Michael Amott, born July 28, 1969 in London, England is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a member of the death metal band Carcass. Michael co-formed the death metal band Carnage in 1988 with singer Johan Liiva, and released two widely traded cassette demos, gaining instant underground interest. Plagued by constant lineup changes, Carnage would eventually record their only album Dark Recollections with Michael as the sole original member, but by the time the album came out on Necrosis records in 1990, the band was broken up.
Soon afterwards, Michael Amott was recruited by Carcass in 1990, and released the seminal album Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious in 1991. Michael left Carcass in 1993, and decided to form a classic rock influenced band, Spiritual Beggars. The band released their debut album Spiritual Beggars in 1994, which led to a European record deal with Music for Nations, who released Another Way to Shine in 1996.
Still heavily into extreme metal, Michael Amott formed a new melodic death metal project in the same vein as Carcass, whose Heartwork album was now considered a Death Metal masterpiece. Michael contacted original Carnage vocalist Johan Liiva, as well as his younger brother Christopher Amott, who was attending music school at the time, and put together Arch Enemy. program, and in 1997 Arch Enemy was signed by major Japanese label Toy's Factory, and invited to tour Japan. In April the same year, Arch Enemy returned with Stigmata, their first album released outside of Japan, now on Century Media records. Later in 1998, Michael also contributed solos to the Candlemass album Dactylis Glomerata.
Still heavily into extreme metal, Michael Amott formed a new melodic death metal project in the same vein as Carcass, whose Heartwork album was now considered a Death Metal masterpiece. Michael contacted original Carnage vocalist Johan Liiva, as well as his younger brother Christopher Amott, who was attending music school at the time, and put together Arch Enemy. program, and in 1997 Arch Enemy was signed by major Japanese label Toy's Factory, and invited to tour Japan. In April the same year, Arch Enemy returned with Stigmata, their first album released outside of Japan, now on Century Media records. Later in 1998, Michael also contributed solos to the Candlemass album Dactylis Glomerata.
Arch Enemy returned in 1999 with Burning Bridges and Burning Japan Live 1999 which would prove to be Johan Liiva's last recording with the band. Michael went on to release Ad Astra with Spiritual Beggars in 2000, then returned to Arch Enemy, and recruited amateur German vocalist Angela Gossow to replace Liiva in 2000. Arch Enemy released Wages of Sin in 2001, and propelled by the new frontwoman, the band achieved new worldwide success. Arch Enemy toured worldwide in support of Wages of Sin, and Michael did not return to his Spiritual Beggars project until late 2002, releasing On Fire, again on Music For Nations. Michael returned once again to Spiritual Beggars in 2005, releasing the album Demons. Today, Michael Amott is busy touring the world and recording with Arch Enemy and the re-formed Carcass, Michael does not rule out a return to Spiritual Beggars in the future.
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