Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)

Stigmata
Studio album by
Released5 May 1998
RecordedOctober 1997, January 1998
StudioStudio Fredman
GenreMelodic death metal
Length46:17
LabelCentury Media
ProducerFredrik Nordström, Michael Amott
Arch Enemy chronology
Black Earth
(1996)
Stigmata
(1998)
Burning Bridges
(1999)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition cover

Stigmata is the second studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. The album was Arch Enemy's first to see worldwide release, in Europe and North America on Century Media Records, and in Japan again on Toy's Factory records. Stigmata features session drummer Peter Wildoer, who had also appeared in Christopher Amott's solo project Armageddon on the 1997 album Crossing the Rubicon, shortly before the recording of the album. The album was reissued on 25 May 2009, featuring a new layout, packaging, and bonus tracks.[1] Stigmata not only contains a title track, but a track named after their previous album as well. The Sri Lankan metal band Stigmata named themselves after this album.[citation needed] The album was reissued again on 28 April 2023 in various formats, along with a visualiser for “Bridge of Destiny”.

  1. ^ "Arch Enemy guitarist says band will have new studio recording available by October". Blabbermouth.net. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.