To me they're a band that doesn't have a definitive best album. I prefer Angela to Johan, and I think her albums hit higher heights, but aren't as consistently good as the Liiva albums. The past dozen years have been mostly a series of disappointments. Nothing on Khaos Legions connected with me, War Eternal was step back up, but Alissa seemed a bit monotone compared to her work in The Agonist, and then having Loomis join only to contribute solos and not be involved at all in the songwriting has been aggravating. It might be more tolerable if he'd been busy with other projects, but all he's really been doing is guest solos on other band's albums as well, he's just a hired gun now. Hopefully his third solo album and work with Alcatrazz turns out to be rejuvenated. Still, the primary determinant of the quality of the next Arch Enemy album seems to be how inspired Michael is at this point.