Burning Bridges - Arch Enemy

Burning bridges in the third album of arch enemy and there best up to yet. It features mike ammot who delivers some of his carcass style leads and his brother chris with his yngwie malmsteen style of playing. The music is akin to at the gates but mostly late style carcass but more melodic . The bassist out of mercyful fate also features on this album and delivers some serious punch. Fans of megadeth should also like ...  Read the complete review

Alongside In Flames’ Whoracle and Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates, ‘Burning Bridges’ by Sweden’s Arch Enemy is one of the quintessential albums of the then-burgeoning melodic death metal genre. Melodic death consciously combines the brutality of traditional death metal with a more melodic edge, mainly achieved through the use of harmonious dual guitars inspired by heavy metal of the 1980s and with less focus on intensive percussion. Michael Amott formed Arch Enemy after the demise of English death metal pioneers Carcass in 1996, and each album furthered the direction he’d been pushing since 1990. Appearing on Burning Bridges are vocalist Johan Liiva, who ...  Read the complete review