Dark Invitation to Armageddon is the second album by thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band The Scourger

The Scourger

The Scourger is a thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland that formed in 2003. All three of the band's singles have landed on the national Finnish charts: "Hatehead", which debuted at #1 in July 2005; "Maximum Intensity", which landed at #3 a year later and climbed to #2 the following week; and...

. It was released on January 30, 2008 and later re-released as an international version with bonus tracks on March 14, 2008 via Cyclone Records. The album's first single, "Never Bury the Hatchet", landed on the national Finnish charts at #9 in July 2007.

Track listing

1. "Lex Talionis" (Ari Tarvainen) – 1:26
2. "No Redemption" (Ariane Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 4:40
3. "In the Hour of Ruin" (Gottberg, Tarvainen) – 5:57
4. "To Tame a Life" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 4:37
5. "Never Bury the Hatchet" (Gottberg, Tarvainen) – 4:02
6. "Deformed Reality" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 4:28
7. "Dark Invitation to Armageddon" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 5:18
8. "Reign in Bestial Sin" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 5:25
9. "Beyond Judas" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 5:01
10. "Cranium Crush" (Gottberg, Luttinen, Tarvainen) – 4:17
11. "Last Nail to the Coffin" (Gottberg, Hurskainen, Tarvainen) – 6:47
12. "Vicious Circle" – 4:15
13. "Hatehead [Live]" – 3:35

• Tracks 12 and 13 are bonus tracks from the international version.

Personnel

• Jari Hurskainen – vocals
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• Seppo Tarvainen – drums
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• Jani Luttinen – guitars
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• Antti Wirman – guitars
• Kimmo Kammonen – bass
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• Aaro Seppovaara – producing, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Petri Majuri – mastering