''Will to Power'' is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, released on 8 September 2017 via

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. 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."

Reception

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."

Accolades

Metal Hammer magazine ranked ''Will to Power'' at #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.

Track listing

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Personnel

Arch Enemy

Alissa White-Gluz Alissa White-Gluz (; born 31 July 1985) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band the Agonist. Her vocal ...

– vocals, lyrics handwriting * Jeff Loomis – guitar * Michael Amott – guitar, production * Sharlee D'Angelo –

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Daniel Erlandsson Daniel John Erlandsson (born 22 May 1976) is a Swedish musician, best known as the drummer in the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy and Brujeria. His early work includes drumming on the In Flames album '' Subterranean'' (1995). He has also p ...

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s, programming, production, guitar and bass engineering

Additional musicians

* Ulf Janson – strings arrangement (12),

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Henrik Janson Henrik Janson (born 11 March 1961) is a Swedish music arranger, guitarist, record producer and songwriter. Founding a band at thirteen, in 1974, Janson today works with both domestic and international artists. Career Early years Janson was born ...

– strings arrangement (12), conducting * Stockholm Session Strings – strings performance ** Ulf Forsberg, Christian Bergqvist, Per Öman, Ulrika Jansson, Bo Söderström, Torbjörn Bernhardsson – violin ** Tony Bauer, Riikka Repo – viola ** Johanna Sjunnesson – cello * Jens Johansson – keyboards (4, 9, 10) * Christopher Amott – keyboards (6), guitars (6)

Technical personnel

* 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

Charts

References

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