Go behind the scenes with Arch Enemy on shoot for The Eagle Flies Alone

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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As video for The Eagle Flies Alone reaches 30 million views on YouTube, Arch Enemy celebrate with behind-the-scenes clip

In August last year, Arch Enemy released a video for their single The Eagle Flies Alone.

The song features on the band’s latest album Will To Power (opens in new tab), which launched in September 2017 via Century Media. 

Now, with the video reaching more than 30 million views on YouTube, the group have shared a behind-the-scenes clip showing how the shoot came together to celebrate the landmark achievement.

Watch it below.

Speaking previously about the song, band leader Michael Amott said: “Strangely enough, this is a song I wrote in sunny Mexico, but fear not – Arch Enemy hasn’t gone mariachi on you!

“On the contrary, this song is steeped in classic metal and melancholic Scandinavian atmosphere. Lyrically, this is an anthemic war cry to all fellow individualists around the heavy metal world.

“We shot the video with our director Patric Ullaeus in Sweden, on the coldest outdoor shoot I can recall ever doing. The end result was totally worth it, It turned out beautifully – I guess sometimes you really have to suffer for the art!”

Arch Enemy are currently on tour in Europe and will head to South America late in the year for further live shows.

Arch Enemy 2018 tour dates
Aug 17: Sinbronn Summer Breeze, Germany
Aug 18: Hamburg Elb-Riot, Germany
Oct 31: Santiago Movistar Arena, Chile
Nov 02: Mexico City Arena Ciudad, Mexico
Nov 04: San Jose Province Peppers, Costa Rica
Nov 08: Buenos Aires Luna Park, Argentina

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.