The Arockalypse

The Arockalypse is the third studio album by Finnish rock band Lordi. It includes the hit single "Hard Rock Hallelujah", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland. The album has sold triple platinum in Finland and gold in Sweden. Although the album cover shows OX, it was Kalma who played bass guitar on the album.

The Arockalypse
Studio album by
Lordi
Released3 March 2006[1]
Genre
Length44:57
LabelSony BMG, Drakkar, The End
ProducerJyrki Tuovinen
Lordi chronology
The Monsterican Dream
(2004)		 The Arockalypse
(2006)		 Deadache
(2008)
Singles from The Arockalypse
  1. "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
    Released: 22 February 2006
  2. "Who's Your Daddy?"
    Released: 30 August 2006
  3. "Would You Love a Monsterman 2006"
    Released: 2006
  4. "It Snows in Hell"
    Released: 5 December 2006
  5. "They Only Come Out at Night"
    Released: 2 May 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Rolling Stone link at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 March 2009)

Guests

The Arockalypse has many guest-stars on its tracks: Dee Snider and Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister, Udo Dirkschneider from Accept/U.D.O. and Bruce Kulick from Kiss. Before the album was released in Finland, there were rumours about other possible guest stars, including Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, Alice Cooper, King Diamond, Rob Zombie, and other members of Kiss, the latter being Lordi's greatest influence. In reality, only Sebastian Bach and Alice Cooper were ever asked to be guests on the album, but neither were able to make it.

Track listing
  1. "SCG3 Special Report" (with Starbuck as The News Reporter, Sam Romero and Dee Snider as "the monster squad's spokesman") – 3:46 (Mr Lordi/Kita)
  2. "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock" – 3:31 (Mr Lordi)
  3. "The Deadite Girls Gone Wild" – 3:45 (Mr Lordi/Kita/Tracy Lipp)
  4. "The Kids Who Wanna Play with the Dead" – 4:07 (Mr Lordi)
  5. "It Snows in Hell" (feat. Bruce Kulick) – 3:37 (Mr Lordi/Kita/Lipp)
  6. "Who's Your Daddy?" – 3:38 (Mr Lordi)
  7. "Hard Rock Hallelujah" – 4:07 (Mr Lordi)
  8. "They Only Come Out at Night" (feat. Udo Dirkschneider) – 3:49 (Mr Lordi/Amen)
  9. "The Chainsaw Buffet" (feat. Jay Jay French) – 3:57 (Mr Lordi)
  10. "Good to Be Bad" – 3:31 (Mr Lordi)
  11. "The Night of the Loving Dead" – 3:09 (Mr Lordi)
  12. "Supermonstars (The Anthem of the Phantoms)" – 4:04 (Mr Lordi)

Bonus tracks

  1. "Would You Love a Monsterman? (2006)"
  2. "Mr. Killjoy"
  3. "EviLove"

Charts and certifications

Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 11
Belgium (Flanders) 13
Denmark 16
Estonia 4
Finland 1
France 98
Germany 7
Greece 1
Norway 21
Poland 29
Sweden 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 8
United Kingdom 100
European Top 100 Albums 8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 17

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[5] 2× Platinum 97,149[5]
Germany (BVMI)[6] Gold 100,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[7] Gold 30,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits for The Arockalypse adapted from liner notes.[8]

Lordi

  • Mr Lordi – vocals, cover art, layout
  • Amen – guitars
  • Kita – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Kalma – bass
  • Awa – keyboards

Additional musicians

  • Michael Majalahti – voice
  • Bruce Kulick – guitars (5)
  • Tracy Lipp – voice (1)
  • Alexandra Alexis – voice (1)
  • Dee Snider – vocals (1)
  • Udo Dirkschneider – vocals (8)
  • Jay Jay French – guitars (9)
  • The Fire Quire of Lathe St. – backing vocals
  • Nottingburroughs Boy Choir – backing vocals (7)
  • The Naughty Lordi Girls Choir – backing vocals

Production

  • Svante Forsbäck – mastering
  • Mika Lindberg – cover art, layout
  • Petri Haggrén – photography
  • Jyrki Tuovinen – production, recording, mixing

References
  1. LORDI: Release Date Set for The Arockalypse Retrieved 24 May 2017
  2. "Austriancharts.at – Lordi – The Arockalypse" (in German). Hung Medien.
  3. "Swisscharts.com – Lordi – The Arockalypse". Hung Medien.
  4. "Lordi Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  5. "Lordi" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  6. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lordi; 'The Arockalypse')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2006" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.
  8. (2006). "The Arockalypse liner notes." In The Arockalypse [CD booklet]. Drakkar.
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