Doomsday Machine

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the fictitious deterrent weapon Doomsday device, see World Destruction Machine .

Doomsday Machine
Arch Enemy studio album
Publication (s)	2005
Label (s)	Century Media
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Melodic Death Metal
Title (number)	11
running time	48 min 56 s
occupation	Singing : Angela Gossow Guitar : Michael Amott Guitar: Christopher Amott Bass : Sharlee D'Angelo Drums : Daniel Erlandsson
production	Rickard Bengtsson
Studio (s)	Slaughterhouse Studio, Halmstad , Sweden
chronology Anthems of Rebellion (2003) Doomsday Machine Rise of the Tyrant (2007)

Doomsday Machine is the sixth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy and the third on which Angela Gossow took over the vocals. It was released on July 26, 2005 in the US and August 22 in Europe.

Music genre

The album continues the musical path of Anthems of Rebellion . The intro is instrumental and is intended to introduce the album musically. "Nemesis" is similar to the song We Will Rise from the previous album. A catchy chorus , which calls for the unity of the metal scene in terms of content , alternates with verses. Apart from that, the almost four-minute-long Hybrids of Steel , which does without vocals, is also striking . At the end of Skeleton Dance , the death poem of Ōta Dōkan is quoted.

After this album, Christopher Amott took a break to continue his studies. He returned to the band on the follow-up album Rise of the Tyrant in 2007.

Versions

There is both an LP version of the album and a limited edition with a bonus DVD. The DVD contains several live clips and the music video for the song Nemesis contained on the album .

successes

The album reached number 81 on the album charts in the United States , in Sweden it climbed to number 23 on the album charts and number 2 on the hard rock / metal charts.

Track list

1. Enter the Machine - 2:02
2. Taking Back My Soul - 4:34
3. Nemesis - 4:11
4. My Apocalypse - 5:25
5. Carry the Cross - 4:11
6. I Am Legend / Out for Blood - 4:58
7. Skeleton Dance - 4:33
8. Hybrids of Steel - 3:48
9. Mechanic God Creation - 5:59
10. Power struggle - 4:15
11. Slaves of Yesterday - 5:00

Web links

• Criticism on laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Artist Chart History. billboard.com; Retrieved October 19, 2008
2. ↑ Doomsday Machine in the Swedish album charts. swedishcharts.com; Retrieved October 19, 2008