The idea to re-record a collection of songs of the first three records with Angela on vocals has not been accomplished, yet, first, the seventh Arch Enemy-opus, "Rise of the tyrant" is on its way. "We want to re-record those songs that we did with Johan Liiva that we would like to play live, too. It's a shame that there are many people who only know us since "Wages of sin", drummer Daniel Erlandsson claims. "In a perfect world, we will be finished until next year. Till then, the band has a strenuous tour programme on their list: as co-headliner of Machine Head through the U.S. and other parts of the world as well as with other top notch artists in Europe, such as Dragonforce, Shadows Fall and Trivium. Beside some musical surprises, also the return of guitarist Christopher Amott delighted the fans all over the world. "I did not believe that he would return to Arch Enemy so quickly. He left us to go back to school. The few years have obviously shown him that it is his mission to be a musician. For Frederik, who has greatly teamed up with us over 18 months, it is surely a bit mean. But the two guitar playing Amott brothers have always been our trademark and it is good to have him back as a friend." Maybe, Frederik Akesson with his introverted way fits his new band, Opeth, better, anyway – a band that moves much less wildly on stage. "I haven't though about that. The first sketches of the 'Rise of the tyrant' songs were written in early stages of the 'Doomsday machine' tour in the bus and in hotel rooms, in part with Frederik. He will be recognising a lot. We couldn't rehearse the finished songs any more because we put in a little tour through Southern America early this year with some local supports." And then, Christopher stood in front of the door – and the unexpected return into the new Fredman-Studio. "Each album is a reaction on the one before. This time, we wanted the album to be more open than "Doomsday machine". Also, Frederik's sound is more bombastic and more relaxed than that of Andy Sneap. Beside the eleven songs on the album and the Queensryche-song for the "Revolution begins"-single we recorded three more covers, one of them is a song from Kiss", the ex-Eucharist-drummer at least gives some information. Maybe, the others are of the often mentioned, influential Vicious Rumors and Metal Church? Meanwhile, Erlandsson is often requested interview partner for drummers' magazines. "Unfortunately, some concert visitors don't care for drum solos", he sighs. "That's why I like to play a composition live that is based on parts of "I am legend/Out for blood", instead of a conventional solo".