Album
Burning Bridges
Burning Bridges is the third studio album by Arch Enemy, the Swedish melodic death metal band, released on 21 May 1999 through Century Media. It followed Black Earth and Stigmata, and it brought in Sharlee D'Angelo on bass for the first time.
It also marks the end of an era for the group. This is the last studio recording with vocalist Johan Liiva, and no Arch Enemy album since has featured a male singer. Musically, the band stretch the death metal template here, folding in melodic death metal, progressive metal and grindcore. "The Immortal" got a music video. A remastered reissue appeared on 25 May 2009, with bonus tracks, new packaging, liner notes by Liiva and a track-by-track commentary from guitarist Michael Amott.
Burning Bridges: tracklist, credits and charts
8 tracks · 35:30Tracklist
- 1The ImmortalAmott, Amott, Liiva3:41
- 2Dead InsideChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:11
- 3PilgrimChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:31
- 4SilverwingChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:06
- 5Demonic ScienceChristopher Amott and Michael Amott5:21
- 6Seed of HateChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:07
- 7AngelclawChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:04
- 8Burning BridgesChristopher Amott and Michael Amott5:29
- Produced by
- Michael Amott, Fredrik Nordström
- Recorded at
- Studio Fredman
- Recorded
- December 1998 – January 1999
- Mixed at
- Studio Fredman
- Engineered by
- Fredrik Nordström
- Mastered by
- Göran Finnberg
- Label
- Century Media
- Length
- 35:30
Line-up
- Christopher Amott · guitar
- Michael Amott · guitar
- Sharlee D’Angelo · electric bass guitar
- Daniel Erlandsson · membranophone, drums (drum set)
- Johan Liiva · lead vocals
- Fredrik Nordström · keyboard · guest
- Per Wiberg · grand piano, mellotron · guest
Singles
- “The Immortal” · 20 March 1999
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Hungarian Albums · 2023 | 32 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 May 1999 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 21 May 1999 | |
| Wikidata | 1999 | |
| US release | 27 July 1999 | earliest US date |
14 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1999 | DE | Century Media | 7277017727623 | original |
| 21 May 1999 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061871844 | original |
| 21 May 1999 | DE | Century Media | 7277017727623 | original |
| 27 July 1999 | US | Century Media | 727701797625 | other |
| 25 February 2003 | KR | Dream On Records | 8809053138409 | other |
| 2006 | XE | Century Media | 5051099727625 | other |
| 2007 | IT | Night of the Vinyl Dead | other | |
| 2007 | AR | Icarus Music | 5051099727625 | other |
| 22 May 2009 | DE | Century Media | 5051099792326 | remaster |
| 22 May 2009 | XW | Century Media | 886443682740 | other |
| 11 August 2009 | US | Century Media | 727701862323 | other |
| 12 October 2011 | JP | Trooper Entertainment | 4582352381090 | other |
| 26 May 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588004025 | remaster |
| — | — | Century Media | 196589938824 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1401x1403, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1401×1403 | upscaled: minor: best source 1401x1403, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |