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Interview With Sharlee D’Angelo: “We’re more of a solid unit now than we’ve been in a very, very long time!”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 26, 2016

Posted in: Interviews. Tagged: Alison Booth, Arch Enemy, Sharlee D'Angelo. 1 Comment

Interview By Alison Booth

Stalwarts of the metal scene, ARCH ENEMY, have been working hard as ever touring the world with their highly successful “War Eternal” album, which was released two years ago.

The UK were given just four dates on this run and the band played to packed out and extremely hot and perspiration inducing venues, taking place this last week during our pretty decent summer! I caught up with bass player Sharlee D’Angelo before the band’s appearance at the Corporation in Sheffield and you can check out what he had to say on the audio player below, along with a few excerpts:

Discussing how the band have settled down following line-up changes, Sharlee expressed:

“I think we’re more of a solid unit than we’ve been in a very, very long time. I mean, Angela left because she wasn’t feeling it any more. She’d given it a very, very good part of her life and wanted to move on, so it’s great to have somebody come in who actually wants to give it her all, you know.

And the same thing with Jeff, we’d known Jeff since way back in the nineties and we toured together several times before, so we know him really well. We actually asked him to join about ten years ago, but then he was of course busy with Nevermore. But yeah, so timing was perfect and now it’s great, the overall feeling in the band couldn’t be better!”

Sharlee D’Angelo, ARCH ENEMY
Corporation, Sheffield
August 2016

Sharlee revealed plans for the next ARCH ENEMY album:

“We’re aiming for a maybe next September release next year, so we are working on songs right now and looking to as soon as this all ends, putting songs together and entering the studio and all of that. But we’ll take our sweet ass time, because if it’s good it’s good, but if it’s not we’ll keep on working. It’s just a matter of putting all the tons of musical ideas that we have into actual songs and it’s anyone’s guess how that’ll go.”

For all the up to date information on ARCH ENEMY, visit their official website here.

ARCH ENEMY
Corporation, Sheffield
August 2016

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: New Album Title Revealed

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 24, 2013

Posted in: News. Tagged: "Earth Blues", Apollo Papathanasio, InsideOut Music, Michael Amott, Sharlee D'Angelo, Spiritual Beggars. Leave a comment

Source: Blabbermouth.net

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS — the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D’Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (ex-FIREWIND) — is putting the finishing touches on its eighth studio album, “Earth Blues”, for a spring release via InsideOut Music.

The band will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the CD and by playing shows, including a European tour in April.

Commented Amott: “We started the recording process of ‘Earth Blues’ with an eight-day-long session at Fat Guitar Studios (Sweden) with knob-twiddler Roberth Ekholm, a truly great dude who really knows how to capture a band jamming live, sadly a rare quality in recording engineers nowadays! We continued with some overdubs at various studios in Sweden, and it’s all come together super easy this time. We’re finishing up the mixes now with Staffan Karlsson (SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, SHINING, etc.) at his studio in Halmstad, Sweden. Sonically, I think this might be our finest hour yet. It’s a raw, heavy and honest record.”

In order to promote this upcoming release as well as the band’s anniversary, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS have confirmed a European tour for April with support by German rockers ZODIAC, as well as some European summer festivals.

European tour dates:

April 15 – Hamburg, Germany – Logo
April 16 – Köln, Germany – Underground
April 17 – Ludwigburg, Germany – Rockfabrik
April 18 – München, Germany – Backstage
April 19 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Galery
April 20 – Nürnberg, Germany – Rockfabrik
April 21 – Tilburg, The Netherlands – 013 / Roadburn Festival
April 22 – Paris, France – La Scene Bastille
April 25 – Madrid, Spain – Caracol
April 26 – Barcelona, Spain – Apollo 2
April 27 – Erandio / Bilbao, Spain – Sonora

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS in 2011 released a live CD entitled “Return To Live: Loud Park 2010” in Japan via Trooper Entertainment. The disc features eight songs, capturing the bands high-energy performance at Loud Park 10 at Saitama Super Arena, Japan on October 17, 2010. The live recording was mixed in Sweden by Staffan Karlsson and Rickard Bengtsson at Studio Landgren 5.3 and The Sweet Spot Studio in December 2010. The artwork and design was handled by Hippograffix.

The new lineup of SPIRITUAL BEGGARS made its live debut on October 1, 2010 at Kyttaro club in Athens, Greece.

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS‘s seventh studio album, “Return To Zero”, was released in Japan on August 25, 2010 via Trooper Entertainment Inc. — the label founded by legendary Japanese heavy metal music industry guru Tetsu Miyamoto. The Japanese special edition comes in a glossy paper box with a poster and a sticker of the CD front cover. The Japanese edition also features a bonus track, a thunderous cover of URIAH HEEP‘s “Time To Live” off the legendary U.K. band’s 1971 “Salisbury” record.

“Return To Zero” was released in North America on October 12, 2010 via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2005’s “Demons” was recorded at Sweetspot Studio with producer Rickard Bengtsson.

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS 2013 is:

Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS) – Guitar
Ludwig Witt (FIREBIRD) – Drums
Per Wiberg (OPETH) – Keyboards
Sharlee D’Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, MERCYFUL FATE) – Bass
Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND) – Vocals

SNOWY SHAW Sings KING DIAMOND, DIMMU BORGIR Classics At Special Halloween Concert (Video)

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 24, 2012

Posted in: News. Tagged: Michael denner, Pete Blakk, Sharlee D'Angelo, Snowy Shaw. Leave a comment

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw was joined by bassist Sharlee D’Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, ILLWILL, MERCYFUL FATE), legendary MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND guitarist Michael Denner and former KING DIAMOND guitarist Pete Blakk during Snowy‘s special concert event on November 3 at Sparbankshallen in Varberg, Sweden.

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.

Shaw was backed by the following musicians during the concert:

* Mark U Black (M.A.N., ex-DREAM EVIL, KUNG DIAMANT) – Lead Guitar
* Petter Karlsson (ex-THERION, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA) – Drums
* Vikki Valkyrie (ex-ICE AGE, THEM SLUTS) – Bass

Shaw‘s live album, “Snowy Shaw Is Alive!”, was released last December via iTunes. The CD was recorded during his May 27, 2011 concert at the Brew House in Gothenburg, Sweden , which saw Snowy performing “all his favorite songs” from “all his former bands” — including KING DIAMOND, NOTRE DAME, DREAM EVIL, MERCYFUL FATE, THERION, MEMENTO MORI, ILLWILL, XXX and DIMMU BORGIR — and featured guest appearances by La Rocque, Wead, Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND), Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TREAT, KRUX), Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS), Kee Marcello (EUROPE) and Jackie Patino (a.k.a. Maryann Cotton).

ARCH ENEMY Bassist To Perform With SNOWY SHAW In Sweden

Posted by aliblackdiamond on October 23, 2012

Posted in: News. Tagged: Arch Enemy, King Diamond, Sharlee D'Angelo, Snowy Shaw. Leave a comment

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Bassist Sharlee D’Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, ILLWILL, MERCYFUL FATE) is one of the guest musicians who will perform with Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw at a special Halloweeen concert event on November 3 at Sparbankshallen in Varberg, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear are legendary MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND guitarist Michael Denner and former KING DIAMOND guitarist Pete Blakk. More guests will be announced soon.

Snowy‘s backing band will be as follows:

* Mark U Black (M.A.N., ex-DREAM EVIL, KUNG DIAMANT) – Lead Guitar
* Petter Karlsson (ex-THERION, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA) – Drums
* Vikki Valkyrie (ex-ICE AGE, THEM SLUTS) – Bass

Snowy states: “Like last time around, I’m delighted and grateful to be joined on stage by some of the best friends from my former bands… and I’m looking forward to one helluva kick-ass performance with a specially designed Halloween theme that will make last year’s performance seem like a band practice by comparison.”

* Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND, ILLWILL)
* Mike Wead (BIBLEBLACK, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE)
* Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND)
* Mats Levén (THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TREAT, KRUX)
* Thomas Vikström (CANDLEMASS)
* Kee Marcello (EUROPE)
* Jackie Patino (a.k.a. Maryann Cotton)

Snowy‘s backing band consisted of the following players:

* Kristian Niemann (ex-THERION) – Lead Guitar
* Mannequin De Sade (ex-NOTRE DAME, ENGEL) – Drums
* Elvira – Bass

The “Snowy Shaw Is Alive!” artwork was created by Snowy Shaw, with illustration by Andrej Bartulovic.

Due to the “astonishing response” and many offers from festival promoters and booking agencies, Snowy has decided to postpone the release of the DVD version of the Brew House concert “with the intention of having even more material filmed and included from the upcoming shows,” according to a press release.

ARCH ENEMY – Ibanez Introduces Revamped Sharlee D’Angelo Signature SDB Bass

Posted by Stargazer on February 19, 2012

Posted in: News. Tagged: Arch Enemy, Ibanez, Sharlee D'Angelo. Leave a comment

In January, Ibanez unveiled an updated version of the ARCH ENEMY bassist Sharlee D’Angelo’s signature SDB bass. Inspired by the company’s Iceman model, the axe features a white flat finish and cosmo black hardware, neck-through construction, a Mono-Rail IV bridge, and comes factory-tuned to drop-C.

The SDB2 is built with a mahogany body, 5-piece maple and bubinga neck, and a rosewood fingerboard with iron cross inlays. It’s outfitted with a pair of Ibanez’s Passive Full Range humbuckers matched with their EQB-IIDX 2-band EQ. The Ibanez SDB2 Bass will be shipping this Spring with a street price of around $899 US.

Go to this location for complete specs. Visit ibanez.com/ for more details.

As previously reported, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, the new ‘classic rock’ project with D’Angelo and Björn “Speed” Strid from SOILWORK, has signed with Coroner Records for the worldwide release of its debut album.

The band is currently recording the album which will be released in June.

The Night Flight Orchestra started like so many others as an innocent yet serious drunken idea when Björn Strid and David Andersson (MEAN STREAK, Soilwork session player) were on the road together somewhere in North America in 2007. Björn and David were bonding over what they considered classic or not, from rock n’ roll conspiracies to being arrested in a lobby with nothing but leather pants on.

It didn’t take long before bass player Sharlee D’Angelo joined forces as well as keyboard player Richard Larsson (Von Benzo) and drummer Jonas Källsbäck (Mean Streak).

The goal was to reclaim the ’70’s/early ’80’s sense for classic melody, the forgotten recipe to a timeless song, preferably a song mentioning a city, street name or an exhilarating alcoholic beverage. Anything that will have you spitting out the word classic.

Further details about official release date, tracklist, artwork will be revealed soon.

You can listen to some pre-production songs on Facebook.

Source: Bravewords

ARCH ENEMY: New Video Interview Posted Online

Posted by Stargazer on September 27, 2011

Posted in: News. Tagged: Arch Enemy, Michael Amott, Sharlee D'Angelo. Leave a comment

Yell! Magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D’Angelo of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY. You can now watch the chat below.

“Khaos Legions”, the ninth studio album from ARCH ENEMY, sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 78.

ARCH ENEMY‘s previous full-length studio CD of new material, “Rise Of The Tyrant”, debuted at position No. 84 in October 2007 with first-week U.S. sales of around 8,900 — approximately 25 percent less than the opening number (12,000) of its predecessor, 2005’s “Doomsday Machine” (which landed at No. 87).

“Khaos Legions” was released in Europe on May 30 and in the U.S. on June 7 via Century Media Records. The CD marks the band’s return to new, original material, after the release of the “Tyrants Of The Rising Sun – Live In Japan” live DVD/CD (2008) and the re-recordings album, “The Root Of All Evil” (2009). The effort was tracked at Sweet Spot Studio in the south of Sweden with engineer Rickard Bengtsson (who produced 2005’s “Doomsday Machine”).