I spoke to Michael Amott and Alissa White-Gluz recently about the recent lineup change and about their new album, War Eternal. After over ten years, Angela has left Arch Enemy. What was the bands reaction when she told you she wanted to leave? Michael: We saw it coming actually so it wasn't a huge surprise. It wasI spoke to Michael Amott and Alissa White-Gluz recently about the recent lineup change and about their new album, War Eternal. After over ten years, Angela has left Arch Enemy. What was the bands reaction when she told you she wanted to leave? Michael: We saw it coming actually so it wasn't a huge surprise. It was a case of step by step she was distancing herself, or getting herself used to the idea of stepping, playing in her mind with the idea. We could tell, so it wasn't a big surprise out of nowhere. I did think she had a lot more to give in a way, a lot of people thought she had more to give as a performer but she didn't feel that way. We hadn't thought about a backup plan, so when she actually finally made a decision it put us in a position where we didn't have a singer. We were like, What do we do? There were two paths, either we could stop the band, end Arch Enemy, or we could try to find a new singer and keep making music together, the rest of us which we really enjoy, it's our life. It's [...]
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