Nachdem sich die Arch Enemy’sche Urbesetzung bereits beim letztjährigen Loud Park Festival wieder gemeinsam die Bühne teilte, haben die Schweden heute eine besonders gute Nachricht für all jene, die sich die erneute Zusammenkunft herbeigesehnt haben. Unter dem Namen Black Earth wird folgendes Line-Up zunächst durch Japan touren, um ein Set aus den Arch Enemy Klassikern „Black Earth“, „Stigmata“ und „Burning Bridges“ abzufeuern:
Michael Amott – Guitar
Christopher Amott – Guitar
Johan Liiva – Vocals
Daniel Erlandsson – Drums
Sharlee D’Angelo – Bass
Schön ist überdies, dass die Jungs (vor allem Johan Liiva) nach einigen Differenzen offenbar jegliches Konfliktpotenzial ausgeräumt und wieder freundlichere Töne für sich übrig haben. Er selbst sagt dazu folgendes:
„Actually, I wasn’t that angry. I was just kind of shocked and kind of disappointed, because I wasn’t expecting it. But you just have to deal with it and accept what happened. Then, a few years later, I realized, ‚Okay, this is what it’s like. It’s the music business. Michael Amott wants to make a living from his music, he wants to make the band like that.‘ And, honestly, at the end, I wasn’t putting too much of my energy into the band; I had so many other things on my agenda, unfortunately. So it was like a mixture of all these things. I was not focused, maybe. So I totally understand it. But then again, many fans were really angry and they all supported me, and I thanked them so much for that. And now they see me doing this show in Loud Park and they wonder what the fuck is going on. You know what I mean? That I don’t stand for my values or… But it’s not like that. It was a very difficult thing back then.“
Uns so kam es laut Liiva zur Wiedervereinigung:
„It was Michael that asked me to do it. We’re old friends and we speak every now and then on the phone. So he said, soon it’s twenty years ago, you know — it’s an anniversary for the band. And also it’s an anniversary for the Loud Park festival. So he was, like, ‚Would you like to do this?‘ And I was, like, ‚Ehhh…. Yeah. Yeah, of course I want. For the fans.“
Michael Amott selbst sagt:
„It’s very awesome to finally announce this new project Black Earth, which will perform Arch Enemy’s first three albums material live on stage. Old-school ’90s lineup. An extensive tour of Japan in May announced today!“
Und nun Daumen drücken dass es Black Earth auch nach Europa insbesondere in die Schweiz schaffen.
