Engraved in Black

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Engraved in Black
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Studio album by Graveworm
Released June 23, 2003
Recorded 3–26 March 2003
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length37:32
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Graveworm and Andy Classen
Graveworm chronology
Scourge of Malice
(2001)
Engraved in Black
(2003)
(N)utopia
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Engraved in Black is the fourth studio album by the symphonic black metal band Graveworm, released in 2003 through Nuclear Blast. This is the first Graveworm album to feature guitarist Eric Righi, who also played bass on this recording.

Symphonic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that emerged in the mid to late 1990s, and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements.

Graveworm band

Graveworm is an Italian gothic metal band from Brunico formed in 1992.

Nuclear Blast German record label

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, power metal and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. It also distributes and promotes two post-hardcore/metalcore labels, SharpTone Records, focused on American scene, and Arising Empire, focused more on European bands such as Novelists, Imminence, Cold Snap and While She Sleeps.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dreaming Into Reality" – 7:03
  2. "Legions Unleashed"' – 5:29
  3. "Renaissance in Blood" – 3:42
  4. "Thorns of Desolation" – 4:10
  5. "Abhorrence" – 4:50
  6. "Losing My Religion (R.E.M. cover)" (Only on American versions) - 4:24
  7. "Drowned in Fear" – 4:49
  8. "Beauty of Malice" – 5:25
  9. "Apparition of Sorrow" – 2:04

The digipack version contains the following bonus track:

  1. "It's a Sin"(Pet Shop Boys cover) - 3:42

The Japanese version contains the following two bonus tracks:

  1. "It's a Sin"(Pet Shop Boys cover) - 3:42
  2. "Christian Woman"(Type O Negative cover) - 5:34

Credits

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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References

  1. Serba, John. "Engraved in Black - Graveworm | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 March 2012.