666 International
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666 International is an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Dødheimsgard
Dødheimsgard
Dødheimsgard is a Norwegian heavy metal band formed in 1994. Dødheimsgard was originally a black metal band, but 1999's 666 International saw them change into an experimental and avant-garde / industrial metal band. In 2000, they shortened their name to DHG...

. Proceeding with Satanic Art
Satanic Art
Satanic Art is an EP by the Norwegian black/industrial metal band Dødheimsgard. It marks the beginning of their transition from black metal to a more industrial sound, which wouldn't be fully realized until the next album, 666 International....

, DHG went further into the experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 sound characterized by Moonfog
Moonfog
Moonfog Productions is a Norwegian-based record label founded by Satyricon vocalist/guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Satyr and Tormod Opedal. The establishment date is uncertain, but is most likely around 1993, the year Satyricon released their debut album...

 bands such as Thorns
Thorns (band)
Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band that formed in 1989 and was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They made two highly influential demos in the early 1990s, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but have only released one full-length album....

 and Satyricon
Satyricon (band)
Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...

.

The musical style on 666 International moved towards a more black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

/industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 fusion sound.

This marks the last appearance of singer Aldrahn in Dodheimsgard, who departed due to the birth of his daughter in 2001.

Track listing

  1. "Shiva Interfere" – 9:10
  2. "Ion Storm" – 4:20
  3. "Carpet Bombing" – 2:25
  4. "Regno Potiri" – 10:19
  5. "Final Conquest" – 5:59
  6. "Logic" – 0:59
  7. "Sonar Bliss" – 7:39
  8. "Magic" – 1:43
  9. "Completion" – 6:28


Tracks 10-65 are around 5–10 seconds long each and consist entirely of silence. Track 66 lasts 11:03, and also turns to silence after 1:27.

Personnel

  • Aldrahn – Vocals, Guitars
  • Vicotnik – Guitars and Composition
  • Mr. Magic Logic (aka Hologram) (Svein Egil Hatlevik)
    Zweizz
    Zweizz is the primary performing alias of Norwegian musician and composer Svein Egil Hatlevik .Hatlevik started using the Zweizz alias in 2003 after leaving the Norwegian black metal group Dødheimsgard. According to Hatlevik, Zweizz should be considered a one man band, not a solo project...

     – Keyboards, Grand Piano (from Fleurety
    Fleurety
    Fleurety is a Norwegian avant-garde metal band. The band was formed in 1991 by Svein Egil Hatlevik and Alexander Nordgaren.-History:The band released their first demo Black Snow in 1993. After that came the 7" EP A Darker Shade of Evil in 1994, released via the English label Aesthetic Death Records...

    )
  • Apollyon
    Apollyon (musician)
    Apollyon is a black metal/thrash metal multi-instrumentalist, formerly associated with Dødheimsgard and Cadaver, now playing in Aura Noir and also Immortal after its reforming in 2006. He has done guest vocals on the Darkthrone albums Plaguewielder and Sardonic Wrath, and also on Audiopain's EP 1986...

     – Bass
  • Bjørn Boge (aka Ursus Major) (aka Bjørn Bogus) – Bass/fretless bass (track 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 66)
  • Czral – Drums, Guitar
  • Ginge – Programming
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