Voodoocult (album)

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Voodoocult
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Studio album by
Released1995 (1995)
RecordedOctober–November 1994
StudioOcean Studios, Burbank, Los Angeles
Genre Thrash metal
Length47:59
Label Motor
Producer Tommy Newton, Phillip Boa
Voodoocult chronology
Jesus Killing Machine
(1994)
Voodoocult
(1995)

Voodoocult is the second and last album by heavy metal band Voodoocult, released in 1995. [1]

Contents

Release

The album was issued on CD and double vinyl. The double vinyl edition with limited circulation of 1.000 and the Japanese edition contained two bonus tracks. [1] The track "Death of a Kung Fu fighter" from the same sessions was not part of the album. However, its lyrics were printed in the booklet and it was released in 1996 on the single When Love Gets Terminated by Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub. [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Phillip Boa

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Welcome to a New Season of Deathwish"Gabby Abularach3:19
2."King of the Beautiful Cockroach"David Ball, David Vella, Abularach4:12
3."The Stranger" (From the original Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub song "Skull")Phillip Boa, Guido Eickelmann, Pia Lund, Voodoo2:42
4."I Close My Eyes Before I Bleed to Death"Ball5:02
5."When You Live as a Boy"Abularach4:25
6."Exorcized by a Kiss"Boa4:26
7."Cliffhanger on a Bloody Sunday"Ball5:10
8."Violenca"Boa, Ball, Abularach4:44
9."Egomania"Vella, Ball4:46
10."Die Erotik der Maschine"Abularach4:24
11."Electrified Scum"Ball3:38
Double vinyl edition and Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
12."Angry Hearts & Soldiers"Abularach2:48
13."Coma in Cuba"Boa3:29

Chart positions

Chart (1995)Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [3] 57

Personnel

Voodoocult

Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Voodoophenia (January 23, 2014). "Voodoocult 1995". voodoophenia.de (in German). Dirk Heinen. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  2. Voodoophenia (January 18, 2014). "When Love Gets Terminated 1996". voodoophenia.de (in German). Dirk Heinen. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  3. "Officialcharts.de – Voodoocult – Voodoocult". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 17, 2014.