Will to Power (Arch Enemy album)

Will to Power
Studio album by
Arch Enemy
Released8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
Recorded2016–2017
Studio
  • Studio Mega (Varberg, Sweden)
  • Sweetspot Satellite (Halmstad, Sweden)
  • Sweetspot (Harplinge, Sweden)
  • Riksmixingsverket (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length50:32
LabelCentury Media
Producer
Arch Enemy chronology
War Eternal
(2014) 		Will to Power
(2017) 		Deceivers
(2022)
Singles from Will to Power
  1. "The World Is Yours"
    Released: 14 July 2017
  2. "The Eagle Flies Alone"
    Released: 25 August 2017
  3. "The Race"
    Released: 17 October 2017
  4. "Reason to Believe"
    Released: 7 December 2018

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.[1][2] This is the first album to feature guitarist Jeff Loomis who joined the band in November 2014.[3] 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."[4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer8/10[4]
Metal Injection8.5/10[5]
MetalSucks[6]
Terrorizer6/10[7]

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."[7]

Accolades

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Metal Hammer magazine ranked Will to Power at No. 40 on its list of 100 Best Albums of 2017.[8]

At the 2017 Burrn! magazine awards, the album won Best Album and Best Artwork, and the song "The World Is Yours" won Best Tune.[9]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Set Flame to the Night"instrumental
1:18
2."The Race"Alissa White-Gluz
  • Amott
  • Erlandsson
3:15
3."Blood in the Water"Amott
  • Amott
  • Erlandsson
3:55
4."The World Is Yours"Amott
  • Amott
  • Erlandsson
4:53
5."The Eagle Flies Alone[a]"AmottAmott5:15
6."Reason to Believe"Amott
4:47
7."Murder Scene"White-Gluz
  • Amott
  • Erlandsson
3:50
8."First Day in Hell"White-GluzAmott4:48
9."Saturnine"instrumentalErlandsson1:09
10."Dreams of Retribution"Amott
  • Amott
  • C. Amott
  • Erlandsson
6:40
11."My Shadow and I"White-GluzAmott4:05
12."A Fight I Must Win"
  • Amott
  • White-Gluz
  • Amott
  • Erlandsson
6:37
Total length:50:32
Limited edition digipak
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover)
  • Colin Abrahall
  • Ross Lomas
  • Colin Blyth
  • Andrew Williams
2:48
Total length:53:20
Råpunk (Deluxe Box Set vinyl EP)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Warsystem" (The Shitlickers cover)Lars Andrén0:54
2."Armed Revolution" (The Shitlickers cover)Andrén0:51
3."Spräckta snutskallar" (The Shitlickers cover)Andrén0:51
4."The Leader (Of the Fuckin' Assholes)" (The Shitlickers cover)Andrén1:02
5."Nitad" (Moderat Likvidation cover)Cliff Lundberg1:06
6."When the Innocent Die" (Anti Cimex cover)
  • Tomas Jonsson
  • Charlie Claeson
  • Joakim Pettersson
  • Mats Skånberg
1:57
7."City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover)
  • Colin Abrahall
  • Ross Lomas
  • Colin Blyth
  • Andrew Williams
2:48
Total length:9:29
Japanese edition[10]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover)Ronnie Atkins
  • Ken Hammer
  • Alan Owen
3:22
14."City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover)Colin Abrahall
  • Ross Lomas
  • Colin Blyth
  • Andrew Williams
2:48
Total length:56:42
Note
  1. ^ Some versions of the album use the edited version of this song, which cuts out part of the intro, making it a length of 5:00.

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 15
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 80
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 13
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[22] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 24
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 37
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[28] 3
US Billboard 200[29] 90
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] 15

References

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  1. ^ "ARCH ENEMY: ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND FIRST TOUR DATES". Century Media Records. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ "ARCH ENEMY To Release 'Will To Power' Album In September". Blabbermouth.net. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ "ARCH ENEMY welcomes Jeff Loomis as their new guitarist!..." Facebook. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b Leivers, Danni (September 2017). "Arch Enemy Will To Power Century Media". Metal Hammer (300). United Kingdom: Future Publishing: 84. ISSN 0955-1190. OCLC 775087096.
  5. ^ "Album Review: Arch Enemy Will To Power". metalinjection.com. Brooklyn, New York. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Album Review: Arch Enemy's Will to Power ". MetalSucks.net. Brooklyn, New York. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b Baker, Ross (November 2017). "Arch Enemy 'Will to Power' Century Media". Terrorizer (285). Leigh-on-Sea: Dark Arts: 51. ISSN 1350-6978.
  8. ^ "Metal Hammer's 100 best albums of 2017". 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ @archenemymetal (5 March 2018). "The 2017 annual BURRN! magazine (Japan) readers polls announced today! * Best Album: WILL TO POWER* Best Tune: T…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Trooper Entertainment Inc. – ARTIST-Arch Enemy" (in Japanese). Trooper Entertainment. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Arch Enemy – Will to Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Arch Enemy – Will to Power" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Arch Enemy – Will to Power" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Arch Enemy – Will to Power" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Arch Enemy Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 37.Týden 2017 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Arch Enemy – Will to Power" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  18. ^ "Arch Enemy: Will to Power" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Lescharts.com – Arch Enemy – Will to Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Arch Enemy – Will to Power" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2017. 37. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  22. ^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Top 100 Álbumes — Semana 37: del 08.09.2017 al 14.09.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 September 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  26. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Arch Enemy – Will to Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  27. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  29. ^ "Arch Enemy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  30. ^ "Arch Enemy Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  31. ^ "Arch Enemy Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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