''666 International'' is the third full-length album by

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band

Dødheimsgard Dødheimsgard (also known as DHG) is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed in 1994. Dødheimsgard originally played black metal, but 1999's '' 666 International'' saw them change their style into experimental and avant-garde/industrial metal. In ...

. It was released on June 11, 1999, by Moonfog Productions. With ''666 International'', Dødheimsgard abandoned the black metal style of their previous two albums, further developing the style of their EP '' Satanic Art'' (1998). The album heads into a more

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style that fuses black and industrial metal, with some

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and keyboard interludes. ''666 International'' was Dødheimsgard's last release to feature Aldrahn on vocals (until his eventual return to the band in 2013, when the band recorded '' A Umbra Omega'' with him),

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on bass, and Svein Egil Hatlevik on keyboards. It was also their last release under the name Dødheimsgard; in 2003, the band shortened their name to DHG. The piano intro on "Shiva-Interfere" is taken from the outro track "Wrapped in Plastic" from ''Satanic Art''. It was re-released in 2011 by

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, and included two bonus tracks. "Hæmorrhage Era One Reconstructed" was originally featured on the 2000 compilation ''Moonfog 2000: A Different Perspective''.

Critical reception

William York of

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called ''666 International'' "an elaborate, ambitious and creative album that is bound to frustrate purists".

Track listing

Personnel

Dødheimsgard

* Aldrahn (Bjørn Dencker Gjerde) –

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* Vicotnik (Yusaf Parvez) – guitars *

(Ole Jørgen Moe) – bass * Czral (

Carl-Michael Eide Carl-Michael Eide (born 24 July 1974) is a Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum. Biography Carl-Michael Eide has played in various black metal and ...

) – drums,

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* Mr. Magic Logic ( Svein Egil Hatlevik) – keyboards

Additional personnel

* Bjørn Boge –

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, mixing * Tom "Thrawn" Kvålsvoll – mastering

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 albums Dødheimsgard albums