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| 3.0 good | Slaytan | November 21st 07 |
Rise of the Tyrant is quite possibly the best Arch Enemy album to date. From start to finish, the music and vocals are aggressive, even more so than on past albums. Angela's vocals have improved, and in doing so adds a new depth to Arch Enemy. The lyrics are also very well done, and rival with those of Stigmata. The guitar interplay between the brothers Amott is very well done. The riffs are straight forward and punishing, and the leads are great. The harmonies and melodies laid done by either Amott add a nice atmoshperic element to the album, and push the second half of almost every song to be greater than it already is. The drumming is flawless, as is the case on every Arch Enemy album. It is fast, precise, innovative, and never recycled. The bass is sonically missing except for a few spots, which is dissappointing. The only downside I see to this album is that the vocals can sound a little repetitive, melody wise. Other than that, this album is truly amazing, and worth a listen, or two.
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| 2.5 average | Valhall | December 11th 07 |
Extremely average and uninspiring. Has some cool moments, but not enough to make up for the sheer disinterest that this album invokes. I was hoping the return of the Amott duo would bring out the best in Arch Enemy, but it appears that laziness and age have completely taken over. I do enjoy some of the soloing, but other than that, this is quite a forgettable album.
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| 3.5 great | thejoelsder | February 7th 23 |
Vocals are sub-par. Everything else is fantastic.
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| 3.5 great | Hot Bowser | March 1st 22 |
arch enemy and amott's best ever melodies and arrangements, as well as angela's best vocal performance. highlights in blood on your hands, revolution begins, and vultures, either coincidentally or intentionally evenly placed apart
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| 4.0 excellent | CamiloG | October 15th 15 |
This is a very outstanding Melodeath album, it has awesome guitar work and the songs flow really well into each other, it sounds raw and sincere.
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| 3.0 good | Xenorazr | December 29th 11 |
Gossow-era Arch Enemy isn't something that listeners picky about their vocalists are bound to cling to. Though she's far from the worst voice in music, there's little (if anything) compelling about it. Tragically, this compromises the solid musicianship otherwise, particularly with the guitar riffs, melodies and solos. In a number of instances, one could argue there's a borderline-excellent album here. The best moments tend to be saved for the second half of songs, whether in the solos or breaks from the usual riff-filled rhythm. These never account for entire tracks, but most of the songs have an at least decent stretch of solid music to help each song overcome more of its stale shortcomings. To that effect, Rise of the Tyrant is a solid album worth revisiting. If only it had a better voice to steer out of a muddy pile.
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| 3.5 great | BurnedBlack606 | August 3rd 11 |
Maybe it's because I'm somewhat new to the whole melodic death metal scene (and death metal in general), but I actually really enjoyed this.
EDIT: Btw, the vocals fucking suck.
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| 3.5 great | likemusic | February 25th 09 |
This album shows how big of a talent Arch enemy has got. Great guitar-riffs. It is almost one big guitar-solo. And Angela does good vocals here. But i only get theese feelings when i hear the first half part of the album. The last tracks does not appeal to me. But it is still a great album.
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| 4.0 excellent | fazzy | September 24th 07 |
listened to it the first time and loved it, then almost immediately put it back on for another listen. i dont think they were lying when they called it 'the ultimate arch enemy album'
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| 3.0 good | JoneHK | March 29th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaSuPe | July 29th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Piem | February 24th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | gfgfg11 | September 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | haxxiy | March 4th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Davey | May 12th 22 |
| 2.5 average | fadle | January 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gorey13 | November 27th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Zac124 | October 9th 21 |
| 2.5 average | frajpg | September 26th 21 |
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| 4.0 excellent | wingkon | September 25th 20 |
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| 1.0 awful | Bambaro | February 20th 20 |
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