that it will be hard for any band to overcome this album in this genre." Another critic of Tartarean Desire, Vincent Eldefors, praised the singer Angela Gossow stating that she is one of the best lead vocalists in extreme metal along ex-Opera IX Cadaveria. Adam Bregman of AllMusic wrote that Gossow "is just the right touch to add to a band who ranks among metal's most progressive and unique outfits." Blabbermouth.net's Borivoj Krgin praised the production of the album calling it "most impressive production job out of all the Arch Enemy albums." El Cid of Metal Rules praised the band stating that "this is arpeggio heaven amongst other things, the drumming is tight, the bass is excellent and the guitars are simply magnificent." Jeff of Metal Storm liked of quality of the production and praised the songs and the musicians calling it of "simply excellent" and "simply brilliant", respectively. He said that "the Amott brothers are certainly among the best guitarists of today's metal scene." Accolades Wages of Sin won a Burrn! magazine award in the category Best Album. Track listing Writing credits adapted from album booklet. All lyrics written by Michael Amott, except where noted; all music written by Christopher Amott and Michael Amott, except where noted. The first pressing of this album contains a bonus CD titled A Collection of Rare & Unreleased Songs from the Arch Enemy Vault. These songs feature the band's previous vocalist, Johan Liiva. Personnel Arch Enemy Angela Gossow – vocals Michael Amott – guitars, production, layout Christopher Amott – guitars Sharlee D'Angelo – bass Daniel Erlandsson – drums Production Fredrik Nordström − production, engineering Arch Enemy − engineering Per Wiberg − Mellotron, grand piano, keyboards Johan Liiva – vocals (on second disc) Andy Sneap – mixing, mastering Cabin Fever Media − artwork, layout Branko − band photography Adde − band photography References External links Wages of Sin at Encyclopaedia Metallum 2001 albums Arch Enemy albums Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström Albums recorded at Studio Fredman Century Media Records albums