Michael Amott shares more about the status of Arch Enemy’s upcoming album

In a recent interview with Liz McGiffin of KDVR Fox 31 in Denver, Colorado, Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott discussed the potential release of a new studio album featuring the band’s latest vocalist, Lauren Hart, who previously performed with Once Human and recently succeeded Alissa White-Gluz.

We did kind of put together one song [‘To The Last Breath’, which came out in February] very quickly when Lauren joined ’cause we felt it was important to showcase her voice on her own song and have that out there for the fans to enjoy before we hit the road. And then since then, now we’re booking… There’s been such an enormous interest in booking us for live stuff, for touring all over the world, and the reaction was so strong, so now we’re just kind of doing that.

And I think it’s kind of cool to go out on the road and really become a really solid unit and solidify that partnership. I compare it… It’s like we’re getting to know each other before we buy a house. And then we’re slowly working on a new album as well. So that’s in the works. But we’re doing that in between in the little gaps. But we are working on it. But I think it really has to be a great album. It should be great songs, great music and just feel right. So, yeah, it takes a bit of time. It doesn’t just happen like that.

Michael Amott addressed whether he finds inspiration for songwriting during touring periods.

Well, speaking for myself, I think it’s more like I collect a lot of energy and impressions on the road, but I need to get back home to sort of just sort it all out and decompress. And then I always think, ‘I’m not gonna play guitar for a month,’ but two days later I’m there in my little studio playing guitar. And it just is what it is. But, yeah, it’s definitely inspiring to travel around and see different… meet people, different people and cultures and everything. It’s cool. It all comes out somehow in the end.

Upcoming shows:

• 10/16 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution
• 10/18 — Tampa, FL — Jannus
• 10/20 — Atlanta, GA — Masquerade (Heaven)
• 10/21 — Charlotte, NC — Fillmore
• 10/22 — Raleigh, NC — Ritz
• 10/24 — New York, NY — Palladium Times Square
• 10/25 — Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore Silver Spring
• 10/26 — Philadelphia, PA — TLA
• 10/28 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Worcester
• 10/30 — Quebec City, QC — Videotron Centre Hall
• 10/31 — Montreal, QC — Olympia
• 11/1 — Toronto, ON — Danforth
• 11/3 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall
• 11/4 — Detroit, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
• 11/5 — Cleveland, OH — Agora
• 11/7 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore
• 11/8 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre
• 11/9 — Saskatoon, SK — Coors Event Centre
• 11/11 — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Hall
• 11/12 — Edmonton, AB — Midway
• 11/14 — Vancouver, BC — The Key
• 11/16 — Seattle, WA — Showbox
• 11/19 — Los Angeles, CA — 1720 Warehouse