Single Review Arch Enemy – ‘To The Last Breath’
Lorne Grant • 21 February 2026
When you’ve gone through almost as many singers as Spinal Tap had drummers, you might begin to wonder… is it us? Arch Enemy couldn’t give a f**k if it’s them or not, and the Swedish death metal veterans return with a new single after seemingly hijacking the lungs from the bride of Frankenstein’s monster.
Australian Lauren Hart delivers fresh blood to the old guard on ‘To The Last Breath’, kicking over the barbecue, setting fire to the lawn, and declaring war on a foe whose “mask begins to peel / revealing rot beneath the seal”. Whoever it is that was “weaving lies like threads of flame / burning bridges, shifting blame”, I would not want to be YOU, mate.
With machine gun drums and riffs that Bill and Ted will steal in the future to write the song that will create a utopian society, ‘To The Last Breath’ had more than half a million views on YouTube within 24 hours of release, as hundreds of thousands of voices raised up in prayer to the Gods of Hell Fire. Clasp your hands and join them.
A menace unheard to the ears of the sane has revealed itself once again. Thirty years on, Arch Enemy are still turning it up to eleven.