ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Reports On Arvika And Earthshaker Festivals

ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message at her MySpace page:

"Hello friends,

We had two rather bizarre and chaotic festival weekends. The Arvika festival is a weird mélange between disco, pop, gothic, rock and a pinch of metal. The audience there is mostly dressed in stockings with no panties, big pink or red hair, huge boots (and some huge boobs hanging out too) and silly wedding dresses. I was surprised that so many people were squeezing into the tent when we played I had the gut feeling there wouldn't be any metal fans at all. Definitely the most colorful crossover audience we ever had. I got the impression a lot of people didn't know what to expect. When we kicked into 'Nemesis' I saw plenty of jaws dropping down and eyes popping out. They were obviously anticipation the more operatic vocals and were getting quite the opposite. Very amusing.

Some cool pictures from Arvika check it out here.

Earthshaker fest we got what the name promised. A violent thunderstorm turned the scenery into a Hitchcock movie later that evening. Previously we had experienced our own little horror flick on stage. Our gear obviously got severely beaten up on the flight into Munich and wasn't working half the time. The poor kid who was teching for us that day was running back and forth to fix one end whilst the other one was breaking down again. We played 'Burning Angel' with one guitar only (Fredrik). In the meanwhile, Michael (Amott) was going thru his shattered pedals and throwing them all out in the end. When we were about to tear into 'Ravenous' the stage manager screamed 5 minutes max at us and we stumbled into 'We Will Rise' instead. This is the first ever show since 2001 where we did not play 'Ravenous'. A dark moment in Arch Enemy's history indeed. A good moment was the signing session where we got to meet so many dedicated fans. We were sitting there for over an hour until all the posters were out.

Horns up go to all my friends I met that day, especially Loana and Princess Diva Satanica! Love you girls!

Tomorrow morning, my alarm will ring at 4 am - we have to catch an early train and flight to Metalway/Spain. Huargh.

Hasta La Vista Babieeeees"