Track listing
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1. | "Bury Me an Angel" | Michael Amott | Michael Amott | 3:40 |
2. | "Dark Insanity" | Johan Liiva | | 3:16 |
3. | "Eureka" | Michael Amott | - Michael Amott
- Christopher Amott
| 4:44 |
4. | "Idolatress" | Liiva | | 4:56 |
5. | "Cosmic Retribution" | Michael Amott | Michael Amott | 4:00 |
6. | "Demoniality" | Instrumental | Michael Amott | 1:19 |
7. | "Transmigration Macabre" | Michael Amott | Michael Amott | 4:09 |
8. | "Time Capsule" | Instrumental | Christopher Amott | 1:09 |
9. | "Fields of Desolation" | Johan Liiva | - Michael Amott
- Christopher Amott
| 5:31 |
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10. | "Losing Faith" | Johan Liiva | | 3:16 |
11. | "The Ides of March" | Instrumental | Steve Harris | 1:46 |
- "The Ides of March" and "Aces High" are covers of Iron Maiden songs, from Killers and Powerslave respectively.
Personnel
Personnel credits adapted from Black Earth album liner notes.[2]
Production
- Fredrik Nordström – production, engineering, mixing, keyboards
- Wez Wenedikter – executive production, design
- Baskim Zuta – assistant engineering
- Miran Kim – cover art
- Kenneth Johansson – band photography
- Urszula Striner – model photography
- Sara Grundquist – model
- Johanna Lindskough – make-up artist
- M&A Music Art – layout
Reception
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Black Earth was critically well received. Anders Sandvall of Metal Rules stated that "the album is brilliant and there are no bad songs on it."[4] Allmusic's critic Alex Henderson wrote in his review that "Black Earth was a promising debut for Arch Enemy and is among the Swedish combo's more consistent and memorable efforts."[3]
Ron Salden of Archaic Magazine said that Black Earth is a classic and praised the songs writing they "showcase a fresh mixture of death/thrash metal whilst the Amott brothers rip their guitars exquisitely to delightful bits of melody, harmony lines, guitar licks and solos." He praised "Bury Me an Angel" and comments that the songs "Eureka", "Transmigration Macabre" and "Fields of Desolation" still sounds fresh in these days.[5] Chad Bowar of About.com said that the album sound "was raw, but the songs still were very catchy with solid guitar work from Michael and Christopher Amott".[6]
About the songs, Metal Review's journalist Jason Jordan states: ""Dark Insanity" is arguably the best of the lot due to its fantastic riffs and leads, which Erlandsson backs up with a pummeling, and at times appropriately restrained, performance." He also comments that some songs like "Idolatress", "Cosmic Retribution", "Transmigration Macabre" and "Fields of Desolation" have praiseworthy characteristics too, though none quite match the verve of the openers. Jordan praised mainly the band members writing that "Black Earth is a solid outing of melodic death metal with each member in fine form" and that "the brothers Amott turn in excellent performances as the band's guitarists, Daniel Erlandsson provides backbone support from atop the throne, and Johan Liiva contributes his unique vocals to one of the better Arch Enemy efforts."[7]
References
- ↑ "Arch Enemy: Black Earth to be reissued". Blabbermouth.net. March 16, 2007. Archived from the original on March 24, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
- ↑ Black Earth (Media notes). Arch Enemy. W.A.R. 1996.
- 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Review: Arch Enemy - Black Earth". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Sandvall, Anders (June 2002). "Arch Enemy - Black Earth". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Salden, Ron (September 20, 2005). "Arch Enemy - Black Earth". Archaic Magazine. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Arch Enemy - Black Earth". About.com. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ↑ Jordan, Jason (May 29, 2007). "Arch Enemy - Black Earth". Metal Review. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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