Wages of Sin
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2001 |
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| Label (s) | Century Media | |||
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12 |
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40 min 17 sec |
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Wages of Sin is the fourth album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy . It was published by Century Media in 2001 . It is the band's first album with new singer Angela Gossow .
Emergence
The album was recorded in the Swedish studio Fredman in late 2000 . Fredrik Nordström and Michael Amott acted as producers . The album was mixed by Andy Sneap in the British Backstage Studio .
publication
The album was first released on April 2, 2001 in Japan. The first copies of the album included a bonus CD with previously unreleased recordings by the band. The former singer Johan Liiva can be heard on this album .
The album was released in North America and Europe on March 18, 2002.
Track list
| Wages of Sin | ||||
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| No. | title | Songwriter | music | length |
| 1. | Enemy Within | Angela Gossow | Michael Amott , Christopher Amott | 4:21 |
| 2. | Burning Angel | Michael Amott | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:17 |
| 3. | Heart of Darkness | Michael Amott | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:52 |
| 4th | Ravenous | Michael Amott, Angela Gossow | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:06 |
| 5. | Savage Messiah | Michael Amott | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott, Sharlee D'Angelo | 5:18 |
| 6th | Dead Bury Their Dead | Michael Amott | Michael Amott | 3:55 |
| 7th | Web of Lies | Michael Amott | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 3:56 |
| 8th. | The First Deadly Sin | Michael Amott, Angela Gossow | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:20 |
| 9. | Behind the smile | Michael Amott | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 3:28 |
| 10. | Snow Bound | Instrumental | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 1:34 |
| 11. | Shadows and Dust | Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:28 |
| 12. | Lament of a Mortal Soul | Angela Gossow | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 4:06 |
| Overall length: | 40:17 | |||
reception
Borjvoi Krgin of Blabbermouth.net production quality praised the album and called it a convincing performance of Arch Enemy. The guitar work of the Amott brothers is also outstanding. Allmusic's Adam Bregman wrote that Gossow fits in well with the band and is a welcome addition.
Wages of Sin won an award from the Japanese Burrn! Magazine in the Best Album category .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anthony Maisano: Today in Metal: 'Wages of Sin' by Arch Enemy turns 13. In: Metal Insider . April 2, 2014, accessed May 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Borjvoi Krgin: Wages of Sin. In: Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
- ^ Adan Bregman: Wags of Sin. In: Allmusic . Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Arch Enemy Clean Up At Burrn! Magazine Awards - Mar. 11, 2002. In: Blabbermouth.net . March 11, 2002, archived from the original on May 17, 2003 ; accessed on May 28, 2015 .