The Arockalypse

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The Arockalypse
Studio album from Lordi

Publication
(s)

2006

Label (s) BMG Finland Oy

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

12/15

running time

44 min 59 sec / 54 min 27 sec (Special Edition)

occupation Lordi - vocals
Amen - guitar
Kalma - bass
Kita - drums
Awa - keyboard

production

Jyrki Tuovinen

Studio (s)

Soundtrack Studios

chronology
The Monsterican Dream The Arockalypse Deadache

The Arockalypse is the third album of the Finnish hard rock - band Lordi . It was produced by Jyrki Tuovinen and was released in 2006. It is Lordi's most successful album to date.

For the album Lordi brought many guest singers and musicians on board. Ex- Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick took part in It Snows in Hell , Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider spoke at the SCG3 Special Report , Jay Jay French (also from Twisted Sister) played at Chainsaw Buffet and Udo Dirkschneider , the singer from UDO and Formerly from Accept , Lordi voiced his voice for They Only Come Out at Night . Although Ox and Awa are now part of the band, the album was still recorded with Kalma.

Track list

  1. SCG3 Special Report (Lordi / Kita) - 3:46
  2. Bringing Back the Balls to Rock (Lordi) - 3:31
  3. The Deadite Girls Gone Wild (Lordi / Kita) - 3:45
  4. The Kids Who Wanna Play With the Dead (Lordi) - 4:07
  5. It Snows in Hell (Lordi / Kita / Tracy Lipp) - 3:37
  6. Who's your daddy? (Lordi) - 3:38
  7. Hard Rock Hallelujah (Lordi) - 4:07
  8. They Only Come Out at Night (Lordi / Udo Dirkschneider) - 3:49
  9. The Chainsaw Buffet (Lordi) - 3:47
  10. Good to Be Bad (Lordi) - 3:31
  11. The Night of the Loving Dead (Lordi) - 3:09
  12. Supermonstars (Anthem of the Phantoms) (Lordi) - 4:05
  13. Would you love a monsterman? (2006) (Lordi) - 3:03 (Only in the Special Edition)
  14. Mr. Killjoy (Lordi / Tracy Lipp) - 3:24 (Only in the Special Edition)
  15. EviLove (Lordi) - 3:59 (Only in the Special Edition)

Single releases

  • Hard rock hallelujah
  • Who's your daddy?
  • Would You Love a Monster Man (2006)
  • It snows in hell
  • They Only Come Out at Night

successes

The Arockalypse came third in Finland and 54th in Sweden . The first single Hard Rock Hallelujah made it to first place in Finland.

With the song Hard Rock Hallelujah Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens by a clear margin.

In Germany, the single Hard Rock Hallelujah was sold over 150,000 times and received gold.

In total, The Arockalypse has achieved triple platinum status in Finland with 90,000 units sold.

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