Apparatus (song)

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"Apparatus"
Apparatus single cover.jpg
Single by Bombus
B-side "Biblical"
Released6 May 2013
Genre Heavy metal
Length2:58
Songwriter(s) Peter Asp, Fredrik Berglund, Matthias Jacobsson, Ulf Lundén, Jonas Rydberg
Bombus singles chronology
"A Safe Passage"
(2011)
"Apparatus"
(2013)

"Apparatus" is a song by Swedish heavy metal band Bombus, it was released as a single from their second studio album The Poet and the Parrot , on digital download and on 7" vinyl limited to 500 copies. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Bombus; all music is composed by Bombus.

Single
No.TitleLength
1."Apparatus"2:58
2."Biblical"5:21
Total length:8:19

[3]

Music video

The music video, released on 8 May 2013, features the band drive to a pub to perform the song, in the crowded bar area, brawls between the pub patrons occur during their performance. [4]

Personnel

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