Arch Enemy "Doomsday Machine"

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 Billboard 200 selling 12,000 copies. Christopher Amott left the band shortly after recording the album in July 2005 but rejoined 2 years later for the songwriting sessions for Rise of the Tyrant.

Doomsday Machine received one nomination at the 2005 Metal Storm Awards in the category of The Best Melodeath/Gothenburg Album. It was ranked in the second position behind Character by Dark Tranquillity.

In 2005, the album was ranked number 470 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All music is composed by Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson and Christopher Amott.

1. "Enter the Machine" (Instrumental) 2:02
2. "Taking Back My Soul" Angela Gossow, M. Amott 4:35
3. "Nemesis" Gossow 4:12
4. "My Apocalypse" Gossow 5:25
5. "Carry the Cross" Gossow 4:12
6. "I Am Legend/Out for Blood" Gossow 4:58
7. "Skeleton Dance" Gossow 4:33
8. "Hybrids of Steel" (Instrumental) 3:49
9. "Mechanic God Creation" Gossow, M. Amott 6:00
10. "Machtkampf" M. Amott 4:16
11. "Slaves of Yesterday" Gossow 5:03

Trivia:

- The album peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200.

Recording information:

Recorded from March to May, 2005 at Slaughterhouse Studio in Halmstad, Sweden.

Mixed and mastered in May, 2005 at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.