The album's title is taken from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds", which was itself quoted from verse 32 of chapter 11 in the Bhagavad Gita.
destroyer | The War of the Worlds | The War of the Worlds (radio) | The War of the Worlds (1953 film) | Destroyer | The War of the Worlds (novel) | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds | Conan the Destroyer | When Worlds Collide | Type 45 destroyer | Mirror Worlds | Korean Destroyer eXperimental | Kongō-class destroyer | German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann | Fleet of Worlds | destroyer ''Kongō'' (DDG-173) | Tripod (The War of the Worlds) | Spanish destroyer Furor | L and M-class destroyer | Juggler of Worlds | Japanese destroyer Maikaze | German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner | AdventureQuest Worlds | When Worlds Collide (1951 film) | W and Z-class destroyer | Type 42 destroyer | Thalaba the Destroyer | Star Destroyer | Spanish destroyer Pluton | Sacred Worlds |
He also appears in the non-Shaeffer novel Fleet of Worlds and is the main human character in its sequels Juggler of Worlds and Destroyer of Worlds.
The "Enola Gay" mix sampled news broadcasts announcing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as well as the J. Robert Oppenheimer quote, "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds."