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House of Blues, Anaheim I always like metal bands with girls in them, witness Kittie or Otep. Arch Enemy was no different. Sadly, the singer, Angela doesn't play an instrument but does do one hell of a job of growling. The rest of the band of four dudes slinging three axes and a drum kit also put in one pretty good performance. Playing for an hour as the fourth band in a five band metal-fest, they were a nice break from the one piece of shit band and the other two normal metal bands. I've pretty much always felt that these bands need more than just fast strumming and fretting to grab my interest and a little personality or something else out of the ordinary always helps. These guys (and girl) have both. I have to admit that my taste and tolerance for all of this growling has worn thin of late, and it seems like a lot of other people are getting kind of sick of it to boot. I still don't mind it being thrown in once in a while or even all the time as long as there's at least a little bit of a break and some melody thrown in. Kittie progressed that way, and I find a lot of the metal bands I like tend to be the same way. That's not to say I wouldn't throw down more money to go see Arch Enemy but I'd be surprised to find myself purchasing one of their CD's. Check 'em out next time they're around though, you won't be disappointed with the live show. You can find Arcy Enemy's homepage here. |
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