Matt Van Stone

Yes, I was very disappointed about missing Dark Tranquillity last month as you can see in my previous post. However, I did somewhat make up for it by catching Arch Enemy at MacEwan Hall on Saturday.

When I first heard Arch Enemy two or so years ago I wasn’t really into it. The singing was just too heavy for me. Since then I have learned to enjoy a good scream and growl vocalist (Children of Bodom, Dark Tanquillity, Darkest Hour, Himsa, Norther, etc) and when I found out they were coming to town I gave them another go. Man, I have been missing out the vocals are amazing and the guitars are just as technical as anything else I listen to.

First off, unlike pretty much every Metal band ever, Arch Enemy has a female vocalist. She has the chops to pull it off though as you will see in the video I have posted below. All I have to say was the show was freakin awesome. All I ask is that family members who may be reading this brace yourself before watching, this isn’t Ozzy or Metallica “metal”.

I warned you.