Album
Rise of the Tyrant
Rise of the Tyrant is Arch Enemy's seventh studio album, arriving in 2007 on Century Media. It follows Doomsday Machine from 2005 and comes before The Root of All Evil in 2009, so it sits right in the middle of the Swedish band's long run of records. Fredrik Nordström produced it, and his name will be familiar to anyone who follows melodic death metal from that country.
For listeners who know the band from the 1990s and 2000s, this is a good place to hear Arch Enemy in their mature phase, when the melodic death metal sound had been honed over several albums. It is worth putting on if you want to follow the band's story from Black Earth through to the later releases such as Khaos Legions and War Eternal, and to hear how this chapter connects them.
Rise of the Tyrant: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 48:33Tracklist
- 1Blood on Your HandsAmott, Amott, Gossow4:41
- 2The Last EnemyAmott, Amott, Gossow4:16
- 3I Will Live AgainAmott, Amott, Erlandsson, Gossow3:32
- 4In This Shallow GraveAmott, Amott, Erlandsson4:54
- 5Revolution BeginsChristopher Amott and Michael Amott4:12
- 6Rise of the TyrantMichael Amott and Angela Gossow4:34
- 7The Day You DiedAmott, Erlandsson, Gossow4:53
- 8Intermezzo LibertéMichael Amott2:51
- 9Night Falls FastMichael Amott and Angela Gossow3:18
- 10The Great DarknessMichael Amott and Angela Gossow4:47
- 11VulturesAmott, Amott, Gossow6:35
- Produced by
- Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson, Fredrik Nordström, Fredrik Nordström and Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson (co-production)
- Recorded at
- Studio Fredman
- Recorded
- March–May 2007
- Mixed by
- Fredrik Nordström
- Mixed at
- Studio Fredman
- Engineered by
- Patrik J. Sten
- Label
- Century Media
- Length
- 48:33
Line-up
- Christopher Amott · guitar, acoustic guitar
- Michael Amott · guitar
- Sharlee D’Angelo · electric bass guitar
- Daniel Erlandsson · drums (drum set)
- Per Wiberg · keyboard · guest
- Angela Gossow · lead vocals
- Fredrik Nordström · keyboard · guest
Singles
- “Revolution Begins"/"Blood on Your Hands” · 31 August 2007
- “I Will Live Again” · 5 May 2008
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (2005, 2007)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 19 September 2007 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 September 2007 | |
| Wikidata | 2005 | |
| US release | 25 September 2007 | earliest US date |
24 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | AU | Century Media | 9328082577885 | other |
| 2007 | BR | Hellion Records | 7898237387000 | other |
| 2007 | TH | Savage Messiah Music | 8858305010598 | other |
| 2007 | RU | Mazzar Records | other | |
| 2007 | TW | Rock Empire Music | 2127554664767 | other |
| 2007 | AR | Icarus Music | 5051099770027 | other |
| 2007 | MY | Century Media | 2463512388109 | other |
| 2007 | AU | Century Media | 5051099770027 | other |
| 2007 | RU | Mazzar Records | other | |
| 2007 | MX | Century Media | 5051099770027 | other |
| 2007 | KR | Nesen Entertainment | other | |
| 19 September 2007 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061874234 | original |
| 19 September 2007 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061874234 | original |
| 24 September 2007 | DE | Century Media | 5051099770010 | deluxe |
| 24 September 2007 | DE | Century Media | 5051099770003 | deluxe |
| 24 September 2007 | DE | Century Media | 5051099770027 | other |
| 25 September 2007 | US | Century Media | 727701840024 | other |
| 12 October 2011 | JP | Trooper Entertainment | 4582352381137 | other |
| 2020 | BR | Century Media | 7908077200527 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588146213 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588146114 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588146015 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588145926 | other |
| — | — | Savage Messiah Music | 886443602441 | other |
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| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |