Death Cult Armageddon

Death Cult Armageddon
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by
Dimmu Borgir
Released 9 September 2003
Recorded March–May 2003 at Fredman Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length 63:29
Label Nuclear Blast (#NB 1047)
Producer Dimmu Borgir & Fredrik Nordström
Dimmu Borgir chronology
World Misanthropy
(2002) 		Death Cult Armageddon
(2003) 		Stormblåst MMV
(2005)
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Singles from Death Cult Armageddon
  1. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"
    Released: 21 August 2003
  2. "Vredesbyrd"
    Released: 14 May 2004
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Death Cult Armageddon is the sixth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on 9 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. The song "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" was released as a single with an accompanying music video. This would also be the last album to have Nicholas Barker on drums.

The artwork within the album, done by Swiss artist Joachim Luetke, 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". Most of the songs have a common apocalyptic theme.

Release history

Death Cult Armageddon saw initial release on CD, vinyl and DVD-Audio on 9 September 2003 under Nuclear Blast, the DVD-Audio edition featuring all three bonus tracks, the "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" music video and photo galleries, 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 and the Japanese edition was released the following month on 23 December 2003 with the orchestral bonus tracks.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Allegiance" Silenoz Shagrath, Galder, Mustis 5:50
2. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" Silenoz Mustis 5:17
3. "Lepers Among Us" Silenoz Galder, Silenoz, Shagrath 4:43
4. "Vredesbyrd" (Burden of Wrath) Silenoz Mustis, Shagrath, Silenoz 4:44
5. "For the World to Dictate Our Death" Silenoz Shagrath 4:46
6. "Blood Hunger Doctrine" Silenoz, Shagrath Shagrath, Mustis 4:39
7. "Allehelgens Død I Helveds Rike" (The Death of All Saints in The Kingdom of Hell) Silenoz Silenoz, Galder, Mustis, Vortex 5:33
8. "Cataclysm Children" Silenoz Galder, Silenoz 5:13
9. "Eradication Instincts Defined" Silenoz Mustis, Silenoz 7:12
10. "Unorthodox Manifesto" Aldrahn, Silenoz Galder, Mustis, Silenoz, Shagrath 8:50
11. "Heavenly Perverse" Silenoz Vortex, Galder, Shagrath 6:33
Ozzfest edition bonus disc
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Satan My Master" (Bathory cover) Quorthon 2:14
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 7:24
6. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Video Clip) Mustis 3:38

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