| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 7.5/10[1] |
Destroyer of Worlds is the tenth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 9 October 2001, through Black Mark Production.
Background
The album's title is taken from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds", which was itself quoted from verse 32 of chapter 11 in the Bhagavad Gita, spoken by Vishnu.
Stylistically, Destroyer of Worlds is a cross between the Viking metal of Bathory's 1988–1991 period and the thrash metal style of Requiem and Octagon. It is Bathory's longest studio album.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Quorthon.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lake of Fire" | 5:43 |
| 2. | "Destroyer of Worlds" | 4:51 |
| 3. | "Ode" | 6:27 |
| 4. | "Bleeding" | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Pestilence" | 6:50 |
| 6. | "109" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Death from Above" | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Krom" | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Liberty & Justice" | 3:52 |
| 10. | "Kill Kill Kill" | 3:09 |
| 11. | "Sudden Death" | 3:19 |
| 12. | "White Bones" | 8:35 |
| 13. | "Day of Wrath" | 8:15 |
| Total length: | 65:57 | |
Personnel
- Quorthon – All instruments
References
- ^ Eldefors, Vincent (14 January 2002). "CoC : Bathory - Destroyer of Worlds : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 9 September 2012.