Will to Power is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, released on 8 September 2017 via Century Media Records. This is the first album to feature guitarist Jeff Loomis who joined the band in November 2014. It is also the first Arch Enemy album to feature a song with clean singing as lead vocals; the song, "Reason to Believe", is referred to as "their first ever, largely clean-sung power ballad."
Reception
Ross Baker of Terrorizer gave the album a moderate rating, and wrote, "'Will To Power' doesn't see a dramatic stylistic shift from melodic death metal, but Michael Amott and company flex their muscles and experiment a bit on this tenth release."
Accolades Metal Hammer magazine ranked Will to Power at No. 40 on its list of 100 Best Albums of 2017.
At the 2017 Burrn! magazine awards, the album won Best Album and Best Artwork, and the song "The World is Yours" won Best Tune.
Track listing
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Personnel
Arch Enemy Alissa White-Gluz – vocals, lyrics handwriting Michael Amott – lead & rhythm guitars, production Jeff Loomis – lead guitar Sharlee D'Angelo – bass Daniel Erlandsson – drums, keyboards, programming, production, guitar and bass engineering
Additional musicians Ulf Janson – strings arrangement (12), conducting Henrik Janson – strings arrangement (12), conducting Stockholm Session Strings – strings performance Ulf Forsberg, Christian Bergqvist, Per Öman, Ulrika Jansson, Bo Söderström, Torbjörn Bernhardsson – violin Tony Bauer, Riikka Repo – viola Johanna Sjunnesson – cello Jens Johansson – keyboards (4, 9, 10) Christopher Amott – keyboards and clean guitars (6)
Technical personnel Alex Reisfar – front cover artwork Costin Chioreanu – booklet artwork, booklet layout Katja Kuhl – photography Tom Couture – photography Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering Johan Örnborg – drum engineering Tobias Strandvik – drum tech Rickard Bengtsson – lead guitar engineering Staffan Karlsson – vocal engineering and production Linn Fijal – string engineering
Charts Chart (2017) Peak position New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) 10 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 17 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) Click on "Veckans albumlista". 11 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) 3
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