Armageddon, Mon Amour

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Armageddon, Mon Amour
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Studio album by
Released6 April 2004
Recorded Basement Audio System
Genre Melodic death metal, death 'n' roll
Length46:38
Label Candlelight Records
Producer Jonas Elder
Hearse chronology
Dominion Reptilian
(2003)
Armageddon, Mon Amour
(2004)
The Last Ordeal
(2005)
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Armageddon, Mon Amour is the second album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Hearse.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden and the United Kingdom around 1993. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the "Gothenburg metal” scene.

Hearse is a Swedish melodic death metal band, founded by vocalist Johan Liiva and drummer Max Thornell in 2001. The band have released five albums to date.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mountain of the Solar Eclipse"5:11
2."Turncoat"5:05
3."Crops of Waste"4:41
4."In Love and War"5:15
5."Ticket to Devastation"1:29
6."Tools"4:29
7."Cambodia" (Kim Wilde cover)3:23
8."Sodi" (Instrumental)1:17
9."Play Without Rules"4:45
10."Determination"4:38
11."Armageddon, Mon Amour"6:25
"Armaggedon, mon amour" is French for "Armageddon, my love" which was taken from an actual film title, except changed the first word.

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References

  1. MacNeil, Jason. Armageddon, Mon Amour at AllMusic