Did You Know? ARCH ENEMY’s 1999 Lineup Briefly Reunited As BLACK EARTH For A Few Years

Earlier than there was Angela Gossow, earlier than there was Alissa White-Gluz, Arch Enemy was fronted by Johan Liiva for his or her first three albums. Liiva left the band in 2000 and went on to sing for bands like Hearse and Nonexist through the years. Although for those who had been paying consideration, you noticed that Liiva and Arch Enemy‘s 1999 lineup reunited as Black Earth (additionally the identify of their closing album collectively in 1999) for a couple of years.

Black Earth featured Liiva, former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott and present Arch Enemy members guitarist Christopher Amott, bassist Sharlee D’Angelo, and drummer Daniel Erlandsson. Black Earth performed a whopping 18 exhibits in Japan solely between 2016 and 2019, a few of which was captured on their reside album 20 Years of Darkish Madness: Japan Tour 2016.

Although the actual gem right here is Black Earth‘s 2019 compilation Path Of The Immortal. The compilation largely featured remastered variations of Arch Enemy songs from their first three albums, in addition to two model new Liiva-fronted tracks – “Burn On The Flame” and “The Immortal”. And so they had been good! They don’t seem to be accessible on streaming providers and Path Of The Immortal (and the reside album) had been solely launched in Japan, so coming throughout Black Earth is a little bit of a rarity.

Black Earth‘s social media posts since 2019 have been principally gross sales on their retailer and the occasional “bear in mind when?” with no different indicators of life. Which is smart – Arch Enemy is a recording and touring machine that performs some very huge venues, and it will be unusual to have Black Earth operating round between all of it. Although a Black Earth present right here and there can be superior, or not less than a correct reissue of the reside album and Path Of The Immortal.

Anyway, benefit from the majesty that was Black Earth above and beneath.