Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon (2003)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Allegiance" 5:50
2. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" 5:17
3. "Lepers Among Us" 4:43
4. "Vredesbyrd" (Burden of Wrath) 4:44
5. "For the World to Dictate Our Death" 4:46
6. "Blood Hunger Doctrine" 4:39
7. "Allehelgens Død I Helveds Rike" (The Death of All Saints in The Kingdom of Hell) 5:33
8. "Cataclysm Children" 5:13
9. "Eradication Instincts Defined" 7:12
10. "Unorthodox Manifesto" 8:50
11. "Heavenly Perverse" 6:33
Ozzfest edition bonus disc
1. "Satan My Master" (Bathory cover) 2:14
2. "Burn In Hell" (Twisted Sister cover) 5:05
3. "Devil's Path" (Re-recorded) 6:06
4. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Orchestral version) 5:15
5. "Eradication Instincts Defined" (Orchestral version) 7:24
6. "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" (Video Clip) 3:38
Dimmu Borgir Band Members / Musicians
Shagrath – lead vocals
Silenoz – rhythm guitar
Galder – lead guitar
ICS Vortex – bass, clean vocals on tracks 2 & 7
Mustis – grand piano & synth
Nicholas Barker – drums
Abbath Doom Occulta – backing vocals on "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" & "Heavenly Perverse"
Orchestration arranged by Gaute Storås
Recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks 1–2, 4–7, 9-11)
Conducted by Adam Klemens
Charlie Storm – additional synthetics, sample assistance
Fredrik Nordström & Shagrath – 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
Death Cult Armageddon is the 6th 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. 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 album also features guest vocals by Abbath Doom Occulta.
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.
This is also their first album to feature their third and current logo.
