Will to Power is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, released on 8 September 2017 via Century Media Records.[1][2] This is the first album to feature guitarist Jeff Loomis who joined the band in November 2014.[3] It is also the first Arch Enemy album to feature a song with clean singing as lead vocals; the song, "Reason to Believe", is referred to as "their first ever, largely clean-sung power ballad."[4]
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| Will to Power | ||||
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| Studio album by Arch Enemy | ||||
| Released | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
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| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 50:32 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
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| Singles from Will to Power | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Hammer | 8/10[4] |
| Metal Injection | 8.5/10[5] |
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| Terrorizer | 6/10[7] |
Ross Baker of Terrorizer gave the album a moderate rating, and wrote, "'Will To Power' doesn't see a dramatic stylistic shift from melodic death metal, but Michael Amott and company flex their muscles and experiment a bit on this tenth release."[7]
Metal Hammer magazine ranked Will to Power at #40 on its list of 100 Best Albums of 2017.[8]
At the 2017 Burrn! magazine awards, the album won Best Album and Best Artwork, and the song "The World Is Yours" won Best Tune.[9]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Set Flame to the Night" | instrumental |
| 1:18 |
| 2. | "The Race" | Alissa White-Gluz |
| 3:15 |
| 3. | "Blood in the Water" | Amott |
| 3:55 |
| 4. | "The World Is Yours" | Amott |
| 4:53 |
| 5. | "The Eagle Flies Alone[lower-alpha 1]" | Amott | Amott | 5:15 |
| 6. | "Reason To Believe" | Amott |
| 4:47 |
| 7. | "Murder Scene" | White-Gluz |
| 3:50 |
| 8. | "First Day in Hell" | White-Gluz | Amott | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Saturnine" | instrumental | Erlandsson | 1:09 |
| 10. | "Dreams of Retribution" | Amott |
| 6:40 |
| 11. | "My Shadow and I" | White-Gluz | Amott | 4:05 |
| 12. | "A Fight I Must Win" |
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| 6:37 |
| Total length: | 50:32 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover) |
| 2:48 |
| Total length: | 53:20 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Warsystem" (The Shitlickers cover) | Lars Andrén | 0:54 |
| 2. | "Armed Revolution" (The Shitlickers cover) | Andrén | 0:51 |
| 3. | "Spräckta snutskallar" (The Shitlickers cover) | Andrén | 0:51 |
| 4. | "The Leader (Of the Fuckin' Assholes)" (The Shitlickers cover) | Andrén | 1:02 |
| 5. | "Nitad" (Moderat Likvidation cover) | Cliff Lundberg | 1:06 |
| 6. | "When the Innocent Die" (Anti Cimex cover) |
| 1:57 |
| 7. | "City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover) |
| 2:48 |
| Total length: | 9:29 | ||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 13. | "Back to Back" (Pretty Maids cover) | Ronnie Atkins |
| 3:22 |
| 14. | "City Baby Attacked by Rats" (Charged GBH cover) | Colin Abrahall |
| 2:48 |
| Total length: | 56:42 | |||
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| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 26 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] | 6 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 11 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] | 15 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] | 80 |
| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] | 5 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] | 11 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] | 2 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[19] | 22 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 3 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] | 13 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[22] | 10 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] | 24 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] | 17 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] | 11 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] | 5 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[27] | 37 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[28] | 3 |
| US Billboard 200[29] | 90 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] | 3 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] | 15 |
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