Cult (Apocalyptica album)

Cult
Cult
Studio album by Apocalyptica
Released	2 October 2000
Recorded	1999 – 28 April 2000
Studio	, Hollola , Hannover – Vocals (Path Vol.2) , Hagen – Vocals (Hope Vol.2)
Genre	Cello metal, symphonic metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal
Length	1:15:30 (Both Discs)
Label	Mercury/Universal
Producer	Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa
Apocalyptica chronology
Special Edition
	2001's Special Edition alternate Album cover

Cult is the title of the third full-length LP by the band Apocalyptica released in 2000 with a special-edition released in 2001 containing an extra disc, mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Apocalyptica's first two albums consisted mostly of cover versions; Cult was their first album to feature mainly original composition, along with using distortion effects much more boldly and frequently, which gave the album a more orchestral sound, and also the album 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 which features scenes from the film Vidocq. Cult along with Inquisition Symphony and Live were all released together in the Limited Edition Collectors Box Set.^[1]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Note	Length
1.	"Path Vol. 2"		3:23
2.	"Hope Vol. 2"		4:02
3.	"Harmageddon (Live at Muffatwerk, München on October 24, 2000, from Inquisition Symphony)"		4:57
4.	"Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover, from Untitled Metallica album)"	^{Note 1}	5:15
5.	"Inquisition Symphony (Sepultura cover, from Schizophrenia)"	^{Note 1}	5:05
Total length:			22:42

Note[]

^Note 1 Also Live at Muffatwerk, München on October 24, 2000 and are also from Inquisition Symphony

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
	^[3]

Chart	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart^[4]	31

Credits[]

Apocalyptica[]

Eicca Toppinen – cello; music, double bass, percussion, liner notes, arrangements
Max Lilja – cello
Paavo Lötjönen – cello
Perttu Kivilaakso – cello

Additional personnel[]

Path Vol.2[]

Sandra Nasić – vocals; lyrics
– engineering at Horus

Hope Vol.2[]

Matthias Sayer – vocals; lyrics
Jeff Collier – lyrics

Other[]

Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa – percussion
– mastering
–
– engineering (10) and recording

Mixing[]

– Disc 1
– Disc 2

Imagining[]

Cover art

Juri

Photographers

Writers[]

Writers on Disc 1 (13) & (14) / Disc 2 (4)

James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Cliff Burton – only on "Fight Fire with Fire"

Writer on Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg

Writers on Inquisition Symphony
Sepultura

References[]

^ [1]
^ "Cult". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
^ "Reviews – CD". PiercingMetal.com. November 6, 2001. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. December 18, 2000. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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[2] "Cult". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2012.

[3] "Reviews – CD". PiercingMetal.com. November 6, 2001. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.

[4] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. December 18, 2000. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

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