Disc I 01. Enter The Machine 02. Taking Back My Soul 03. Nemesis 04. My Apocalypse 05. Carry The Cross 06. I Am Legend/Out For Blood 07. Skeleton Dance 08. Hybrids Of Steel 09. Mechanic God Creation 10. Machtkampf 11. Slaves Of Yesterday 12. Heart Of Darkness [Live in Paris 2004][Japanese bonus] 13. Bridge Of Destiny [Live in Paris 2004][Japanese bonus]
Disc II[German limited edition bonus DVD - Live Apocalypse preview] 01. Intro 02. Dead Eyes See No Future [Live in London 2004] 03. Ravenous [Live in London 2004] + Nemesis [video clip]
Doomsday Machine marks Arch Enemy's third installment in their new millennium Angela Gossow period. This album certainly has the slickest production of all three Gossow albums. Gossow herself has been produced in order to sound harsher vocally, sometimes bordering on black metal screeching on some songs. Fans of previous Gossow albums will enjoy Doomsday Machine but will be sad as this is the last Arch Enemy album with Christopher Amott on it. Amott left the band in the summer of 2005 in order to continue his studies.
The 2005 release "Doomsday Machine" by Arch Enemy is yet another example of the band's ability to create brilliant melodic death metal, in their own unique way. Stepping further away from their older, original sound, Arch Enemy has created a new album consisting of songs that vary in speed and overall sound. "Doomsday Machine" is a highly entertaining mix of songs ranging from a slow, haunting intro to blistering, bone chilling riffs.
There seems to be a lot of praise for Doomsday Machine, people think this was the comeback album of Arch Enemy after the lacking Anthems Of Rebellion. I didn't listen to Arch Enemy that often until I found the slipcase version of Doomsday Machine for a low price so I decided to pick it up and see what all the praise is about.
The record "dommsday machine" of archenemy is probably the best work of this great Swedish band because the style handled melodeath ranges from thrash metal to a normal reason why in some forums it was classified as death-thrash, combining melodies emotional as well as fast and brutal guitar, speed and technique on drums, a quite acceptable down and clear a murderer guttural style which characterize of the Germanic Angela Gossow which was not degraded by applying no voice modulator. I would recommend the songs "Machtkampf" and "carry the Croos" which are not mentioned by fans and the band themselves