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Destroyer of Worlds
Studio album by Bathory
Released	9 October 2001
Recorded	June 2001
Genre	Viking metal thrash metal
Length	65:57
Label	Black Mark
Producer	Borje Forsberg, Quorthon
Bathory chronology
Blood on Ice (1996) Destroyer of Worlds (2001) Nordland I (2002)

Destroyer of Worlds is the tenth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 9 October 2001, through Black Mark Production.

Background

The album's title is taken from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds", which was itself quoted from verse 32 of chapter 11 in the Bhagavad Gita, spoken by Vishnu.

Stylistically, Destroyer of Worlds is a cross between the Viking metal of Bathory's 1988–1991 period and the thrash metal style of Requiem and Octagon. It is Bathory's longest studio album.

Track listing

Personnel

• Quorthon – All instruments

References

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