![]() ![]() The former song, 'Handshake With Hell' allows a rare chance to enjoy vocalist White-Gluz' soaring and astonishing clean vocal abilities, also introducing a degree of theatricality, especially between the fiery vocalist and imposing bass guitarist D'Angelo. On the latter, Amott and Loomis traded off blistering solos with precision and fluidity, in amongst razor-sharp riffing and a relentlessly pummelling rhythm section, comprised of Sharlee D'Angelo and Daniel Erlandson, driving the band's lower frequencies with his tireless, thundering drum work. Image © Mike Lockheart Stacked up against beloved material from their past releases, tracks from the latest release paired remarkably well, especially more recent singles 'Handshake With Hell' and 'Poisoned Arrow'. The audience – made up of a legion of die-hards clued in with the lyrics and accompanying riffs that are frankly so good they can be sung along to as well – upheld and ensured the atmosphere was consistently electric, as recognised by the band none more so than by the affable Amott, grinning ear to ear and keen to play up to his Guitar Hero status to the front rows. They proceeded to play a selection of tracks spanning their illustrious career, with particular focus given later on to landmark album 'Wages Of Sin', including some of its cornerstone tracks: 'Ravenous' and 'Enemy Within'. Image © Mike Lockheart With the crowd enraptured by the immediacy of the band's energy and the sheer power and volume of the galloping riff work, led by founder Michael Amott and legendary American virtuoso Jeff Loomis on guitars, the band proceeded to deep-dive into its sizeable and consistent back catalogue. The headline set started off with an urgent uproar as Arch Enemy surged into the lead single from aforementioned latest release, 'Deceiver, Deceiver'. Armed with ferocious, conceptually grandiose and consistently catchy new material – 2022's 'Deceiver', an album met with major critical and fan acclaim – the band, led by vocalist Alissa White-Gluz set out to impress the South Australian contingent with their unique blend of extreme metal, melodic hooks and a deeply impassioned performance. This Valentine's Day, lovers of pummelling blast beats, roaring vocals and scorching twin-guitar attacks were treated royally, as the band kicked off the first Australian date of their tour at The Gov in Adelaide having thrilled a sizeable Kiwi audience in Auckland the previous weekend. ![]() Sweden's mainstay pioneers of melodic death metal, Arch Enemy have been thrilling metal audiences the world over since 1996, last paying a visit to Australian shores in 2018. ![]()
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