Cult (Apocalyptica album)

Cult is the third studio album by Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, released in 2000, with a special edition issued in 2001 that includes an extra disc, mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Apocalyptica's first two albums consisted mostly of cover songs. Cult was their first album to feature mainly original compositions, along with using distortion effects much more boldly and frequently, which gave the album a more orchestral sound.^{[citation needed]} The record also 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 that features scenes from the film Vidocq. Cult, along with Inquisition Symphony and Live, were bundled together in a limited edition collectors box set, issued in 2003.^[1]

Cult
Studio album by Apocalyptica
Released	2 October 2000
Recorded	1999 – 28 April 2000
Studio	Petrax Studios, Hollola Horus Sound Studio, Hannover – vocals ("Path Vol. 2") Woodhouse Studio, 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
Inquisition Symphony (1998) Cult (2000) The Best of Apocalyptica (2002)
Special Edition
2001's Special Edition alternate album cover

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, Munich, on 24 October 2000, from Inquisition Symphony)"		4:57
4.	"Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover, from Metallica)"	^Note 1	5:15
5.	"Inquisition Symphony (Sepultura cover, from Schizophrenia)"	^Note 1	5:05
Total length:			22:42

Note

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[3]
PiercingMetal	^[4]

Chart	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart^[5]	31

Credits

Apocalyptica Eicca Toppinen – cello, double bass, percussion, arrangements Max Lilja – cello Paavo Lötjönen – cello Perttu Kivilaakso – cello Additional personnel Path Vol.2 Sandra Nasić – vocals Clemens Matzenik – engineering at Horus Hope Vol.2 Matthias Sayer – vocals Jeff Collier – lyrics Other Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa – percussion Mika Jussila – mastering Niina Pasanen – styling Jyrki Tuovinen – engineering (10) and recording Mixing Mikko Karmila – Disc 1 T-T Oksala – Disc 2 Images Cover art Eero Heikkinen Juri Photographers Vertti Teräsvuori Olaf Heine References "Apocalyptica – Collectors Box Set – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". "Cult". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2012. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6. . PiercingMetal.com. 6 November 2001. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 18 December 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2012.