- black metal
- 41 min
- 11 tracks
- No Fashion Records
The Secrets of the Black Arts is the debut studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released in January 1996, by No Fashion Records. It was re-released on 31 July 2007, with a bonus disc consisting of the album original recording. The Secrets of the Black Arts is the only album to feature guitarist Blackmoon, vocalist/bassist Themgoroth and drummer Equimanthorn.
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Grave, bleak, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- 1The Dark Age Has Arrived0:16
- 2The Secrets of the Black Arts3:42
- 3My Dark Desires3:48
- 4The Dawn No More Rises3:59
- 5When Angels Forever Die4:07
- 6The Fire Eternal3:55
- 7Satan's Mayhem4:54
- 8Shadows Over Transylvania3:41
- 9Bloodfrozen4:20
- 10Satanic Blood2:12
- 11Dark Are the Path to Eternity (A Summoning Nocturnal)5:59
11 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dark Funeral
- Label
- No Fashion Records
- Released
- January 28, 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- SE
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