ARCH ENEMY — Burning Bridges (review)

ARCH ENEMY — Burning Bridges album cover Album · 1999 · Melodic Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Time Signature
The immortal...

Genre: melodic death metal

Arch enemy is pretty much associated with their present vocalist, Angela Gossow, whose death vocals are rather spectacular. But there was a time before her with Johan Liiva on vocals. Now, the question is, were they as good back then? The answer is "yes", and whether you like the older albums really depends on whether you can live with Liiva's vocals or not.

I can. Thankfully.

"Burning Bridges" is a great piece of ecclectic modern metal, combining elements from death metal with elements from traditional 80s metal and NWOBHM, and it works really well. This genre is the future of metal. The opening track "The immortal" is slightly reminiscent of Slayer before it turns more melodic. "Dead Inside" is quite melodic and contains a couple of nods towards both "Rust in Peace" by Megadeth and Iron Maiden style melodic metal as does "Pilgrim", while "Silverwing" has certain power metal sensibilities to it, as does the Dio-esque "Seed of Hate". The only weak track on the album is the doomy "Burning Bridges", which doesn't quite do it for me.

I think this album will appeal to fans of Ammott-era Carcass, At The Gates, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Shadows Fall and Ax7, and it should also sit well with both death metal fans and fans of traditional metal... if they can live with the yelled, semi-growled vocals.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Hin helga kvöl Atmospheric Sludge Metal
SÓLSTAFIR
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Cycles of Suffering Black Metal
BURIAL OATH
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Suns of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion Black Metal
PANZERFAUST
Buy this album from MMA partners
Facilis Descensus Averno Death Metal
SAEVUS FINIS
Buy this album from MMA partners
Merciless Crossover Thrash
BODY COUNT
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

DAWN OF REVENGE - Sanctuary [official music video]
DAWN OF REVENGE
Bosh66· 5 days ago
DAWN OF REVENGE - Farewell [official music video]
DAWN OF REVENGE
Bosh66· 5 days ago
DAWN OF REVENGE - Curtain of Death - [official music video]
DAWN OF REVENGE
Bosh66· 5 days ago
DAWN OF REVENGE - Vengeance [official music video]
DAWN OF REVENGE
Bosh66· 5 days ago
DAWN OF REVENGE - I Need You [official music video]
DAWN OF REVENGE
Bosh66· 5 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed