the band balances out the heavy and melodic parts very well and praised the album when he wrote that "infectious melodic guitars, top notch vocal efforts, superb song writing, this album has everything one would want from a band of this stature. Definitely an impressive album." However, Stagno wrote that the songs "Tear Down the Walls" and "Anthem" are unnecessary. [15] Tony Daley of Blabbermouth.net said that Mike Amott is a fantastic guitarist, but felt that the album "still isn't quite what he and his band are realistically capable of." [3] Vincent Eldefors of Tartarean Desire praised Gossow, however, he said that the previous release was more impressive. [16] Todd Kristel of Allmusic, who wrote a mixed review of the album, stated that "In general, the lyrics aren't particularly impressive and the band has only mixed success at musically evoking the pervasive sense of menace they seem to be going after." Meanwhile, he concluded that it "is a reasonably solid album that should appeal to the band's fans." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tear Down the Walls" Instrumental Michael Amott 0:32
2."Silent Wars" Angela Gossow Christopher Amott, M. Amott4:14
3."We Will Rise"M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott4:06
4."Dead Eyes See No Future"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott4:14
5."Instinct"M. AmottM. Amott3:36
6."Leader of the Rats"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott, Sharlee D'Angelo 4:20
7."Exist to Exit"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, Daniel Erlandsson, M. Amott5:22
8."Marching on a Dead End Road"InstrumentalC. Amott1:16
9."Despicable Heroes"GossowErlandsson, M. Amott2:12
10."End of the Line"M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott3:35
11."Dehumanization"GossowM. Amott4:15
12."Anthem"InstrumentalM. Amott0:56
13."Saints and Sinners"Gossow, M. AmottM. Amott4:41
Total length:43:19
Live from the Wages of Sin Campaign 2002
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lament of a Mortal Soul"  4:34
2."Behind the Smile"M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott3:23
3."Diva Satanica"M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott4:10
5.1 DTS Mixes
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
4."Exist to Exit"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, Erlandsson, M. Amott5:22
5."Leader of the Rats"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, D'Angelo, M. Amott4:22
6."Dead Eyes See No Future"Gossow, M. AmottC. Amott, M. Amott4:15
Total length:26:06

Personnel

Arch Enemy
Other personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Japan23 July 2003 Century Media Records CD
Canada28 July 2003 Toy's Factory CD
South Korea25 August 2003Century Media LP
double CD
Germany25 August 2003Century MediaLP
double CD
United Kingdom25 August 2003Century MediaLP
double CD
United States26 August 2003Century MediaCD

Arch Enemy's video for "We Will Rise" was the first video played on the revived Headbangers Ball on MTV in 2003. The song "Silent Wars" is featured in the 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey .

Charts

Album

Chart (2003)Peak
Position [17] [18]
Billboard Independent Albums (U.S.)15
Swedish Album Chart 60
French Album Chart 83
Dutch Mega Album Chart97

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