Black Earth
Studio album by Arch Enemy
Released	December 12, 1996
Recorded	February 1996 - March 1996 Studio Fredman
Genre	Melodic death metal Thrash metal
Length	32:48
Label	Wrong Again Records Regain Records (reissue)
Producer	Fredrik Nordström
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Arch Enemy chronology
Black Earth (1996) Stigmata (1998)

Black Earth is the first album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. The album was reissued on April 24, 2007 on Regain Records, featuring "Losing Faith", two Iron Maiden covers and the video for "Bury Me an Angel".^[1]

During the time of recording Black Earth, Arch Enemy was more of a solo project. Michael Amott wrote all of the songs and played bass guitar on the album. Although Johan Liiva is cited as playing the bass, Michael later stated in an interview that he had it credited that way to make it seem more of a "band effort." Christopher Amott, who was attending music college at the time, only contributed his leads on the album, leaving Michael to record all the rhythm tracks.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Arch Enemy 2.2 Additional Musician 3 Production 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Bury Me an Angel" – 3:40 (Music and Lyrics: Michael Amott)
2. "Dark Insanity" – 3:16 (Music: Michael Amott/Johan Liiva. Lyrics: Johan Liiva)
3. "Eureka" – 4:44 (Music: Michael Amott/Christopher Amott. Lyrics: Michael Amott)
4. "Idolatress" – 4:56 (Music: Michael Amott/Johan Liiva. Lyrics: Johan Liiva)
5. "Cosmic Retribution" – 4:00 (Music and Lyrics: Michael Amott)
6. "Demoniality" – 1:19 (Music: Michael Amott)
7. "Transmigration Macabre" – 4:09 (Music and Lyrics: Michael Amott)
8. "Time Capsule" – 1:09 (Music: Christopher Amott)
9. "Fields of Desolation" – 5:31 (Music: Michael Amott/Christopher Amott. Lyrics: Johan Liiva)

Reissue

10. "Losing Faith" – 3:16 (Music: Michael Amott/Christopher Amott/Daniel Erlandsson. Lyrics: Johan Liiva)
11. "The Ides of March" – 1:46
12. "Aces High" – 4:23

"The Ides of March" and "Aces High" are covers of Iron Maiden songs, from Killers and Powerslave respectively.

"Losing Faith" and "The Ides of March" are bonus tracks on the re-issue by Century Media, and Regain; the Regain edition also has "Aces High".

[edit] Credits

[edit] Arch Enemy

• Johan Liiva – vocals
• Michael Amott – lead and bass guitars
• Christopher Amott – lead guitar
• Daniel Erlandsson – drums

[edit] Additional Musician

• Fredrik Nordstrom - keyboards

[edit] Production

• Fredrik Nordström – production, engineer, mixing
• Michael Amott - mixing

[edit] References

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