Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin release problemen
Onze collega’s van Blabbermouth
komen met het nieuws dat Arch Enemy eindelijk eens een statement heeft gegeven
over het feit dat het nieuwe album nog steeds niet uitgekomen is in Europa.
Het statement van Arch Enemy:
Dear Arch Enemies!
“It really is about time that we write some words about the pending release of Wages Of Sin in Europe and America. We haven’t put anything on this subject yet on the web site, because we are in a difficult situation and it’s hard to find the right words… But we hate seeing you, the fan, getting totally pissed off – so we have to talk…
“Many fans ask us, why WE don’t release Wages Of Sin in Europe and the US. Well, an album release date is not up to the band that signed a record deal — as ARCH ENEMY did with Century Media in 1997. The fact is that we have delivered the album and artwork to Century Media — and now we are hoping for an announcement of the release date as eagerly as you do… Only when the album is released worldwide can we go out and do what we feel we do best — perform LIVE. We also get feedback from some fans saying that they don’t like the way WE are giving the Asian market ‘special treatment’. But think about it for a second, why would we not want to promote our music to the world? Why would we want to limit our success to certain markets? It just doesn’t make sense, does it?
“Japan and Korea are a totally different story for ARCH ENEMY. In these territories we are fortunate to be working with two labels and people who are very committed to ARCH ENEMY, because they truly BELIEVE in us. These labels decided to release Wages Of Sin as soon as possible after we delivered them the album. ARCH ENEMY has over the last 5 years become pretty huge in these territories, because we always got and still get the kind of support and attention a band with serious potential should get… ARCH ENEMY is a band featuring only full-time musicians – that means, our one and only (great) job is it to create high-quality music, record exciting albums, RELEASE them and go on tour. (For this you need financial tour support from your label, too – maybe this is answer enough to your question, why we will just tour Korea and Japan for now…).
“We can only function and work properly as a band releasing albums and touring if we have a healthy relationship with a record label. Right now we don’t have this with Century Media. We sincerely hope that they decide to release Wages Of Sin in the US and Europe ASAP.
“Yours respectfully, ARCH ENEMY”