Destroyer of Worlds

For the famous Robert Oppenheimer quote, see Bhagavad Gita#Influence. For the novel, see Destroyer of Worlds (novel).
Destroyer of Worlds
Studio album by Bathory
Released 9 October 2001
Recorded June 2001
Genre Viking metal, thrash metal
Length 65:57
Label Black Mark
Producer Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology

Blood on Ice
(1996)		 Destroyer of Worlds
(2001)		 Nordland I
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Chronicles of Chaos 7.5/10[1]

Destroyer of Worlds is the tenth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 9 October 2001, through Black Mark Productions.

Background

The album's title is taken from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds", which was itself quoted from verse 32 of chapter 11 in the Bhagavad Gita. Stylistically, Destroyer of Worlds is a cross between the Viking metal of Bathory's 1988–1991 period and the thrash metal style of Requiem and Octagon. It is Bathory's longest studio album.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Quorthon. 

No. Title Length
1. "Lake of Fire"   5:43
2. "Destroyer of Worlds"   4:51
3. "Ode"   6:27
4. "Bleeding"   3:55
5. "Pestilence"   6:50
6. "109"   3:36
7. "Death from Above"   4:35
8. "Krom"   2:50
9. "Liberty & Justice"   3:52
10. "Kill Kill Kill"   3:09
11. "Sudden Death"   3:19
12. "White Bones"   8:35
13. "Day of Wrath"   8:15
Total length:
 65:57

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Eldefors, Vincent (14 January 2002). "CoC : Bathory - Destroyer of Worlds : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 9 September 2012.