Enter the Moonlight Gate

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Enter the Moonlight Gate
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Studio album by
Released24 March 1997
RecordedApril 1996 at Studio Fredman
Genre Black metal
Length54:53
Label No Fashion Records, Metal Blade Records
Producer Fredrik Nordström
Lord Belial chronology
Kiss the Goat
(1995)
Enter the Moonlight Gate
(1997)
Unholy Crusade
(2000)

Enter the Moonlight Gate is the second album by Lord Belial. It was released in 1997 by No Fashion Records. The eight and final track is continued on Lord Belial's next album named Unholy Crusade. In April 2014, Greek label Floga Records reissued Enter The Moonlight Gate for the first time on LP. This edition is limited to 250 copies black vinyl and 250 copies black/blue splatter vinyl both colors have slightly revised cover artwork and the new Lord Belial band logo.

Enter the Moonlight Gate is also available as an extremely limited (250 copies) digipak and comes with a poster.

Track listing

  1. "Enter the Moonlight Gate" – 5:12
  2. "Unholy Spell of Lilith" – 6:43
  3. "Path with Endless Horizons" – 5:56
  4. "Lamia" – 4:55
  5. "Black Winter Bloodbath" – 4:57
  6. "Forlorn in Silence" – 3:50
  7. "Belial - Northern Prince of Evil" – 3:19
  8. "Realm of a Thousand Burning Souls (Part 1)" – 20:04

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