Arch Enemy hit the fast lane in new video for The Race

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Arch Enemy release video for their track The Race - from new album Will To Power

Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy (Image credit: Katja Kuhl)

Arch Enemy have released a video for their new track The Race.

It’s been lifted from the band’s new album Will To Power, which arrived in September via Century Media, with the promo featuring live footage from a recent show in Helsinki.

Founding member Michael Amott says: “This was actually the last song written for the Will To Power album. Listening through all the material we had up to that point, we agreed that the album needed one more song that would be a relentless and fast-paced counterpoint to some of the more epic compositions we already had.

“We sent vocalist Alissa White-Gluz the music and she came up with a thought provoking set of lyrics with an intense vocal arrangement that complemented the music perfectly.

“We’ve been having a blast playing this song on the current tour and we had our video director Patric Ullaeus come out to capture the mayhem at our recent show in Helsinki, Finland. Enjoy The Race!”

Arch Enemy will head out on the road again in January for a run of shows across Europe and the UK. Find a full list of their live dates below.

Main picture: Katja Kuhl

Arch Enemy 2018 UK and European tour dates

Jan 12: Munich Tonhalle, Germany
Jan 13: Stuttgart LKA Longhorn, Germany
Jan 14: Prague Forum Karlin, Czech Republic
Jan 15: Zurich Komplex, Switzerland
Jan 17: Milan Alcatraz, Italy
Jan 18: Lyon Transbordeur, France
Jan 19: Barcelona Razzmatazz, Spain
Jan 20: Madrid La Riviera, Spain
Jan 22: Toulouse Le Bikini, France
Jan 23: Paris Bataclan, France
Jan 24: Antwerp Trix, Belgium
Jan 26: Oberhausen Turbinenhalle, Germany
Jan 27: Geiselwind Music Hall, Germany
Jan 28: Tilburg 013, Netherlands
Jan 29: Hamburg Große Freiheit, Germany
Jan 31: Malmo KB, Sweden
Feb 01: Oslo Rockefeller, Norway
Feb 02: Stockholm Arenan, Sweden
Feb 03: Gothenburg Trädgarn, Sweden
Feb 05: Berlin Huxleys, Germany
Feb 06: Wiesbaden Schlachthof, Germany
Feb 07: Saarbrücken Garage, Germany
Feb 09: Glasgow ABC, UK
Feb 10: Nottingham Rock City, UK
Feb 11: London Koko, UK
Feb 13: Manchester Ritz, UK
Feb 14: Bristol Academy, UK

Arch Enemy's track-by-track guide to Will To Power

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.