“Nemesis” by Arch Enemy

"Nemesis" storms out of Doomsday Machine, the sixth studio album from Swedish melodic death metal outfit Arch Enemy, released in 2005 and the third to carry Angela Gossow's voice. She wrote the words and fronts the song; Michael and Christopher Amott built the music with drummer Daniel Erlandsson, and the brothers' guitars do the heavy lifting, with Sharlee D'Angelo on bass, Ola Strömberg on keyboards and Apollo Papathanasio chipping in backing vocals.

Rickard Bengtsson produced and Andy Sneap mixed, and the result is as catchy as it is crushing. When PopMatters' Adrien Begrand reviewed the album, "Nemesis" was one of the songs he picked out, and he gave the Amott brothers much of the credit. It doubled as a farewell of sorts: Christopher quit the band not long after the sessions, returning 2 years later.

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