Death Cult Armageddon

Death Cult Armageddon is the sixth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on 8 September 2003. It has since sold over 100,000 copies in the United States; the first album under Nuclear Blast to do so; and debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 169.^[2] The song "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" is released as single with accompanying music video. The prior song featuring additional vocals from Abbath; along with "Heavenly Perverse"; being used, with "Eradication Instincts Defined", as background music in the Hellboy film trailer, on the soundtrack to the videogame Brütal Legend, and was featured as the theme song to the TV show Battle for Ozzfest. "Eradication Instincts Defined" was also used in a trailer for the film Stardust. Parts of the album were recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. This would also be the last album to have Nicholas Barker on drums.

The artwork within the album displays what appears to be an industrial factory, inside of which the band members are living out their fantasies, some of which are similar to scenes seen in the music video for Progenies of the Great Apocalypse. Artwork was done by Swiss artist Joachim Luetke. Most of the songs have a common apocalyptic theme.

1 Release history
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Footnotes

Release history

Death Cult Armageddon saw initial release on CD, vinyl and DVD-Audio on 8 September 2003 under Nuclear Blast,^[3] the DVD-Audio edition featuring all three bonus tracks, the "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" music video and photo galleries,^[4] which later featured on the Ozzfest edition bonus disc, and the Digipack editions featured the Bathory cover "Satan My Master". The Chinese edition was later released on 3 November 2003^[5] and the Japanese edition was released the following month on 23 December 2003 with the orchestral bonus tracks.^[6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Silenoz, except track 6 with Shagrath; track 10 with Aldrahn; and track 12 by Quorthon.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Allegiance"	Shagrath, Galder, Mustis	5:50
2.	"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"	Mustis	5:17
3.	"Lepers Among Us"	Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath	4:43
4.	"Vredesbyrd" (Burden of Wrath)	Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz	4:44
5.	"For the World to Dictate Our Death"	Shagrath	4:46
6.	"Blood Hunger Doctrine"	Silenoz, Mustis	4:39
7.	"Allehelgens Død I Helveds Rike" (The Death of All Saints in The Kingdom of Hell)	Silenoz, Galder, Mustis, Vortex	5:33
8.	"Cataclysm Children"	Galder, Silenoz	5:13
9.	"Eradication Instincts Defined"	Mustis, Silenoz	7:12
10.	"Unorthodox Manifesto"	Galder, Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath	8:50
11.	"Heavenly Perverse"	Vortex, Galder, Shagrath	6:33
12.	"Satan My Master" (Bonus track) (Bathory cover)	Quorthon	2:14
13.	"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Orchestral version) (Japanese bonus track)	Mustis	5:22
14.	"Eradication Instincts Defined" (Orchestral version) (Japanese bonus track)	Mustis, Silenoz	7:16

Ozzfest edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Satan My Master" (Bathory cover)	Quorthon	2:15
2.	"Burn In Hell" (Twisted Sister cover)	Dee Snider	5:05
3.	"Devil's Path" (Re-recorded)	Silenoz, Shagrath	6:06
4.	"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Orchestral version)	Mustis	5:15
5.	"Eradication Instincts Defined" (Orchestral version)	Mustis, Silenoz	7:25

Personnel

Band members

Shagrath – vocals
Silenoz – rhythm guitar
Galder – lead guitar
ICS Vortex – bass, clean vocals on tracks 2 & 7
Mustis – grand piano & synth
Nicholas Barker – drums

Guests

Abbath (Immortal, I, Old Funeral) – vocals on tracks 2 & 11
Orchestration arranged by Gaute Storås
Recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Adam Klemens
Charlie Storm – additional synthetics, sample assistance

Technical Staff

Fredrik Nordström – Mixing, engineering, Producer
Patrik Sten – assistant engineering
Arnold Linberg – assistant engineering
Peter in de Detou – mastering
Joachim Luetke – cover-concept, artwork
Alf Børjesson – Group shots

Footnotes

^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r655155
^ "Dimmu Borgir's 'Death Cult Armageddon' Surpasses 100,000 Mark According To Soundscan". Blabbermouth. January 26, 2006. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=47437. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ Serba, John. "Death Cult Armageddon - Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r655155. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ "Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon - DVD-Audio (#NB 1181-2)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/480576. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ "Death Cult Armageddon [China] - Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r969080. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ "Death Cult Armageddon [Japan Bonus Tracks] - Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r673623. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

Dimmu Borgir

Shagrath · Silenoz · Galder Cyrus · Gerlioz · Daray Stian Aarstad · Tjodalv · Tristan · Nagash · Astennu · Nicholas Barker · Hellhammer · Mustis · ICS Vortex

Studio albums	For all tid (1994) · Stormblåst (1996) · Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) · Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) · Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) · Death Cult Armageddon (2003) · Stormblåst MMV (2005) · In Sorte Diaboli (2007) · Abrahadabra (2010)

Compilations	Godless Savage Garden (1998)

Extended plays	Inn i evighetens mørke (1993) · Devil's Path (1996) · Sons of Satan Gather for Attack (1999) · True Kings of Norway (2000) · Alive in Torment (2001) · World Misanthropy (2002)

Videography	World Misanthropy (2002) · The Invaluable Darkness (2008)

Related articles	Discography

Categories	Albums · Songs · Members