Arch Enemy “Deceiver, Deceiver” | Aussie Metal Heads Reaction 

Things we learned on this reaction: Alissa is a new(er) vocalist and is only 36 haha so that explains why she seems younger than Angela! Thanks for the info everyone.

“Ya girl’s got a rig, ya see them abs!?” I lol’d

Singers in Arch Enemy: Johan Liiva 1995-2000, 3 albums Angela Gossow 2001-2014, 6 albums Alissa White Gluz 2014-, 2 albums so far and a 3rd coming soon.

Arch Enemy is from my small Swedish hometown Halmstad (as well as Roxette), started by my old friend Mike Amott. They had annoyingly rehearsal room next to mine. Before Alissa they had Angela as vocaalist. She is niwadays the manager of the bamd

Bit of info: when Arch Enemy started they did have a male front man, but I don't think he lasted long - Angela Gossaw stepped in which is when they became really popular, I'd really recommend Nemesis and Dead Eyes See No Future from that era! About 5/10 years ago Alissa (this vocalist) stepped in and Angela became the band's manager. This is by far my favourite of their new songs I've heard, but Reason to Believe is another good one, and does have some cleans in (I believe it might be their only song with lead cleans, but not certain). Hope you enjoy this incredible band!!

Alissa's cleans are epic, too. Check out her guest appearances on Kamelot as well as old The Agonist.

Arch Enemy is amazing!!! I'm so glad you guys reviewed them. You're faces are so funny. You guys rock my socks off!!! So much love to you 4eva! 💋💋❤️❤️❤️

Handshake with Hell, Nemesis ( Waken 2016), The World Is Yours.

u actually sound like two villians like when nath put on the viliian voice and johnny laughs all deep but its still cute. u two are so funny and WANGIE WANGIE

"If Johnny is saying 'back in the day' it's pre-" I WANTED YOU TO SAY PREHISTORIC 😭

Arch Enemy - Reason to believe There you have it, Alissa with cleans And it's a great "ballady" song Greetings from "up above"

Holy shit that was so much better than I expected! Thanks for checking this one out guys

Great reaction video. You guys seem very cool and I will check you out more. That song murdered me and brought me back to life!

Seen them live twice. Highly recommended! She has such an insane stage presence.

I feel like her vocals improve every album

This song kicks a$$

Massive fan. Alissa is an amazing screamer!

That "one more time" bit cracked me up. Subbed!

Check out “the world is yours”. Cleans in that song.✌️

Fantastic, had a great time watching this.

ahh havnt listened to Arch Enemy in a long time! First gig I ever went to when I was like 14 or 15 was a metal tour with Machinehead, Trvium, Arch Enemy and Dragonforce. Baptism of fucking fire haha

I'm sure someone has mentioned it already, but this girl has only been in the band for a few years. Before her was Angela Gossow, and she was with the band for quite a long time. Before Angela joined, i believe it was the bassist who also did vocals. Alissa is Canadian too 🤘🤘

Saw them live in Perth, Alissa just absolutely commands the stage. My top 3, nemesis, eagle flies alone and the watcher!

Intencity before the movies. Classic first date destroyer

She’s actually the second female singer. The first was Angela Gossow. Angela is now the bands manager. Alyssa has only been in the band a few years now

Great reaction! Been waiting a long time for new AE stuff…

Johnny before every video: Is this thing on? 😂

Have listened to them a bit my apocalypse was the first song I heard then skeleton dance. Epic songs. This was fantastic!

For clean vocals - Kamelot - Liar Liar feat. Alissa

Definitely recommend doing the video for 'Kamelot - Liar Liar' for a mix of her clean and harsh vocals (she pretty much only does harsh vocals for Arch Enemy). For Arch Enemy official music videos with Alissa 'War Eternal', 'The World Is Yours', 'The Eagle Flies Alone'. Also, we have Timezone over here across the ditch :)

BANGER!

How old are Johnny and Nathan? 15 years ago in Metal Band? They would have to be in 40s. Right? Makes me feel better about being in my late 40s and still loving Metal music 🤘🏾

Reason to believe by Arch Enemy for clean vocals guys.An immense song,kick fucking ass. Top songs; Avalanche, The world is yours and Dreams of retribution.

That's the 1st of the new songs for me, and I must say that it's awesome. Alissa was the frontwoman for the band The Agonist, where she did a mix of harsh and clean vocals...you should check them out.

Top 3 concerts I've ever been to, right before the pandemic bullshit, was Arch Enemy with Amon Amarth (and At the Gates and Grand Magus), they're amazing live.

Lads!!! Check out Metal Allegiance doing We Rock for some Alyssa clean vocals 🤘🏼🤘🏼

She was a guest on a few Kamelot songs and also did a cover of Demons are a Girls Best Friend with Powerwolf. Liar Liar by Kamelot has her doing some clean vocals and her clean vocals are absolutely insane too. She was also is in a song with Carnifex called No Light Shall Save us that has a pretty awesome video for it, and that is a super badass song if you haven't heard it yet.

Thank you gentlemen. That was great. Horns up🤘. Johan (male) was their first vocalist 1996-2000, then Angela (the godmother of scream, one of the pioneers and inspiration to current vocalist) 2000-2013, and now Alissa 2013-. Yeah she is younger. Born in 1986 I believe. The rest of the band members are around 50yo. Jeff Loomis, the blonde shred extraudinaire, just turned 50 this month. Arch is one of those bands where the obscure songs really stand out as more memorable and a greater rollercoaster ride. So it realy pays off to stray from the singles a bit and check out the other songs. My top three (very hard task) would (today) be: 1. Skeleton Dance, 2. Enemy Within, 3. Cult Of Chaos. But there are just so many more. I didn't really understand Arch until I began using good headphones.

You want to hear Reason to Believe To hear clean and growl.

Listen to "Reason to Believe" lots of excellent cleans as well

Alissa is the greatest stage presence in music today. She has brought Arch Enemy to the top of the metal world. She can growl and sing clean vocals better than anyone!

this band kicks your face in

Top 3 arch enemy Nemesis My Apocalypse Carry the cross Yeah they’re all from the same album, so what 😁 Also this chick has only been there for the last 2 albums I believe. Angela Gossow was the singer before that for the bulk of their career

Yes, Alissa is quite the looker. But she's got some incredible growls and cleans.

You should react to their other songs like, (War Eternal, Nemises, and World is Yours)

THIS IS A MUST!!! Götterdämmerung by Zeal & Ardor

On the topic of where they're from, I beliiieeeve they were founded in Sweden, but their members were from all over the place. Angela Gossow (former vocalist/current band manager) is from Germany, while Alissa White-Gluz (current vocalist) is actually from Canada.. Alissa is also in a relationship with Doyle from the Misfits, so, do with that info what you will lol

Ok, the new single/video from Battle Beast is out today. The song is Master Of Illusion ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6sLSyTEXfCI.html. Battle Beast is a heavy/power metal band from Finland. The band and song is brilliant.

Btw, Alissa doesn't do her deepest vocals on the albums. She saves that for the live shows. Here's a little taste:

If you want to listen to Arch Enemy with mostly clean vocals, then "Reason To Believe" song is what you are looking for. I suppose my top 3 are "The Eagle Flies Alone", "Nemesis" Wacken 2016 live version and "The World Is Yours", also older music with Angela is very good.

Arch Enemy is actually one of the first Metal bands I ever listened to and still is one of my very favourites :) Songs to check out: Blood On Your Hands (I'd recommend the live version from Japan (Official DVD Video) a must see on how to open a show Ravenous Nemesis War Eternal We Will Rise Savage Messiah Dead Bury Their Dead ... well they basically don't have any bad songs..

Great review...from a fellow Aussie...love AE from Angela to Alissa....I know everyone has their Preference... but what a total Epic carring on as a performer to carty the band forward!!!❤....Right there with you Johnny...not only kick arse voice...talent & performance ...she has amazing abs!!!!... she worked fucking hard to get them!!...as anyone who has tried to get them....it is just about impossible unless you cut just about all carbs and work like fuck at a gym and survive on a lettuce leaf diet with supplements to get them!!....you show them offf girl!!... coz I fully know how hard you worked to get them!!.. hail you....and anyone that recognises that!!

You should check out The Eagle Flies Alone… One of my all time favorites by them.

Alissa does clean vocals on Kamelot's song Liar Liar, you should react to it

Alissa only has one song with clean vocals in Arch Enemy "Reason to Believe." If you want to check out her first AE album War Eternal I can recommend it. That album kicked my ass when it came out.

She does cleans in her old band The Agonist

Just pure Thrash Metal at its best simple.

There is a lot of metal in the swedish water

She is not that old. She is 36 I think🤔 Did you guys know Alissa is a vegan? She is fit👌 and she is current together with the guitarist of the Misfits. Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. I'm a big Arch Enemy fan. I first saw them in 2006. With their former singer Angela. She is brutal. The first singer it's a long time ago. Consider that Angela was at least 10years front woman of the band. The new singer... I was not a big fan at the beginning. She has grown on me. This song is much better than the songs on the last album. I was a little bit lost when that came out. It just didn't do it for me. This song is a banger🤘btw they are from Sweden. In Europe we just have some amazing metalbands. Alissa is from America.

Man, haven't listened to Arch Enemy for a good few years now. Loved this song! Great video, boys \m/

What an awesome track! great reaction as usual guys; on another not When Stars Collide by Obscura is a cool new track to check out from an older band making some of their best music now, definitely worth a check out!

This was a great talk about Arch Enemy and the new Video.! Alissa is a great singer and do it so wild and like a Wild Animal in the Video with that Fire and Attiude like no wann else in the Heavy Metal World.!!! She is number 1 Alissa White-Gluz for me.!

Bro’s had no idea your super local to me. Central coast rep 🙌🏻

Loving the t-shirts. For a good “woah oh”, listen to Party in my Head by Pain 🤘😁

You guys have to check out these two albums by The Agonist: Lullibies for dormant minds 2009, Prisoners 2012. Those two albums are brilliant from start to finish. Alissa is ridiculously talented 🤘🏻

#PUREFUCKINGMETAL

damn man 🔥🤘

AE is one of my favorite bands, they are so good live. My top 3 are "Bloodstained Cross" "Under Black Flags We March" and "My Apocalypse"

Alissa It's really good, but I'm a big fan of Angela Gussow, she was a beast at the microphone 🙌🙌💪💥🤘🤘 But it's good not all are the same

Brutal female vocalist from an "older" band -> listen to Walls of Jericho guys 🤘

I gotta say though, boys, if you want animated front women you have to react to Nightwish and Amaranthe.

Giving off some Unearth meets Darkest Hour vibes

SHE IS 36 SHE AINT OLD😂😂also yes timezone is in other countries but not where i am. one thing u do have that i like is caramel koalas my stepbrother sends them over and violet crumbles and something else oh yeah the bite size ones of the bar and then there is a chocolate marshmallow thing ye all have, sorry for the irish slang

80's music on steroids

i love the punk influence

If you like an animated female metal singer check out Frozen Crown's videos. Giada their singer is very animated with her arms.

Fuck yeah 🤘❤

You guys need to get on kalle koschinsky And Eskimo callboy - Castrop X Spandau 😁

if you like heavy metal girls with brutal asf vocals, check out cerebral bore, with som as frontwomen. metal as shit 🤘🏽

🇸🇪❤️🤘🏼

Fucking oath had no idea you lads were from the newy/cc area 👌

They are from Sweden ,, started in 1995 and had ámale vocalist,, Johan Liiva , after some years they got a lady on board German Angela Gossow who was pretty brutal, only harsh vocals, she gave her place to Canadian Alissa who’s this lady you are seeing here, she’s like 36 years old . I used to be fan of their music with Angela, couldn’t stand alissas simple growl neither her stage presence, the only right thing they did for me was to introduce me to Jinjer ,, cause Jinjer were their opening band in the European tour back in 2017-18. Needless to say that Jinjer was way more impressive and better stage presence in every way. Not convinced about AEs innovation in Metal, they are just continuing with their same riffs so their music is just not appealing to me at all, but they have a good fan base all over the world and I respect that, If you want to check out a new band with a better front person and better riffs check out Akiavel from France, their song Kind Of Requiem, thank me later

Johnny may not be fully professional but he hella hot

Again not my cup of tea but I can be entertained by it... unlike that camomille of a olivia rodrigo's song! Ommyworld you guys ruined my day with that thing! Aussie Metal rocks by the way... thank you for letting me discovering this! Less thankful for... you know what!! 😎

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As for me Angela sounded better than Alissa 🤘

Everybody talks about the female singer. Alissa is sexy as fuck, we can say that. She s got a great growl (even though Tati from jinjer is superior on that side) and live she can put on a show but the rest of the band is formed my excellent musicians, i mean ammott and erlandsson have previously worked in carcass (one of the BEST in death metal),not to mention sharlee d Angelo (mercyful fate ) and loomis (one of the BEST guitarists around)

Angela still the best and first female to growl and a huge inspiration for current metal band like jinjer or tatyana today!

Just listen to Alissa when she was in the Agonist and you will hear majestic cleans and dynamic screams. Overall a better vocalist then Courtney imo. It’s just under-utilised in Arch Enemy because it’s predominantly heavy screams.

i think she's 37 take good care of herself

The problem about Arch Enemy is they keep making the same old song since 20 years They hired Alyssa that is really good at alternating growl and clean voices and they use just her growl They hired Jefff Loomis at the guitar that can write amazing masterpieces (listen all Nevermore records and his solo albums) and still use him for 30 seconds solos They are just a waste of talented musicians

I miss Angela. Ugh.

Not watching this one. As much as I would like to give it a listen, I still hold to the fact that the situation with the photographer was them being absolute shitheads to him.

everyone who pause this song in the middle to make comments deserve dislike if video. +1 dislike from me sorry

She's 37.