Editing Apocalyptic Raids (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Apocalyptic Raids
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Hellhammer]]
| cover      = ApocalypticRaids.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1984<br>1990 (1990 re-release)
| recorded   = 2–7 March 1984
| venue      =
| studio     = Caet Studio, [[Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/apocalyptic-raids-mw0000310720 | title=Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Black metal]]|[[thrash metal]]}}
| length     = 19:41<br>27:03 (1990 re-release)
| label      = [[Noise Records|Noise]]
| producer   = [[Thomas Gabriel Fischer|Tom Warrior]], [[Martin Eric Ain|Martin Ain]], Karl U. Walterbach
| prev_title = [[Satanic Rites]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[Demon Entrails]]
| next_year  = 2008
}}

'''''Apocalyptic Raids''''' is an [[extended play|EP]] by Swiss [[extreme metal]] band [[Hellhammer]]. It was recorded and released in March 1984, and was the band's only commercial release.

The record was a major influence on the then-emerging [[death metal]] and [[black metal]] genres. It has served as an inspiration to such varied and respected bands as [[Napalm Death]] and [[Sepultura]], both of whom recorded cover versions of "Messiah".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/leaders-not-followers-pt-2-mw0000302182 |title=Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers, Pt. 2 review |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=28 January 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/revolusongs-mw0000457874 |title=Sepultura - Revolusongs review |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |accessdate=28 January 2017 }}</ref>

Hellhammer split up only three months after recording this EP, and later regrouped as [[Celtic Frost]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fischer |first1=Thomas Gabriel |authorlink=Thomas Gabriel Fischer |title=Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost |location=London, UK |publisher=[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] |year=2000 |page=80 |isbn=978-1860743108 }}</ref> The EP would be reissued six years later as '''''Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D.''''', boasting new artwork and two bonus tracks.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |last=Warrior |first=Thomas Gabriel | authorlink = Thomas Gabriel Fischer |year=1990 |chapter=The Macabre Existence of Hellhammer |title=Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D. |type=CD booklet |others=[[Hellhammer]] |location=[[Berlin]], Germany |publisher=[[Noise Records]] |page=2 |id= N 0008-3}}</ref>

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev1Score = 1/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 156}}</ref>
}}