Arch Enemy "Will To Power (Japan, Trooper Entertainment, QATE-10095)"

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. This is the first album to feature guitarist Jeff Loomis who joined the band in November 2014. 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."

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."

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

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

Tracklist:

1. The Race 03:15   
2. Blood in the Water 03:55   
3. The World Is Yours 04:53   
4. The Eagle Flies Alone 04:59  
5. Reason to Believe 04:47  
6. Murder Scene 03:50  
7. First Day in Hell 04:48
8. Saturnine 01:09
9. Dreams of Retribution 06:40
10. My Shadow and I 04:05  
11. A Fight I Must Win 06:37
12. Set Flame to the Night 01:18
13. Back to Back (Pretty Maids cover) 03:22
14. City Baby Attacked by Rats (Charged GBH cover) 02:48  

Time:  56:26  

Japanese edition has a different track order; with slightly edited versions of #1, 'The Race' (#2 on non-Japanese editions) and #12 'Set Flame to the Night' (#1, intro on non-Japanese editions) as well as two bonus tracks.

Recording information:

Mixed and mastered at Fascination Street, Örebro, Sweden.

Drums recorded at Studio Mega, Varberg, Sweden.

Rhythm guitars and bass recorded at the Sweetspot Satellite, Halmstad, Sweden.

Lead Guitar recorded at Sweetspot, Harplinge, Sweden.

Vocals recorded at the Sweetspot Satellite, Halmstad, Sweden.

Strings engineered at Rixmixningsverket, Stockholm, Sweden.

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