Salvation (Cult of Luna album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Salvation

| type = studio

| artist = Cult of Luna

| cover = Cult of Luna - Salvation album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{flagicon|EU}} October 4, 2004
{{flagicon|US}} October 19, 2004

| recorded = April − July 2004

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Post-metal, sludge metal

| length = 73:45

| label = Earache Records
(MOSH 283CDL)

| producer = Cult of Luna

| prev_title = The Beyond

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Somewhere Along the Highway

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r712521|pure_url=yes}}|title=Salvation – Cult of Luna|first=Stewart|last=Mason|publisher=allmusic|access-date=1 April 2011}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri|first2=David|author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2011 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=9781-926592-20-6 |page=99}}

| rev3 = Rock Hard

| rev3score = 9.0/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/cult-of-luna-salvation_286497.html|title=Cult of Luna – Salvation|website=ROCK HARD (magazine)|issue=210}}

| rev4 = Sputnikmusic

| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}[https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/2281/Cult-of-Luna-Salvation/ Cult of Luna – Salvation (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic]

| rev5 = Terrorizer

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite journal|journal=Terrorizer|date=October 2004|page=68|issue=124|title=Review of Salvation}}

}}

Salvation is the third studio album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released on Earache Records in 2004;{{cite web | title = Cult of Luna| publisher = Earache Records| url = http://www.earache.com/bands/cult_of_luna/cult_of_luna.html| access-date = 2007-10-04}} on October 4 in Europe, and October 10 in the United States.{{cite web | title = Cult of Luna| publisher = Flowerbooking| url = http://www.flowerbooking.com/artists/cultofluna/| access-date = 2008-01-07}}

A music video was recorded for "Leave Me Here", directed by Anders Forsman and Linus Johansson.{{cite web| title = Cult of Luna – "Leave Me Here"| publisher = Earache Records| url = http://www.earache.com/bands/cult_of_luna/videos/leave_me_here/player.html| access-date = 2007-10-04| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030610/http://www.earache.com/bands/cult_of_luna/videos/leave_me_here/player.html| archive-date = 2016-03-04}} It premiered on April 30, 2005 on MTV2 and Fuse TV.{{cite web|title=Earache Extreme News |publisher=Earache Records |url=http://www.earache.com/news_stories/cult_of_luna.html |access-date=2007-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319203505/http://www.earache.com/news_stories/cult_of_luna.html |archive-date=March 19, 2007 }}