Duration: 1995 – 2005

Appears On:

Black Earth (1996)
Stigmata (1998)
Burning Bridges (1999)

This is the opening track on the first Arch Enemy album and it’s also the first song I wrote for Arch Enemy. Putting together a new band and hearing it all come together in the studio while tracking it was electrifying.

Our original vocalist Johan was (and still is) a dear old friend of mine and this wasn’t the first band we had done together. At this point, Johan hadn’t been singing for a few years but when we cut this in the studio, he really brought it. He’s got that old school Swedish death metal bark that is so endearing. Still sounds huge!

This track off of our third album is is one of Johan’s finest moments as a singer, The level of desperation and angst that he brought to this song mirrors the sentiment of the words perfectly and really makes the song work.

Another raging vocal performance! An interesting thing about Johan was how fast he worked in the studio. On this album, he tracked all the vocals on 11 songs in a day and a half with awesome results — just unbelievable! The first three records were recorded on analog 2” tape and we did not have the luxury of of modern editing techniques. Sometimes I miss those days!

Duration: 2000 – 2014

Appears On:

Wages of Sin (2000)
Anthems of Rebellion (2003)
Doomsday Machine (2005)
Rise of the Tyrant (2007)
The Root of All Evil (2009)
Khaos Legions (2011)

Bringing in a new vocalist on our fourth album was a move that was maybe somewhat unexpected. The fact that we recruited a female growler was of course something that nobody anticipated. At this point, there were no female extreme metal singers performing in bands with the level of musicianship and songwriting that Arch Enemy had and the impact it had was monumental.

I remember Angela tracking this song in the studio in December 2000 and how fresh and exciting it sounded — a watershed moment for sure. A lot of great memories from recording Wages of Sin in general, and Angela especially was very eager to prove herself and delivered 666 percent!

Upon hearing the instrumental track, Angela came up with a brilliant lyric and rhythmically interesting vocal arrangement that conjured up images of a post-apocalyptic desolate landscape. It was released as a video/single and the song remains in our live setlist to this day.

To me, this is Angela at her absolute finest. The ferocious vocal assault is what takes this song over the top and it’s one of my personal favorites from her stint in the band.

Duration: 2014 – present

Appears On:

War Eternal (2014)
Will to Power (2017)
Deceivers (2022)

Getting Alissa in the band in 2013/2014 was another game-changer for us. She has vocal chops from hell with a lot of variety, presenting us with seemingly endless possibilities. Alissa always has a lot of interesting ideas in the studio and we incorporate everything that we feel elevates the song.
It’s almost impossible to pick a favorite out of the now three albums worth of material we’ve done together. This is a deep album track from the “Will to Power” album that stands out to me from a vocal point of view. I like when she goes hard and spits out the words with an extra dose of lethal venom!

This was the first song that I co-wrote with Alissa when she joined the band and it marked the beginning of a great run of songs we’ve created together. The machine gun delivery of words in the verses and blending melody into her growl tone in the chorus was a new and most welcome element to our sound.

This one features vocal elements that are obviously a bit of a departure for the band, but on our 11th album in at 25-plus years of band history, I think we are entitled to take a few liberties here and there.

I really love her ability to effortlessly switch back and forth between the two contrasting styles. We’ve had an absolute blast playing this song live on our North American tour and the fans are singing along!