Swedish "death"-metal band Arch Enemy with the german singer Angela Gossow here released another album with what is considered Death metal, but I can not see this as death metal except for some parts here and there in the songs. Mostly its just heavy metal with growl vocals. The following text discribes it pretty well:
If I had to offer comparatives of any sort as to what AE sound like these days I honestly don't think I could be any more accurate than to say that they have on Doomsday Machine managed to successfully combine both the glinting-frost melodic aggression of the Swedish Gothenburgh-scene with the six-string technical prowess of latter-years Megadeth (more specifically Symphony Of Destruction/Youthanasia-era 'Deth).
– Ciaran Meeks, Metal Eater
The album got some good reviews and reached nr.87 on the Billboard-list. For myself, I find it an album that sounds very much like any other band that was popular during the beginning of the 2000's. Except from here and there there's nothing that sticks out and the songs are just...songs that I have heard hundreds of times before.
1)Enter the machine (-) Intro.
2)Taking back my soul (6,5) Powerful and intense metal with cruel growl-vocals.
3)Nemesis (7,0) Good song with cool riff, double bass-drums and driving rhythm but with a stupid melodic refrain.
4)My apocalypse (8,0) A great variated song with a very good calmer part in the middle.
5)Carry the cross (7,5) Nice midtempo metalsong.
6)I am legend/Out for blood (7,0) Great changes of tempo.
7)Skeleton dance (6,5) Just a song.
8)Hybrids of steel (7,0) A playful instrumental.
9)Mechanic god creation (5,0) Strange slow fill-out song.
10)Machtkampf (7,0)
11)Slaves of yesterday (7,5) Good, powerful and variated ending of the album.
Score: 6,90
Angela Gossow-vocals (b.1974)
Michael Amott-guitars (b.1969)
Christopher Amott-guitars (b.1977)
Sharlee D'Angelo-bass (b.1973)
Daniel Erlandsson-drums (b.1976)
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Gus G.-guitar on 2.
Ola Strömberg-keyboards
Apollo Papathanasio-bass and vocals