History Music / ArchEnemyBand

* HarshVocals: Johan, Angela and Alissa utilized this while singing.

* Michael Amott − guitars (1996-present), keyboards (2005, 2007), bass (1996)

* Sharlee D'Angelo − bass (1999-present)

* Music/JeffLoomis: guitars (2014-present)

* Fredrik Åkesson − guitars (2005-2007)
* Christopher Amott − guitars (1996-2005, 2007-2012, 2014 {live only})

* Nick Cordle − guitars (2012-2014)

* DarkIsNotEvil: Arch Enemy's color scheme is mostly black, perhaps due to its association with UsefulNotes/{{anarchism}}. (Alissa tends to wear [[WomanInWhite white]] onstage though.)

* StartMyOwn: Johan founded Hearse a year after he left. Meanwhile, Michael Amott founded Arch Enemy a year after leaving Music/{{Carcass}} and also founded Spiritual Beggars as a side project.

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Depending on your view of the government.

* CrapsackWorld: "City of the Dead" and "Night Falls Fast" have shades of this.

* DespairEventHorizon: "My Apocalypse" and "Skeleton Dance".
* DevilInDisguise: Jesus in Bloodstained Cross.

* PrecisionFStrike: THIS IS [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] WAAAAAAAAAR!!!

* XtremeKoolLetterz: '''Khaos''' with a '''K''', the Ancient Greek spelling. Sadly reverted to its modern English form come "Cult of Chaos".

* TranquilFury: Alissa seems to be good at this. Notable to contrast it with her Agonist anger, which is less tranquil and has a sardonic streak.

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[[caption-width-right:300:The current line-up; Sharlee, Michael, Alissa, Daniel and Jeff]]

Arch Enemy are a Swedish band whose primary genre is melodic death metal. Originally founded in 1996 as a supergroup by guitarist Michael Amott and vocalist Johan Liiva, the band released three albums; ''Black Earth'', ''Stigmata'' and ''Burning Bridges''.

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!!Current and past band members

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!!Arch Enemy and their music contain the following tropes:

* BareYourMidriff: Angela, every so often.

* ClusterFBomb: "War Eternal" contains one.

* CoverVersion: "Aces High" and "The Idles of March" by Music/IronMaiden, "Starbreaker" by Music/JudasPriest, "The Oath" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Warning" by Discharge, "The Book of Heavy Metal" by Music/DreamEvil, "The Zoo" by Music/{{Scorpions}} and "Scream of Anger" by Music/{{Europe}}. As of ''War Eternal'', "Shadow on the Wall" by Music/MikeOldfield and "[[Music/BritishSteel Breaking the Law]]" by Music/JudasPriest
* DarkIsNotEvil: Arch Enemy's colour scheme is mostly black, perhaps due to its association with UsefulNotes/{{anarchism}}. (Alissa tends to wear white onstage though.)

* DeathMetal
** MelodicDeathMetal: To be more exact.

* DesignatedBullet: "Avalanche" is for the Agonist.

* EpicRocking:
** "Dark of the Sun" and "Bridge of Destiny" off "Stigmata" are around the 7 minute area

** The longest on ''War Eternal'' is "Time Is Black" (5 Minutes)

* HiddenInPlainSight: Their logo is striking and often front and center, but occaisonally they'll do a better job of hiding it, like on the cover of [[http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/archenemywareternalcd.jpg ''War Eternal'']] or [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpUa-XK0PtI/UMzTPb_VQ2I/AAAAAAAAAQg/wQva5VkJBMA/s1600/Front.jpg ''Dead Eyes See No Future'']]
* IAmTheBand: Michael Amott

* [[ChaosIsEvil Khaos Is Evil]]: Averted. See the album ''Khaos Legions''.

* MsFanservice: It was usually {{Subverted|Trope}} with Angela as she likes to dress in pants and long-sleeve shirts, but every so often she would wear something revealing.
** Despite her choice of clothes, though, some people still find her very attractive.
** AmazonianBeauty: Oh, [[http://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Angela-Gossow-20120414-e1337012394333.jpg god yes!]]
*** Same with [[http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/alissa_white_glutz/alissa_white_glutz_alissa_white_gluz_agonist_picture_2_Gd4xxwf.sized.jpg Alissa]].

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: "I Will Live Again" from ''Rise of the Tyrant''.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: What "Avalanche" is to Music/TheAgonist. However, this may or may not be fair/justified depending on whose side you believe.

* SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism: Angela is more of a libertarian

* TranquilFury: Alissa seems to be good at this.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Michael
** TheLancer: Alissa
** TheSmartGuy: Sharlee
** TheBigGuy: Daniel
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Jeff

'''Current Line-up''':
* Michael Amott − lead and rhythm guitar (1996-present), keyboards (2005, 2007), bass guitar (1996)

* Sharlee D'Angelo − bass guitar (1999-present)

* Music/JeffLoomis: lead and rhythm guitar (2014-present)

* Martin Bengtsson − bass guitar (1997−1998)
* Johan Liiva − lead vocals (1996-2000), bass guitar (1996)
* Fredrik Åkesson − lead and rhythm guitar (2005-2007)
* Christopher Amott − lead and rhythm guitar (1996-2005, 2007-2012, 2014 {live only})

* Nick Cordle − lead and rhythm guitar (2012-2014)

** TheSmartGuy: Jeff

** TheHeart: Sharlee

* MsFanservice: It was usually {{Subverted|Trope}} with Angela as she likes to dress in pants and long-sleeve shirts, but every so often she'd wear something revealing.

** Also applies to Alissa, thought it's a tad more obvious this time around.
* SlidingScaleOfLibertarianismAndAuthoritarianism: Angela is more of a Libertarian

** TheLancer: Jeff
** TheSmartGuy: Sharlee

** TheChick \ TheHeart: Alissa

In 2000, Liiva was asked to leave the band. His replacement turned out to be Angela Gossow, a German singer with a major case of SingingVoiceDissonance. Her first album with the band, 2001's ''Wages of Sin'', was the band's breakthrough album. Chris Amott left again in 2012 and was replaced by [[Music/{{Arsis}} Nick Cordle]]; additionally, in March 2014, Angela Gossow announced her departure and welcomed Music/AlissaWhiteGluz of TheAgonist as her replacement. Around the end of 2014, Nick Cordle was fired for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Music/JeffLoomis.

** TheLancer: Christopher,Nick and now Jeff

** TheChick \ TheHeart: Johan,Angela and now Alissa

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seriously, Angela and Alissa can (and ''will'') beat you up. (Only if you annoy them or do anything ''else'')

* DesignatedBullet: "Avalanche" is just for the Agonist, though it's really more NeverMyFault thanks to some ''glaring'' omissions.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: What "Avalanche" is to Music/TheAgonist, aside from [[NeverMyFault conveniently]] leaving out the parts about how many headaches her behavior caused for them well before the split, how she lied to multiple parties about her involvement with Arch Enemy and her former band's approval of her activities, and how they had to get rid of her if they wanted to still be a functioning band.

* TechnicalPacifist: While everyone in Arch Enemy is against violence, they can still beat your ass. (Especially Alissa & Angela).

** TheChick/TheHeart: Johan,Angela and now Alissa

** TheChick: Angela and now Alissa

In 2000, Liiva was asked to leave the band. His replacement turned out to be Angela Gossow, a German singer with a major case of SingingVoiceDissonance. Her first album with the band, 2001's ''Wages of Sin'', was the band's breakthrough album. Chris Amott left again in 2012 and was replaced by [[Music/{{Arsis}} Nick Cordle]]; additionally, in March 2014, Angela Gossow announced her departure and welcomed AlissaWhiteGluz of TheAgonist as her replacement. Around the end of 2014, Nick Cordle was fired for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Music/JeffLoomis.

* DesignatedBullet: Avalance is just for the Agonist.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: What "Avalanche" is to Music/TheAgonist. Considering what they did to her and how sad it made her, it isn't particularly surprising.

* StartMyOwn: Johan founded Hearse a year after he left. Meanwhile, Michael Amott founded Arch Enemy a year after leaving Music/{{Carcass}}.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A surprising amount of their songs are this, typically to inspire listeners to not back down to authority.
* XMeetsY: ''Heartwork''-era Music/{{Carcass}} meets early Music/DarkTranquillity.

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUZj-EMLY4 Beast Of Man (2008)]]''

* Alissa White-Gluz: lead vocals (2014-present)
* Jeff Loomis: lead and rhythm guitar (2014-present)

* [[AnarchyIsChaos AnarchyIsChaos]]: See Khaos Is Evil. Khaos is not bad, so anarchy isn't either. Also see the album Khaos Legions. (We didn't spell Chaos wrong)
* AnimalTesting: What Cruelty Before Beauty and Through the Eyes of a Raven is about.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: The idea of Bloodstained Cross from Khaos Legions.

* CoverVersion: "Aces High" and "The Idles of March" by Music/IronMaiden, "Starbreaker" by Music/JudasPriest, "The Oath" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Warning" by Discharge, "The Book of Heavy Metal" by Dream Evil, "The Zoo" by Scorpions and "Scream of Anger" by Europe. As of War Eternal, "Shadow on the Wall" by Mike Oldfield and "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest
* DarkIsNotEvil: Arch Enemy's colour scheme is mostly black. (Alissa tends to wear white onstage though.)
* DarkMessiah: Jesus in Ravenous. More Carnivorous, than dark though.

** MelodicDeathMetal: To be more exact.

** As is "Vultures" from Rise of the Tyrants.
** The longest on War Eternal is "Time is Black" (5 Minutes)

* [[ChaosIsEvil Khaos Is Evil]]: Averted. See the album Khaos Legions.
* LaResistance: The central theme of their lyrics post ''Wages of Sin''.

* MsFanservice: It was usually {{Subverted|Trope}} with Angela as she likes to dress in pants and long-sleeve-shirts, but every so often she'd wear something revealing.

* RantInducingSlight: After Graveyard of Dreams & Time is Black, Avalanche is a bit like this.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: What Avalanche is to The Agonist. Considering what they did to her and how sad it made her, I'm not surprised.

* StartMyOwn: Johan founded Hearse a year after he left.
* TechnicalPacifist: While everyone in Arch Enemy is against violence, they can still beat your ass. (Especially Alissa & Angela)
* ThisMeansWar: What most of the subjects on War Eternal are about.

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[[caption-width-right:600:The current line-up; Sharlee, Michael, Alissa, Daniel and Jeff]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Arch Enemy's colour scheme is mostly black. (Alissa tends to wear onstage though.)

* ''Bury Me an Angel'' (1996)
* ''The Immortal'' (1999)
* ''Ravenous'' (2002)
* ''We Will Rise'' (2003)
* ''Dead Eyes See No Future'' (2003)
* ''Nemesis'' (2005)
* ''My Apocalypse'' (2005)
* ''Revolution Begins'' (2007)
* ''I Will Live Again'' (2007)
* ''Beast Of Man'' (2008)
* ''Dark Insanity'' (2009)
* ''Yesterday is Dead and Gone'' (2011)
* ''Bloodstained Cross'' (2011)
* ''Under Black Flags We March'' (2012)
* ''Cruelty Without Beauty'' (2012)
* ''War Eternal'' (2014)
* ''You Will Know My Name'' (2014)
* ''No More Regrets'' (2014)
* ''Stolen Life'' (2015)