Will to Power (Arch Enemy album)

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, that being "Reason to Believe", referred to as "their first ever, largely clean-sung power ballad."[4]

Will to Power
Studio album by Arch Enemy
Released	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
Recorded	2016 – 2017
Studio	Various Studio Mega (Varberg, Sweden) Sweetspot Satellite (Halmstad, Sweden) Sweetspot (Harplinge, Sweden) Riksmixingsverket (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	50:32
Label	Century Media
Producer	Michael Amott Daniel Erlandsson
Arch Enemy chronology
War Eternal (2014) Will to Power (2017) Råpunk (2017)
Singles from Will to Power
"The World is Yours" Released: 14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) "The Eagle Flies Alone" Released: 25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) "The Race" Released: 17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) "Reason To Believe" Released: 7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer	8/10[4]
Metal Injection	8.5/10[5]
MetalSucks	[6]
Terrorizer	6/10[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

Metal Hammer magazine ranked Will to Power at #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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Set Flame to the Night"	instrumental	Michael Amott Daniel Erlandsson	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[lower-alpha 1]"	Amott	Amott	5:15
6.	"Reason To Believe"	Amott	Amott Christopher Amott	4:47
7.	"Murder Scene"	White-Gluz	Amott Erlandsson	3:50
8.	"First Day in Hell"	White-Gluz	Amott	4:48
9.	"Saturnine"	instrumental	Erlandsson	1:09
10.	"Dreams of Retribution"	Amott	Amott C. Amott Erlandsson	6:40
11.	"My Shadow and I"	White-Gluz	Amott	4:05
12.	"A Fight I Must Win"	Amott White-Gluz	Amott Erlandsson	6:37
Total length:				50:32

Limited edition digipak

No.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Warsystem" (The Shitlickers cover)	Lars Andrén	0:54
2.	"Armed Revolution" (The Shitlickers cover)	Andrén	0:51
3.	"Spräckta snutskallar" (The Shitlickers cover)	Andrén	0:51
4.	"The Leader (Of the Fuckin' Assholes)" (The Shitlickers cover)	Andrén	1:02
5.	"Nitad" (Moderat Likvidation cover)	Cliff Lundberg	1:06
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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Arch Enemy Michael Amott – lead and rhythm guitar, production Daniel Erlandsson – drums, keyboards, programming, production, guitar and bass engineering Sharlee D'Angelo – bass Alissa White-Gluz – vocals, lyrics handwriting Jeff Loomis – lead guitar

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 (6), 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
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
US Billboard 200[28]	90
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[29]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30]	15

References

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