MY APOCALYPSE - ARCH ENEMY
The next installment of Ozzfest is near. And along comes the new single from Arch Enemy’s “Doomsday Machine,” as if to remind America just which Swedish act was the breakout band at last year’s festival. “My Apocalypse” strikes up a marching band beat, then layers on razor-sharp guitars that morph into buzz saws. Vocalist Angela Gossow cements her place as a growler who knows no gender: It’s impossible to tell that the words “My apocalypse is here” are rumbling out of a woman’s throat. The song shifts into a quieter, almost trippy segment that harks back to Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”/”Orion,” complete with the solo, soaring guitar notes. “My Apocalypse” determinedly troops on by, glorying in its aural might.
