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Christopher Amott (born 23 November 1977) is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist, younger brother of Michael Amott and founding member of the Swedish metal bands Arch Enemy and Armageddon. ==Biography== Born in Halmstad, Sweden, inspired by his older brother Michael Amott's band Carcass, Christopher began studying the guitar at 14, playing in local bands, and eventually attending music college at age 18. With aggressive, fast vibrato, speedy alternate-picking, and fluid lead lines, Christopher's memorable playing style was crafted after such players as John Sykes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth, John Norum, and Michael Schenker. While attending music school in 1996, Michael asked Christopher to record solos for his new melodic death metal project Arch Enemy. The ''Black Earth'' album was released in Japan in 1996, and was an instant hit, receiving regular airplay on Japanese MTV. The band were invited to play Japan in 1997, and it was there that Christopher secured a deal for his Armageddon side project. The project began as a melodic death metal band, similar in style to Arch Enemy, but with a more conceptual feel to the lyrics. Armageddon released their first album ''Crossing the Rubicon'' on W.A.R. records in 1997. The album featured Peter Wildoer and Martin Bengtsson, who would also go on to record ''Stigmata'' with Arch Enemy in 1998. The ''Stigmata'' album was again a success in Japan, and was the first Arch Enemy album to be released in the USA, on Century Media records. With Arch Enemy gaining ground worldwide, Amott would go on to release ''Burning Bridges'' and ''Burning Japan Live 1999'', both in 1999, then take a break until the latter part of 2000, when Armageddon released their second album ''Embrace the Mystery'' on Toy's Factory records in Japan. This time featuring a "melodic" singer, and more of an overall power metal feel, the album was a drastic shift from the straight ahead melodic death metal of ''Crossing the Rubicon'', and marked Christopher's desire to branch out of the "extreme metal" genre. As well in 2000 he did the guitar solo on "Suburban Me" on the album ''Clayman'' with In Flames. In 2001, Arch Enemy were joined by new singer Angela Gossow, and the band reached new heights in worldwide popularity with the release of ''Wages of Sin''. After completing an extensive world tour with Arch Enemy, Amott returned to his Armageddon project, and released ''Three'' in 2002 on Toy's Factory records in Japan. This time featuring Christopher on lead vocals, the album was almost purley a power metal effort, focusing on the melodic singing and guitar work of Amott. Arch Enemy released ''Anthems of Rebellion'' in 2003, and again embarked on a world tour. In 2005, the band entered the studio to record ''Doomsday Machine'', but immediately after the recording, Amott left Arch Enemy. Christopher later stated that he "wasn't feeling creative musically" in Arch Enemy, and that he "just wasn't into (the band) anymore." Amott spent the next two years teaching music in Sweden, as well as attending a university. In March 2007 Christopher announced his return to Arch Enemy as a permanent member. He re-joined the band near the end of the songwriting process for ''Rise of the Tyrant''. In an interview in January 2010 Christopher revealed that he would be releasing a solo album early in the year entitled "Follow Your Heart". On 5 March 2012 Amott once again quit Arch Enemy. He cited his desire to pursue his solo career further as a main reason. He was replaced with Arsis guitarist Nick Cordle. In April 2012, Amott moved to New York City, United States. After obtaining a green card in the beginning of 2013, he stated that he intends to record a new Armageddon record, which was planned to be released by summer 2013.〔 Amott also collaborated with Japanese pop/metal band Babymetal, providing guitars for an alternate version of their major label debut single, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" nicknamed the "Nemesis" version (possibly named after the Arch Enemy song of the same name). In 2014, Amott began recording for the new Armageddon album with a new lineup consisting of himself, vocalist Matt Hallquist, guitarist Joey Concepcion, bassist Sara Claudius, and drummer Márton Veress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armageddon official Facebook page – info )〕 Their new album, entitled "Captivity & Devourment", is set to be released in January 2015 on Listenable Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armageddon reveals "Captivoty & Devourment" album details )〕 For the band's current tour they enlisted Meridian Dawn/ex-Nightrage vocalist Antony Hämäläinen as their replacement for the recently departed Matt Hallquist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CHRISTOPHER AMOTT's ARMAGEDDON Taps Ex-NIGHTRAGE Singer ANTONY HÄMÄLÄINEN For U.S. Tour )〕 During Arch Enemy's North American tour in support of their album War Eternal, guitarist Nick Cordle reportedly left the band. Amott temporarily re-joinied the band for the remainder of the tour, while famed guitarist Jeff Loomis (formerly of Nevermore) was announced as the official replacement and joined the band for their European tour with Kreator and subsequent events.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wow: ARCH ENEMY Announce New Guitarist Jeff Loomis )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Amott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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