Armageddon
Boom Library$0.00
Extinction Level Explosion Sounds
ARMAGEDDON focuses on large-scale natural disasters rather than isolated effects. Meteorite impacts, earthquake sound effects, storm sound effects, thunder, collapsing terrain, and environmental destruction are designed as unfolding events that occupy space and time. The emphasis is on scale and movement, not single impacts.
The Krakatoa Eruption Sound
The Krakatoa eruption was the loudest sound ever recorded, but with 180 dB at 160km distance not recordable in a modern cinematic quality. While the library is grounded in natural disaster sound design, parts of the Designed content deliberately extend into gigantic, beyond-reality scale to achieve impact that modern film, television, and games demand.
Aggressive by Design
These 3,100+ sounds are intentionally dense, compressed, and forceful. Distortion and saturation are part of the sound, not an accident. ARMAGEDDON is built to deliver weight and energy that can hold its place in modern cinematic mixes without being buried by music or dialogue.
Scale at Multiple Distances
Although ARMAGEDDON excels at wide, distant, overwhelming events, it also supports closer perspectives. The Construction Kit includes material suitable for more immediate detail, allowing sound designers to move from large-scale establishing moments to physical, close-up destruction.
What’s Inside
Included sounds - keywords
AIR, ARMAGEDDON, AVALANCHE, BLAST, BURNING, COLLISION, CRACK, CRASH, DEBRIS, DESIGNED, DIRT, EARTHQUAKE, EXPLOSION, FIRE, FLAMES, GRAVEL, GUST, ICE, IMPACT, INFERNO, LIGHTNING, ROCK, RUMBLE, SLIDE, SNOW, STONE, STORM, THUNDER, WATER, WHOOSH
Armageddon – Designed
Gigantic Designed Events
The Designed section goes beyond natural disaster into truly gigantic scale. These 300+ sounds represent forces that exceed any real-world reference, using extreme density and controlled chaos to deliver overwhelming impact. They are intended for moments where naturalism alone is not enough.
Designed Against Picture
Extensive visual research informed the timing and motion of the sounds. Large-scale disaster footage and environmental events were studied to ensure ARMAGEDDON translates convincingly against picture, whether used as distant forces or closer, more physical layers.
Tech Specs
| Files | 100 | |
| Sounds | 304 | |
| Size | 2.4 GB | |
| Format | WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac | |
Armageddon – Construction Kit
Event-Based Destruction Building Blocks
The Construction Kit is organised around events rather than single effects. The 2,800+ sounds are created to be layered and combined to build evolving destruction sequences. This approach supports long-form scenes, gameplay systems, and controlled escalation.
Built for Real Production Workflows
ARMAGEDDON is structured to work quickly under real production conditions. Clear categories, consistent perspectives, and production-ready processing make it easy to assemble complex destruction without excessive editing or corrective work.
| Files | 561 |
| Sounds | 2,811 |
| Size | 11.9 GB |
| Format | WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac |
Construction Kit and Designed Content Combined
THE BUNDLE – The best of both worlds at a discounted price.
ARMAGEDDON combines flexible Construction Kit material with high-impact Designed sounds. This allows sound designers to build custom destruction sequences from the ground up or deploy finished effects immediately, depending on the demands of the project.
Tech Specs
| Files | 661 | |
| Sounds | 3,115 | |
| Size | 14.3 GB | |
| Format | WAV - 24bit - 96kHz / Windows + Mac | |
What We Recorded
ARMAGEDDON is driven by research and sound design rather than direct field recording. Real-world disaster footage, environmental references, and physical behaviour were studied to understand motion, timing, and scale. From there, sound design techniques were used to create events that could not be safely or practically recorded.
What’s so special about this library?
ARMAGEDDON is built for sound designers working at extreme scale. While the foundation of the library is natural disaster sound design, it also includes designed content at a gigantic scale for moments that demand more than reality can provide. Earthquake, storm, thunder, and large-scale explosion sound effects are engineered to read clearly in modern cinematic mixes for film, high-end television, trailers, and games.