Secrets of the Black Arts

Dark Funeral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000001C9L
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,527 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Secrets of the Black Arts

2. My Dark Desires

3. The Dawn No More Rises

4. When Angels Forever Die

5. The Fire Eternal

6. Satan's Mayhem

7. Shadows Over Transylvania

8. Dark Are the Path to Eternity (A Summoning Nocturnal)

9. Satanic Blood

10. Dark Are the Path's to Eternity

Editorial Reviews

1996 album for the Swedish black metal act. 11 tracks and a 12-page booklet with song lyrics & spooky photos of the band. No Fashion Records. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting Black Metal..., January 14, 2000

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"infernal_ritual" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Black Arts (Audio CD)

Dark Funeral's "Secret Of..." Is Pure, cold, Christian tormenting, Black metal! This is some truly scary stuff. Amazingly Fast guitars, vicious drum blasts, & diabolical vocals all roaring from the deepest pits of hell. This has got to be their finest release. "Vobiscum Satanas" is a cold hate-filled album as well, but If you don't have this CD, BUY IT! Try listening to this at night, or in the dark, It's a creepy experience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second take on this cd., November 25, 2005

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Morgan Kelly (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Black Arts (Audio CD)

Well, I wrote a review for this a few years ago, but have sinced changed opinions. This is some very raw black metal, and the sound quality is really poor. However, if you can stand to listen to it loud enough, this album sky rockets in its worth. At a higher volume, you can hear a much more complicated guitar line, and even some hints of a keyboard, but the keyboard is absoluty buried, if I wasn't imagining it. The most problematic aspect of this album is that at a more usual volume, many of this songs a) sound horrible, and b) sound the same. For fans of the genre, it's going to be a worthwhile listen, but if you're just getting into black metal, you may want to put off purchasing this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WOW, December 17, 2004

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Dark Fortress - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of the Black Arts (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for a friend for Christmas, and then we popped it in and I was just amazed. This is cd is VERY good but you can tell its early Dark Funeral because just about all the songs repeat them selves. Not their best, but definitley a good album.