Doomsday Machine (album)

Doomsday Machine
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by
Arch Enemy
Released26 July 2005
RecordedMarch–May 2005
StudioSlaughterhouse Studio, Halmstad, Sweden
GenreMelodic death metal
Length49:05
LabelCentury Media
ProducerRickard Bengtsson
Arch Enemy chronology
Dead Eyes See No Future
(2004) 		Doomsday Machine
(2005) 		Revolution Begins
(2007)
Singles from Doomsday Machine
  1. "Nemesis"
    Released: 2005
  2. "My Apocalypse"
    Released: 2005
  3. "Taking Back My Soul"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net7.0/10[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
PopMatters7/10[4]
Rock Hard8.5/10[5]

Doomsday Machine is the sixth studio album by Swedish melodic 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, debuting at number 87 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 12,000 copies.[6] It had sold 65,000 copies in the United States by April 2006.[7] 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.

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Doomsday Machine - Arch Enemy". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. ^ Bergman, Keith (28 July 2005). "CD Reviews - Doomsday Machine Arch Enemy". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  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. 33. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  4. ^ Begrand, Adrien (7 August 2005). "Arch Enemy: Doomsday Machine". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ^ Kaiser, Boris. "Rock Hard". issue 220. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ^ "SoundScan Report: Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Dope, Flotsam and Jetsam, A Perfect Murder". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 3 August 2005. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  7. ^ "ARCH ENEMY Guitarist Checks In From U.S. Tour; 'My Apocalypse' Video Posted Online". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 13 April 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2023.