The Arockalypse

Infobox Album | Name = The Arockalypse
Type = Album
Artist = Lordi


Released = March 10, 2006
Genre = heavy metal
Length = 44:57
Label = Sony BMG, Drakkar, The End
Producer = Jyrki Tuovinen
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfpxqldldae link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13856506/the_arockalypse link]
Last album = "The Monster Show"
(2005)
This album = "The Arockalypse"
(2006)
Next album = "Deadache"
(2008)
Misc =Singles
Name = The Arockalypse
Type = studio
single 1 = Hard Rock Hallelujah
single 1 date = February 22, 2006
single 2 = Who's Your Daddy?
single 2 date = August 30, 2006
single 3 = Would You Love a Monsterman 2006
single 3 date = 2006
single 4 = It Snows In Hell
single 4 date = December 5, 2006
single 5 = They Only Come Out At Night
single 5 date = May 2, 2007 |

"The Arockalypse" is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Lordi. It features 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 and Germany.

Guest features

"The Arockalypse" features many guest-stars on its tracks: Dee Snider and Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister, Udo Dirkschneider from Accept and Bruce Kulick from KISS. Before the album was released in Finland, there were rumours about other possible guest-stars to feature on the album, 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

# "SCG3 Special Report" (with Dee Snider as "the monster squad's spokesman") – 3:46
# "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock" – 3:31
# "The Deadite Girls Gone Wild" – 3:45
# "The Kids who Wanna Play with the Dead" – 4:07
# "It Snows In Hell" (feat. Bruce Kulick) – 3:37
# "Who's Your Daddy?" – 3:38
# "Hard Rock Hallelujah" – 4:07
# "They Only Come Out at Night" (feat. Udo Dirkschneider) – 3:49
# "Chainsaw Buffet" (feat. Jay Jay French) – 3:57
# "Good to Be Bad" – 3:31
# "The Night of the Loving Dead" – 3:09
# "Supermonstars (The Anthem Of The Phantoms)" – 4:04

pecial Edition

In November 2006, "The Arockalypse" was re-released in Finland as a "Special Edition", which included 3 bonus tracks and a DVD. This version was also the first Lordi album to be released in the United States.

Bonus tracks:
# "Would You Love a Monsterman? (2006)"
# "Mr Killjoy"
# "EviLove"

DVD:
* "Live At Market Square," Lordi's homecoming gig in Finland after their Eurovision triumph
* "Hello Athens," a series of short Finnish documentaries following Lordi up to the Eurovision Song Contest
* Music Videos for "Who's Your Daddy?," "Hard Rock Hallelujah," and "Would You Love a Monsterman? (2006)"

Vinyl

In 2007, a limited edition of "The Arockalypse" was released on vinyl in the US, available in three versions: black, clear or clear with red splatter. The album consists of two records and includes all the tracks from the special edition release, as well as three live bonus tracks on Side D:

# "Devil Is A Loser (Live)"
# "Hard Rock Hallelujah (Live)"
# "Would You Love A Monsterman? (Live)"

Charts

Credits

*Mr. Lordi - lead vocals
*Amen - Electric guitar
*Kita - drums, Backing male vocals
*Kalma - Bass
*Awa - keyboards, Backing female vocals