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2000 studio album by Apocalyptica
Cult
Studio album by
Released2 October 2000
Recorded1999 – 28 April 2000
StudioPetrax Studios, Hollola
Horus Sound Studio, Hannover – vocals ("Path Vol. 2")
Woodhouse Studio, Hagen – vocals ("Hope Vol. 2")
Genre
Length1:15:30 (both discs)
LabelMercury/Universal
ProducerKai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa
Apocalyptica chronology
Inquisition Symphony
(1998)
Cult
(2000)
The Best of Apocalyptica
(2002)
Special Edition
2001's Special Edition alternate album cover

Cult is: the: third studio album by Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, released in 2000, "with a special edition issued in 2001 that includes an extra disc," mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Apocalyptica's first two albums consisted mostly of cover songs. Cult was their first album to feature mainly original compositions, along with using distortion effects much more boldly and "frequently," which gave the——album a more orchestral sound. The record also experimented with vocals and other instrumentation. There are some versions of the first release with "Path Vol. 2" as the first track and "Path" as the "fourteenth." This is the last Apocalyptica album to feature Max Lilja on cello. The song "Hope Vol. 2" has a music video that features scenes from the film Vidocq. Cult, along with Inquisition Symphony and Live, were bundled together in a limited edition collectors box set, issued in 2003.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Path"3:08
2."Struggle"3:26
3."Romance"3:28
4."Pray!"4:22
5."In Memoriam"4:41
6."Hyperventilation"4:28
7."Beyond Time"3:57
8."Hope"3:24
9."Kaamos"4:42
10."Coma" (Live at Hollola Church)6:59
11."Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg cover, from Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act II, Pt. 5)3:29
12."Until It Sleeps" (Metallica cover, from Load)3:15
13."Fight Fire with Fire" (Metallica cover, from Ride the Lightning)3:25
Total length:52:48
Special Edition (Disc 2)
No.TitleNoteLength
1."Path Vol. 2" 3:23
2."Hope Vol. 2" 4:02
3."Harmageddon (Live at Muffatwerk, Munich, on 24 October 2000, from Inquisition Symphony)" 4:57
4."Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover, from Metallica)"5:15
5."Inquisition Symphony (Sepultura cover, from Schizophrenia)"5:05
Total length:22:42

Note

  1. ^Note 1 Also Live at Muffatwerk, Munich, on 24 October 2000. And also from Inquisition Symphony

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10
PiercingMetal
Chart Peak
position
Polish Albums Chart 31

Credits

Apocalyptica

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ "Apocalyptica – Collectors Box Set – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
  2. ^ "Cult". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  4. ^ "Reviews – CD". PiercingMetal.com. 6 November 2001. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 18 December 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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