On September 28th, 2009 Swedish Metal masters ARCH ENEMY will release their new studio album “The Root Of All Evil” in Europe. It contains a selection of completely re-recorded tracks from the band’s first three albums “Black Earth” (1996), “Stigmata” (1998) and “Burning Bridges” (1999), reenergized and upgraded by the band’s definitive line-up!

“The Root Of All Evil” will be available as regular CD, LP (with the full album on CD as bonus), Digital Download and Limited Edition CD incl. a special Mediabook packaging, three additional live bonus tracks, alternate artwork, an extended booklet and an exclusive embroidered patch.

An official album trailer has now been launched online at the following location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6venf6mZUM

Furthermore, the band has confirmed the following European headlining shows in December:

ARCH ENEMY- “Tyrants Of Evil” European Tour 2009
+ Destruction, Abigail Williams & Triosphere
Presented by iMusic1 (D), Metal Hammer (D), Heavy (D), Metal.de (D), Lords Of Metal (NL), Heavy Rock (ES), Kerrang (ES), mariskalrock.com(ES), themetalcircus.com (ES) and Monster Energy Drink.

01.12.09 ES – Madrid, Sala Heineken **
02.12.09 ES – Sevilla, Sala Q **
04.12.09 P – Lisboa, Garage **
06.12.09 ES – Villava/Pamplona, Totem **
07.12.09 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz **
09.12.09 CH – Aarau, Kiff **
11.12.09 NL – Amsterdam, Melkweg *
12.12.09 D – Lengerich, Satans Convention / Festival *
13.12.09 NL – Rijssen, Lucky *
15.12.09 D – Hamburg, Markthalle *
16.12.09 D – Saarbrücken, Garage *
18.12.09 D – Andernach, JUZ Live Club ***
19.12.09 D – Leipzig, Hellraiser *

* + Destruction, Abigail Williams & Triosphere
** + Abigail Williams
*** + Abigail Williams & Triosphere

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow checks in to comment about the band’s recent touring activities as well as the European run coming up in December:

“We had a great time playing the European summer festivals and then going to Mexico for three sold out, insanely raging shows! We are currently preparing for our Moscow gig, Belgium’s Mass Deathtruction festival, Japan’s Loudpark, all Asia dates, Australia, New Zealand and then Europe! Yes, the Tyrant will return to its Root Of Evil once again. Raising hell in the month of Christmas kitsch – loving it!
We will bring some young talent with us – Abigail Williams and Triosphere (make sure not to miss them!) and also one of the true German Thrash Metal legends we have been worshipping when we were ‘young talents’ ourselves: DESTRUCTION! Holy shhhhhh…
I remember staring at their bullet-belt covered outfits and listening to ‘Mad Butcher’ and then actually having to go back (!) into their discography and picking up ‘Sentence Of Death’, ‘Infernal Overkill’ and ‘Eternal Devastation’. This seems like…yesterday! And today we are bringing them out as special guest for some selected dates and hopefully for even more shows in the near future!
You can not miss this package if you are METAL TO THE LAST F…ING BONE – this package certainly is! See all you raging thrashers in December!!!”

DESTRUCTION’s vocalist and bassist Schmier comments on the upcoming dates:

“From all the post-modern Death Metal acts, ARCH ENEMY are my absolutely fave (one)! When the offer came in to do some shows together, I was fuckin’ thrilled & honoured at the same time! What a killer package for the fans! We are really enthusiastic to share the stage & kick some ass together!”

“The Root Of All Evil” presents classic ARCH ENEMY tracks (once originally recorded with ever changing band members, i.e. former vocalist Johan Liiva, drummer Peter Wildoer, bass player Martin Bengtsson), now with the insane vocals of Angela Gossow, several completely new bass lines by Sharlee D’Angelo, the ever-present guitar wizardry of the Amott brothers as well as Daniel Erlandsson’s merciless punch. The album was recorded by Daniel Erlandsson and Rickard Bengtsson, whereas mixing and mastering duties were handled by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Testament, Exodus).

To check out a first track of this stunning release, head over to the freshly redesigned MySpace page of ARCH ENEMY (http://www.myspace.com/archenemy) and enjoy “Beast Of Man”!

See ARCH ENEMY live as well on the following dates:

09-October-2009 DK Gorbunova @ Moscow (Russia)
10-October-2009 Mass Deathtruction Festival @ Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

ARCH ENEMY – ASIAN TOUR OCTOBER 2009:
17-October-2009 @ Loud Park 09, Tokyo (Japan)
18-October-2009 @ Liberty Square – Taipei (Taiwan)
20-October-2009 @ World Trade Center – Manila (Philippines)
21-October-2009 @ Hitec Auditorium – Kowloon (Hong Kong)
23-October-2009 @ The Star Live House – Beijing (China)
25-October-2009 @ Seoul Ax – Seoul (Republic Of Korea)
28-October-2009 @ Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium – Jakarta (Indonesia)

ARCH ENEMY – AUSTRALIAN TOUR NOVEMBER 2009:
01-November-2009 @ Capitol, Perth*
03-November-2009 @ Fowlers Live, Adelaide*
05-November-2009 @ The Forum, Melbourne**
06-November-2009 @ The Roundhouse, Sydney**
07-November-2009 @ The Hifi, Brisbane**
10-November-2009 @ Transmission Room, Auckland (New Zealand)***
* with Suffocation / ** with Suffocation & Winds Of Plague / *** with Subtract, Tainted

ARCH ENEMY – GREECE 2009:
27-November-2009 @ Block 33 Club (ex-Ydrogeios Club), Thessaloniki
28-November-2009 @ Gagarin 205 Club, Athens (Greece)

ARCH ENEMY online:

http://www.archenemy.net

http://www.myspace.com/archenemy

http://twitter.com/archenemymetal

http://www.youtube.com/archenemyofficial