Doomsday Machine

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studio album
First released:
Jul 25 2005

Overview Edit

Doomsday Machine is the sixth studio album by Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy, produced by Rickard Bengtsson and mixed by Andy Sneap. It is the third album to feature the vocals of Angela Gossow. The album had some commercial success reaching number 87 on the selling 12,000 copies.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
77583-2
Release dates:
  • Jul 26 2005 in United States

Genres

Death Metal, Metal, Screamo. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Swedish Metal Lives!
Since the spring of 2005, Arch Enemy have been promising that their newest album would be darker and heavier than their recent work. After the highly mixed opinions over the vocals of newcomer Angela Gossow on 2001's _Wages of Sin_, and the shorter, more streamlined styles of 2003's _Anthems of Rebellion_, the band more than lived up to that promise. Their latest effort, _Doomsday Machine_, ranks alongside Meshuggah's _Catch ThirtyThr33_ and Darkane's _Layers of Lies_ as being one of the best Sw…
Written by Barry Dejasu "the_otherness"
2 stars Way sub par
One criticism I frequently hear is that the ejection of Johan Liiva for Angela Gossow was a terrible move. Myself, I think that Angela's vocals are far superior to Liiva's and they give the band a much more aggressive and extreme sound. I have to say though, that while it was a good idea, doing so changed the band for the worse. "Wages of Sin" was a good CD. "Anthems of Rebellion" was a disappointment as we saw Arch Enemy sacrifice a lot of the technicality that made Arch Enemy the legends they …
Written by J. M. Koury "Lose all to save a little. At your peril, it's justified."

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Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Joachim Luetke [art direction]
    2. Michael Amott [art direction]
    3. Paul Harries [photography]
  2. engineer

    1. Andy Sneap [mix and mastering]
  3. performer

    1. Angela Gossow [vocals]
    2. Christopher Amott [instrument]
    3. Daniel Erlandsson [instrument]
    4. Michael Amott [instrument]
    5. Ola Strömberg [instrument]
    6. Sharlee D'Angelo [instrument]
  1. producer

Other versions Edit

Doomsday Machine 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Century Media
catalog number: 77583-2
release dates: Jul 26 2005
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Doomsday Machine 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Century Media
catalog number: 77583-2
release dates: Jul 25 2005 in Japan
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15 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Jul 26 2005 in United States, Aug 22 2005 in Europe
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Doomsday Machine 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Toy's Factory Japan
release dates: Aug 1 2005
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