Destroyer of Worlds refers to the tenth full-length album release by Bathory

Bathory (band)

Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and viking metal. Quorthon remained the main songwriter and member of Bathory for more than two decades. Bathory was permanently ended after Quorthon's death in 2004...

. It takes its name from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Along with Enrico Fermi, he is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II project that developed the first...

 about the atomic bomb, "I am become death, destroyer of worlds," which was itself mistakenly quoted from a verse in the Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita

The ' , also more simply known as Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the ancient Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata, but is frequently treated as a freestanding text, and in particular, as an Upanishad in its own right, one of the several books that constitute general Vedic tradition...

. Stylistically, Destroyer of Worlds is a cross between the Viking metal

Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 of Bathory's 1988-1991 period and the retro-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...

 of Requiem and Octagon, as can be heard in "Bleeding", "109", "Death from Above", "Liberty & Justice", and "Kill Kill Kill". It is Bathory's longest studio album.

Track listing

1. "Lake of Fire" – 5:43
2. "Destroyer of Worlds" – 4:51
3. "Ode" – 6:27
4. "Bleeding" – 3:55
5. "Pestilence" – 6:50
6. "109" – 3:36
7. "Death from Above" – 4:35
8. "Krom" – 2:50
9. "Liberty & Justice" – 3:52
10. "Kill Kill Kill" – 3:09
11. "Sudden Death" – 3:19
12. "White Bones" – 8:35
13. "Day of Wrath" – 8:15