Black Opera [Import]

Opera IX | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Avantgarde
• ASIN: B00004TGDU
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,592 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Act I: The First Seal

2. Act II: Beyond the Black Diamond Gates

3. Act III: Carnal Delight in the Vortex of Evil

4. Act IV: Congressus Cum Daemone

5. Act V: The Magic Temple

6. Act VI: The Sixth Seal

7. Bela Lugosi's Dead

Editorial Reviews

Third album for Italian black metal act. Includes a cover of the Bauhaus classic 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. Digipak.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars gothy, spooky, February 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Black Opera (Audio CD)

this disc is gothy, spooky, and haunting.

it's certainly black.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truely Dark, June 18, 2000

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Adam L. Smith (U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Opera (Audio CD)

I bought Opera IX "Sacro Culto" about a year ago. This band is truely amazing, Cadaveria's demonic growl along side Lunaris keyboards make this album one of the best of 1998. But with the bad production of their label cause "Sacro Culto" not to be the intense ear bleeding death it should be. Since that Opera IX inked a deal with Avantgarde Music their production problems have seemed to have journied elsewhere. "The Black Opera" the latest of Opera IX, and with gripping riffs and strong brutal vocals with better production make it a classic to the underground realm. Each song has its own beauity, Cavaeria's voice is so entrancing. Each song is around the 8 to 10 minute mark some of it tends to drag but everything meshes well into each sound. A true cult classic, I would also recommend the other album they have out, "The call of the Wood".

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Album, July 5, 2000

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Jennifer Stegman (Lubbock, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Opera (Audio CD)

This is the first time i've ever heard this band, and upon listening to the whole cd several times I'm very impressed. They are somewhat difficult to describe, but they do remind me a great deal of Cradle of Filths "Principle Evil Made Flesh" . Slow to moderate speed, grinding guitars, and overlaying keyboards (which tend to get in the way on a few tracks). The vocals are exceptional and very aggressive, if you like evil growls and screams then you will enjoy the vocals on this record. Overall I would say its a must buy for any Black or Dark Metal fan.