21st Century Killing Machine

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21st Century Killing Machine
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ReleasedJanuary 6, 2006 (2006-01-06)
RecordedBohus Sound September 2005
Genre Death metal
Label Nuclear Blast
One Man Army and the Undead Quartet chronology
21st Century Killing Machine
(2006)
Error in Evolution
(2007)

21st Century Killing Machine is the debut album by Swedish death-thrash metal band One Man Army and the Undead Quartet.

Contents

Reception

Metal.de gave 8/10 points. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Killing Machine" – 6:42 (Johan Lindstrand)
  2. "Devil on the Red Carpet" – 5:04 (Lindstrand, Mikael Lagerblad)
  3. "Public Enemy No 1" – 4:12 (Lindstrand, Valle Adzic)
  4. "No Apparent Motive" – 3:54 (Lindstrand, Adzic)
  5. "Hell Is for Heroes" – 5:00 (Lindstrand)
  6. "When Hatred Comes to Life" – 4:50 (Lindstrand, Adzic)
  7. "So Grim So True So Real" – 4:22 (Lindstrand, Adzic)
  8. "Behind the Church" – 4:09 (Lindstrand, Pekka Kiviaho)
  9. "Branded by Iron" – 6:51 (Lindstrand, Adzic)
  10. "Bulldozer Frenzy" – 2:49 (Lindstrand)
  11. "The Sweetness of Black (Bonus Track)" – 4:58 (Lindstrand)
  12. "Mary’s Raising the Dead (Bonus Track)" – 6:49 (Lindstrand)

Personnel

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References

  1. Sickinger, Norman (7 February 2006). "One Man Army And The Undead Quartet - 21st Century Killing Machine". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2021.