Cult is the third studio album by Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, released in 2000, with a special edition issued in 2001 that includes an extra disc, mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Apocalyptica's first two albums consisted mostly of cover songs. Cult was their first album to feature mainly original compositions, along with using distortion effects much more boldly and frequently, which gave the album a more orchestral sound. The record also experimented with vocals and other instrumentation. There are some versions of the first release with "Path Vol. 2" as the first track and "Path" as the fourteenth. This is the last Apocalyptica album to feature Max Lilja on cello. The song "Hope Vol. 2" has a music video that features scenes from the film Vidocq. Cult, along with Inquisition Symphony and Live, were bundled together in a limited edition collectors box set, issued in 2003.

Track listing

Note

Also Live at Muffatwerk, Munich, on 24 October 2000, and also from Inquisition Symphony

Cult (Apocalyptica album)

Reception

Credits

Apocalyptica

Eicca Toppinen – cello, double bass, percussion, arrangements

Max Lilja – cello

Paavo Lötjönen – cello

Perttu Kivilaakso – cello

Additional personnel

Path Vol.2

Sandra Nasić – vocals

Clemens Matzenik – engineering at Horus

Hope Vol.2

Matthias Sayer – vocals

Jeff Collier – lyrics

Other

Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa – percussion

Mika Jussila – mastering

Niina Pasanen – styling

Jyrki Tuovinen – engineering (10) and recording

Mixing

Mikko Karmila – Disc 1

T-T Oksala – Disc 2

Images

Cover art

Eero Heikkinen

Juri

Photographers

Vertti Teräsvuori

Olaf Heine

References

Apocalyptica albums

2000 albums

Classical albums

Mercury Records albums

Universal Music Group albums

Cult (Apocalyptica album)