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Name = The Arockalypse |
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Type = [[Album]] |
| name Artist = [[Lordi]]The |Arockalypse
| Covertype = Arockalypse.jpg |studio
| artist Released = [[March 10Lordi]], [[2006]] |
| cover Recorded = |Arockalypse.jpg
| alt Genre = [[Hard Rock]] |
| released = 3 March 2006<ref>[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lordi-release-date-set-for-the-arockalypse/ LORDI: Release Date Set for The Arockalypse] Retrieved 24 May 2017</ref>
Length = 44:57 |
| recorded =
Label = [[BMG Finland]]<br />[[Drakkar Entertainment|Drakkar Records]]<br />[[The End Records]] |
| venue =
Producer = [[Jyrki Tuovinen]] |
| studio =
Reviews = * [[All Music Guide]] {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfpxqldldae link]
| genre = *[[Hard rock]]
* [[Rolling Stone]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13856506/the_arockalypse link]|
*[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
Last album = ''[[The Monster Show]]''<br />(2005)|
*[[shock rock]]
This album = ''The Arockalypse''<br />(2006)|
| length Next album = ...|44:57
| label = [[Sony BMG]], [[Drakkar Entertainment|Drakkar]], [[The End Records|The End]]
| producer = Jyrki Tuovinen
| prev_title = [[The Monsterican Dream]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Deadache]]
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Arockalypse
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Hard Rock Hallelujah]]
| single1date = 22 February 2006
| single2 = [[Who's Your Daddy? (Lordi song)|Who's Your Daddy?]]
| single2date = 30 August 2006
| single3 = [[Would You Love a Monsterman?|Would You Love a Monsterman 2006]]
| single3date = 2006
| single4 = [[It Snows in Hell]]
| single4date = 5 December 2006
| single5 = [[They Only Come Out at Night (Lordi song)|They Only Come Out at Night]]
| single5date = 2 May 2007
}}
}}
'''''The Arockalypse''''' is the third studio album by [[Lordi]]. It features the song "[[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.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r841504|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328215636/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13856506/the_arockalypse |date=28 March 2009 |title=link }}
}}
'''''The Arockalypse''''' is the third studio album by Finnish [[rock music|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.
 
==Guest featuresGuests==
''The albumArockalypse'' featureshas many guest-stars on its tracks: [[Dee Snider]] and [[Jay Jay French]] from [[Twisted Sister]], [[Udo Dirkschneider]] from [[Accept (band)|Accept]]/[[U.D.O.]] and [[Bruce Kulick]] from [[KISSKiss (band)|KISSKiss]]. Before the album camewas outreleased in Finland, there were rumours about other possible guest- stars to feature on the album, including [[Sebastian Bach]] from [[Skid Row (heavy metalAmerican band)|Skid Row]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[King Diamond]], [[Rob Zombie]], and other members of [[KISSKiss, (band)|KISS]]the (whichlatter isbeing Lordi's biggestgreatest influence). OnlyIn reality, only [[Sebastian Bach]] and [[Alice Cooper]] were reallyever asked to visitbe guests on the album, but theyneither couldn'twere able to make it.{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}
 
==Track listing==
# "SCG3 Special Report" (with [[Michael Majalahti|Starbuck]] as The News Reporter, Sam Romero and [[Dee Snider]] as "the monstersquadmonster squad's spokesman") – 3:46 <small>(Mr Lordi/Kita)</small>
# "[[Bringing Back the Balls to Rock]]" – 3:31 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "The Deadite Girls Gone Wild" – 3:45 <small>(Mr Lordi/Kita/Tracy Lipp)</small>
# "The Kids whoWho Wanna Play with the Dead" – 4:07 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "[[It Snows in Hell]]" (featuringfeat. [[Bruce Kulick]]) – 3:37 <small>(Mr Lordi/Kita/Lipp)</small>
# "[[Who's Your Daddy? (Lordi song)|Who's Your Daddy?]]" – 3:38 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "[[Hard Rock Hallelujah]]" – 4:07 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "[[They Only Come Out at Night (Lordi song)|They Only Come Out at Night]]" (featuringfeat. [[Udo Dirkschneider]]) – 3:49 <small>(Mr Lordi/Amen)</small>
# "The Chainsaw Buffet" (featuringfeat. [[Jay Jay French]]) – 3:4757 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "Good to Be Bad" – 3:31 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "The Night of the Loving Dead" – 3:09 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
# "Supermonstars (The Anthem Ofof Thethe Phantoms)" – 4:04 <small>(Mr Lordi)</small>
 
==Special Edition==
In November 2006, Lordi re-released The Arockalypse in Finland as a "Special Edition", which includes 3 bonus tracks plus a DVD. This is the version that is sold in the US.
 
'''Bonus tracks:'''
# <li value="13">"[[Would You Love a Monsterman?]]|Would You Love a Monsterman? (2006)]]"
# "Mr. Killjoy"
# "EviLove"
 
==Charts and certifications==
DVD:
===Charts ===
*"Live At Market Square" (Lordi's homecoming gig in Finland after their Eurovision triumph)
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*"Hello Athens" (A series of short made-for-Finland documentaries following Lordi up to the Eurovision Song Contest)
*Music Videos (Videos for "Who's Your Daddy?" and "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
 
==Vinyl==
There is also a vinyl of this album released in the US. It has two vinyls and four sides: Side A, Side B, Side C and Side D. The vinyl includes all the songs from the special edition and also three bonus track on Side D.
 
#"Devil Is A Loser (Live)"
#"Hard Rock Hallelujah (Live)"
#"Would You Love A Monsterman? (Live)"
 
==Singles==
#Hard Rock Hallelujah
#Who's your Daddy?
#It Snows in Hell
#Would You Love A Monsterman? (2006)
#They Only Come Out At Night
 
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left" width="180"|Chart (2006)
!align="leftcenter"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Austria|11|album=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi}}
|align="left"|Austria
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="left"|Belgium (Flanders)
Line 79 ⟶ 84:
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="left"|Finland (over 90,000 sold)
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|France
|align="center"|98
|-
|align="left"|Germany
Line 92 ⟶ 100:
|-
|align="left"|Poland
|align="center"|6429
|-
|align="left"|Sweden (+30,000 sold)
|align="center"|1
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|8|album=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi}}
|align="left"|Switzerland
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|United Kingdom
|align="center"|100
|-
|align="left"|European Top 100 Albums
|align="center"|8
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|17|album=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi}}
|}
 
===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|title=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|salesamount=97,149|domestic=true}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2023|relyear=2006|access-date=31 January 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=The Arockalypse|artist=Lordi|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2006|relyear=2006|relmonth=3}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true}}
 
== Personnel ==
Credits for ''The Arockalypse'' adapted from liner notes.<ref>(2006). "''The Arockalypse'' liner notes." In ''The Arockalypse'' [CD booklet]. Drakkar.</ref>
 
'''Lordi'''
* [[Mr Lordi]] – vocals, cover art, layout
* [[Amen (musician)|Amen]] – guitars
* [[Sampsa Astala|Kita]] – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
* Kalma – bass
* [[Leena Peisa|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
 
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