Armageddon (Aria album) explained

Armageddon
Type:	Album
Artist:	Aria
Cover:	Aria armageddon.jpg
Released:	October 1, 2006
Genre:	Heavy metal
Length:	54:52
Label:	CD-Maximum
Producer:	Aria
Prev Title:	Крещение огнём
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Феникс
Next Year:	2011

Armageddon (Russian: Армагеддон) is the tenth studio album by Aria, and the first after signing to the CD-Maximum label.

Track #8 "Chuzhoy" reached the 1st position on the Russian radio charts.

It was the last album of the band to feature Artur Berkut on its line-up.

Lyric themes

• "Strazh imperii" tells about Japanese kamikaze in World War II
• "Novy krestovy pokhod" is sung from the point of Knight Templar
• "Messiya" tells of the struggle between Christianity and Slavic Paganism
• "Krov koroley" tells the story of the last battle of King Arthur
• "Chuzhoy" is based on Ray Bradbury's short story "Zero Hour"
• "Posledny zakat" deals with World War III and nuclear war

Personnel

• Arthur Berkut – Vocals
• Vladimir Holstinin – Guitar
• Vitaly Dubinin – Bass
• Sergey Popov – Guitar
• Maxim Udalov – Drums

Recorded on ARIA Records studio. Sound engineering by Dmitry Kalinin. Mastering by Andrey Subbotin and Saturday Mastering studio.Technical support by A&T Trade, Avallon, Mixart, Violet Design. Instruments by: Fender, Jackson, Ibanez, Marshall Amplifiers, DiMarzio, Korg, Shure, Dean Markley, Sabine, Tama, Zildjian, Violet Design.

Cover art by Leo Hao.