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Armageddon (Aria album)

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Released
  
October 1, 2006

Artist
  
Aria

Producer
  
Aria

Length
  
54:52

Release date
  
15 September 2006

Label
  
CD-Maximum

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Genres
  
Heavy metal, Traditional heavy metal, Power metal

Similar
  
Aria albums, Heavy metal albums

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Armageddon (Russian: Армагеддон) is the tenth studio album by Aria, and the first after signing to the CD-Maximum label. It shows a bit of power metal influence, uncommon for the band.

Contents

Track #8 "Chuzhoy" reached the 1st position on the Russian radio charts.

It was the last album of the band to feature Artur Berkut on its line-up.

Lyric themes

  • "Strazh imperii" tells about Japanese kamikaze in World War II
  • "Novy krestovy pokhod" is sung from the point of Knight Templar
  • "Messiya" tells of the struggle between Christianity and Slavic Paganism
  • "Krov koroley" tells the story of the last battle of King Arthur
  • "Chuzhoy" is based on Ray Bradbury's short story "Zero Hour"
  • "Posledny zakat" deals with World War III and nuclear war

    • Personnel

  • Arthur Berkut - Vocals
  • Vladimir Holstinin - Guitar
  • Vitaly Dubinin - Bass
  • Sergey Popov - Guitar
  • Maxim Udalov - Drums

    • Recorded on ARIA Records studio. Sound engineering by Dmitry Kalinin. Mastering by Andrey Subbotin and Saturday Mastering studio. Technical support by A&T Trade, Avallon, Mixart, Violet Design. Instruments by: Fender, Jackson, Ibanez, Marshall Amplifiers, DiMarzio, Korg, Shure, Dean Markley, Sabine, Tama, Zildjian, Violet Design.

    Cover art by Leo Hao.

    References

    Armageddon (Aria album) Wikipedia
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