Was Eternal

Was Eternal
Arch Enemy studio album
Publication (s)	2014
Label (s)	Century Media
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Melodic Death Metal
Title (number)	13
running time	50 min 32 sec
occupation	Alissa White-Gluz - vocals Michael Amott - electric guitar Nick Cordle - electric guitar Sharlee D'Angelo - bass Daniel Erlandsson - drums
chronology Khao's Legions (2011) Was Eternal Will to Power (2017)

War Eternal is the ninth album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy . It was released by Century Media on June 6, 2014 . It is the band's first album with new singer Alissa White-Gluz and guitarist Nick Cordle.

Emergence

In early March 2014, the band announced that they would release a new album called War Eternal in June of the same year . On March 17, the singer, Angela Gossow , announced that she was leaving the band. She announced Alissa White-Gluz as her successor. Until then Gluz sang with the Canadian band The Agonist .

publication

On March 20, the band released the first music video for the title song War Eternal . A few days later, the band released the cover, created by artist Costin Chioreanu, and the track listing. The release dates for the album are June 9th for Europe and June 10th for North America. In addition, a tour through Europe has been announced for May. In April, Arch Enemy introduced the song As the Pages Burn . The publication date has been brought forward to June 6th. The second video, No More Regrets , followed at the end of May . The album was finally released in Europe on June 6th.

A fourth music video for the song Stolen Life was released on May 5, 2015 .

Track list

War Eternal - Standard Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	music	length
1.	Tempore Nihil Sanat	Michael Amott	Michael Amott	1:12
2.	Never Forgive, Never Forget	Michael Amott	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	3:44
3.	Was Eternal	Michael Amott	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	4:16
4th	As the Pages Burn	Michael Amott	Michael Amott	4:01
5.	No More Regrets	Alissa White-Gluz	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	4:06
6th	You will know my name	Alissa White-Gluz	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	4:37
7th	Graveyard of Dreams	Instrumental	Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson	1:10
8th.	Stolen Life	Michael Amott	Michael Amott	2:59
9.	Time is black	Alissa White-Gluz	Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson	5:24
10.	On and on	Alissa White-Gluz	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	4:05
11.	Avalanche	Alissa White-Gluz	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle, Daniel Erlandsson	4:39
12.	Down to Nothing	Michael Amott	Michael Amott, Nick Cordle	3:48
13.	Not Long for This World	Instrumental	Michael Amott	3:29
Overall length:				50:32

War Eternal - Digipak / Mediabook / 3xCD Artbook Version
No.	title	Songwriter	music	length
14th	Shadow On The Wall	Mike Oldfield	Mike Oldfield	3:03
Overall length:				53:35

War Eternal - Japanese Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	music	length
14th	Breaking the Law	Glenn Tipton , Rob Halford , KK Downing	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, KK Downing	2:20
Overall length:				52:52

reception

Reviews

Trade magazines rated the album positively. Katrin Riedl from Metal Hammer praised the successful guitar riffs and the versatile pieces.

Sales figures

Two weeks after its release, the album reached chart positions in several countries. It was most successful in Finland, Japan and Germany, where it came in fifth, seventh and ninth respectively. It was also represented in the charts of Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Great Britain. This was the band's best placement to date. In the US, around 8,000 units were sold in the first week. It ranked 44th on the Billboard 200 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Axl Rosenberg: Arch Enemy Announce New Album, War Eternal. In: Metalsucks . March 4, 2014, accessed January 18, 2015 . 
2. ^ Graham Hartmann: Angela Gossow Leaves Arch Enemy, The Agonist's Alissa White-Gluz Announced as New Vocalist. In: Loudwire . March 17, 2014, accessed January 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: See the new Arch Enemy video 'War Eternal' with new singer Alissa White-Gluz. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , March 20, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} ARCH ENEMY Releases New Version Of 'Stolen Life' Featuring Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS. In: Blabbermouth.net . May 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 . 
5. ↑ James McQuiston: Arch Enemy reveals artwork, track listing for 'War Eternal'. In: NetFutur . March 28, 2014, accessed January 18, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Hear the new Arch Enemy song 'As The Pages Burn' here first. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , April 28, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English). 
7. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: See the new Arch Enemy video 'You Will Know My Name' here first. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , May 27, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Katrin Riedl: Arch Enemy - War Eternal. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , June 6, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English). 
9. ↑ Christian Zanders: Arch Enemy enter the charts with War Eternal. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , June 17, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English).