We Are the Apocalypse

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We Are the Apocalypse
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Studio album by
Dark Funeral
Released18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
StudioStudio 33
Genre Black metal
Length43:47
LanguageEnglish
Label Century Media
Producer
Dark Funeral chronology
Where Shadows Forever Reign
(2016)		We Are the Apocalypse
(2022)
Professional ratings
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We Are the Apocalypse is the seventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. The album was released through Century Media Records on 18 March 2022. [3] The album is the first to feature the band's new drummer, Jalomaah, and bass player, Adra-Melek. The album was recorded in Studio 33 and was engineered by Fredrik Thordendal and Daniel Bergstrand. It peaked at No. 6, No. 13, and No. 28 in the German, Finnish, and Swiss albums charts respectively.

Contents

Music videos

The first music video from the album, for the song "Let the Devil In", was released on 7 January 2022. It was created by Polish production company Grupa 13. [4]

The second music video to be released, also created by Grupa 13, was for the song "Leviathan"; it was released on 3 March 2022. [5]

Track listing

All music by Lord Ahriman. All lyrics by Heljarmadr

No.TitleLength
1."Nightfall"5:14
2."Let the Devil In"4:40
3."When Our Vengeance Is Done"4:20
4."Nosferatu"4:41
5."When I'm Gone"5:46
6."Beyond the Grave"5:08
7."A Beast to Praise"4:49
8."Leviathan"4:34
9."We Are the Apocalypse"4:33
Total length:43:47

Personnel

Dark Funeral

Production

Charts

Chart performance for We Are the Apocalypse
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 112
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 183
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 28

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References

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  2. ↑ Muller, Robert (March 18, 2022). "We Are The Apocalypse'". Metal Hammer . Archived from the original on July 23, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse | Century Media Records". www.centurymedia.com. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ DARK FUNERAL - Let the Devil In (OFFICIAL VIDEO) , retrieved July 23, 2022
  5. ↑ DARK FUNERAL - Leviathan (OFFICIAL VIDEO) , retrieved July 23, 2022
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Dark Funeral – We Are the Apocalypse" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dark Funeral – We Are the Apocalypse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dark Funeral – We Are the Apocalypse" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dark Funeral: We Are the Apocalypse" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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