| Blood Dynasty | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Arch Enemy |
| Cover: | Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty.png |
| Genre: | Melodic death metal |
| Length: | 42:41 |
| Label: | Century Media |
| Producer: | Jens Bogren |
| Prev Title: | Deceivers |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
Blood Dynasty is the upcoming twelfth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. The album is scheduled for a 28 March 2025 release, and was announced on 4 October 2024. It is Arch Enemy's first studio album to feature guitarist Joey Concepcion, following the departure of Jeff Loomis from the band in 2023.
On 31 July 2024, Arch Enemy surprise released their new standalone single "Dream Stealer" and premiered its music video at 6pm CET.[1]
At the first show of the Rising from the North tour (with co-headliner In Flames and special guest Soilwork) on 3 October 2024, the band debuted the then-unreleased track "Liars & Thieves". The following day, Arch Enemy announced their new album and its release date of 28 March 2025.[2]
On 17 October 2024, the album's second single "Liars & Thieves" was released alongside a music video composed of live footage from the first two weeks of the Rising from the North tour.[3]
On 12 November 2024, Arch Enemy began their headlining 'Largo Camino Al Inframundo...' tour in Mexico in promotion of Blood Dynasty.
On 25 November 2024, Arch Enemy announced their headlining European Blood Dynasty 2025 Tour (with support acts Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper), which is the band's first tour scheduled for after the release of Blood Dynasty.
On 27 November 2024, the band announced that the title track of the album would be the third single, and it was released on 4 December 2024.[4] Its music video premiered on the band's YouTube channel[5] at 6pm CET.
The cover artwork of Blood Dynasty was created by artist Alex Reisfar, who has previously created the artworks for Arch Enemy's albums Will to Power (2017) and Deceivers (2022).
Upon announcing the album, founding member and guitarist Michael Amott stated that Blood Dynasty will surpass fans' expectations for an Arch Enemy album, saying "This new album pushes the boundaries of what we've done before — it's everything you've come to expect from this band, and then some! We can't wait for you to hear it and feel the energy we've poured into every track. Welcome to the 'Blood Dynasty'!".[6]
Track 9 of Blood Dynasty is a cover of the song "Vivre Libre" by the French heavy metal band Blaspheme. This is the first time in their career that Arch Enemy are releasing a cover as a track on the standard edition of an album rather than the deluxe edition. It is not yet known if the two bonus tracks ("Break the Spell" and "Moths") will be additional covers or if they will be original Arch Enemy songs.
Blood Dynasty has been available for pre-order since the album announcement, and is available in the following CD and vinyl LP formats:
Fans also have the opportunity to preorder bundles (available at the Arch Enemy store and Rebellion Republic) which contain a physical copy of the album alongside a merchandise item such as a t-shirt.