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Monotonous.
First I want to clarify one thing: I seem to have found this CD edition, but a) it's not a "boxed set", just a double-CD edition; b) the second disc is DVD-Audio; c) it's really not worth the import price; I found ti domestically for the price of a normal double-CD. Perhaps this edition listed here is different packaging-wise, but the copy I've seen contains the exact same specs (bonus disc with three live tracks, three Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes), so I'm pretty sure it's the same product.

The music? Worse than Wages of Sin, the last Arch Enemy album I've perused. The songwriting's gone down a notch, sounding less diverse and textured than the last record, and the same problem persists -- singer Angela Gossow's death-metal growl has no layers, nothing different about it from track to track, or even from bar to bar within a song. Good lead guitar, but not enough to save the impoverished, repetitive riffing, which doesn't build towards anything.

I'm sticking to Evanescence and Tristania.

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Arch Enemy can do no wrong, this CD kicks serious @$$
I ordered this thru centurymedia and an got it just a few days ago and it hasn't left my cd player at work,or in my car this is defenitly more fierce and more in your face then Wages of Sin not that there was anything wrong with that cd. This woman her voice holy $h!t it's awesome, this cd is amazing , this band is amazing. Go buy this cd and spread the word of Arch Enemy they will soon conquer the world, american music doesn't touch this stuff, the heaviest bands we've got don't come nowhere near these guys an gal. this band is just getting started. Just go buy it u will not be disappointed

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Arch Enemy sets a new standard for death metal...
I've been an Arch Enemy fan since "Black Earth" came out, and I'm going to describe some thoughts after listening to this album: It is great! "Anthems of Rebellion" is Arch Enemy's new masterpiece. They've taken their music to a new level, mixing death metal, with melodies, chaotic riffs and drumming, with some keyboards.

Basically, the band sounds much better (sound that I can describe as near as perfect) than "Wages of Sin", but the most improved are the drums: more solid and blasting (Daniel makes an excelent use of the double pedal). Michael Amott received much more colaboration from Chistopher Amott and Daniel Erlandsson in the songwriting. The powerful guitars and the drums create a deadly duet. The arrangements are simply amazing. Sometimes, they combine the same riff, with diverse drum speeds. The songs have different structures, sometimes repeating the chorus, prechorus and sometimes not, with a short solo, or a longer one. You have fast, slow and mid tempo songs, and solos. What I like of this album, is that is nothing more, or less. I mean, everything fits perfectly. There are no loooong and dense solos or choruses (like in "Stigmata"). The keyboards really help the songs, like in "Saints and Sinners", "Exist to Exit", "Instinct" or "I will rise", providing a progressive, and the same time aggressive and apocaliptic touch (not softer!).

One thing that bothers me is that the album has 13 songs, but 10 full songs (2 instrumentals and 1 intro). Maybe 11 or 12 full songs could have been great. I think the album needs a couple of fast songs more. Because it has only 2; "Silent Wars" and "Despicable Heroes", that is songs 2 and 9. Between song 2 and 9 there is a six-song gap, with mid tempo songs. And another gap from song 9 to 13. These two gaps need one fast song, to make the album, stronger, faster and more dinamic (more than it already is!), especially at the end (a song like "Ravenous" or "The Immortal").

The album might not be as fast and savage as the Liiva albums, but it shows that the Arch Enemies have become better somgwriters, and are open to experiment new stuff, without leaving their roots...To be honest, I prefer Johan's voice and presence...

"Anthems of Rebellion" is "very listeneable", because...I don't know...the song writing made it that way!!! (It has been on my cd-player for a week, since I got it!). Anyway, Arch Enemy is a band that never followed any trend, or refused to grow up, and that's why it is so acclaimed worldwide. They improve on each release, and with albums like this, the metal heart can beat proud and safe... "Anthems of Rebellion" is a winner!