Death Cult Armageddon

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Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmuborgir deathcultarmageddon.jpg
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by
Released9 September 2003
RecordedMarch–May 2003 at Fredman Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length63:29
Label Nuclear Blast (#NB 1047)
Producer Dimmu Borgir & Fredrik Nordström
Dimmu Borgir chronology
World Misanthropy
(2002)
Death Cult Armageddon
(2003)
Stormblåst MMV
(2005)
Alternative cover
Death Cult Armageddon alternate cover.jpg
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Allegiance"SilenozShagrath, Galder, Mustis5:50
2."Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"SilenozMustis5:17
3."Lepers Among Us"SilenozGalder, Silenoz, Shagrath4:43
4."Vredesbyrd" (Burden of Wrath)SilenozMustis, Shagrath, Silenoz4:44
5."For the World to Dictate Our Death"SilenozShagrath4:46
6."Blood Hunger Doctrine"Silenoz, ShagrathShagrath, Mustis4:39
7."Allehelgens død i Helveds rike" (The Death of All Saints in The Kingdom of Hell)SilenozSilenoz, Galder, Mustis, Vortex5:33
8."Cataclysm Children"SilenozGalder, Silenoz5:13
9."Eradication Instincts Defined"SilenozMustis, Silenoz7:12
10."Unorthodox Manifesto"Aldrahn, SilenozGalder, Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath8:50
11."Heavenly Perverse"SilenozVortex, Galder, Shagrath6:33
Ozzfest edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Satan My Master" (Bathory cover)Quorthon2:14
2."Burn In Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) Dee Snider 5:05
3."Devil's Path" (Re-recorded)Silenoz, Shagrath6:06
4."Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Orchestral version)Mustis5:15
5."Eradication Instincts Defined" (Orchestral version)Mustis, Silenoz7:24
6."Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Video Clip)Mustis3:38

Personnel

Dimmu Borgir
Guests
Technical staff

Footnotes

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r655155
  2. Review by Gregory Bradley
  3. "Dimmu Borgir's 'Death Cult Armageddon' Surpasses 100,000 Mark According To Soundscan". Blabbermouth. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  4. Serba, John. "Death Cult Armageddon - Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  5. "Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon - DVD-Audio (#NB 1181-2)". Discogs . Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  6. "Death Cult Armageddon [China] - Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  7. "Death Cult Armageddon [Japan Bonus Tracks] - Overview". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 September 2008.

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