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Despite the good reception of the band, the singer Johan Liiva received an unfavorable critique of Tartarean Desires reviewer Jesse Ketman, which compared Liiva with Angela Gossow: " This is an Arch Enemy album through and through, with the only downer in the whole mold being vocalist Johan " Liiva " Axelsson ... the deep unchanging yell can be looked past due to the top-notch quality of the metal on here, but it's apparent at this point that gaining Angela Gossow on vocals was one of the smartest moves Arch Enemy ever made ; her Schuldiner-style intensity and intelligibility far outweigh the boring barks of Axelsson.
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