| Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun | ||||
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| Released | August 26, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Noiselab | |||
| Genre | Blackened death metal | |||
| Length | 37:13 | |||
| Label | Rotten | |||
| Producer | Goatwhore | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos |    [2] |
Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun is Goatwhore's second full-length studio album. A music video was made for the song "Blood Guilt Eucharist".
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sacrament of Emptiness and Despair" | 1:45 |
| 2. | "Vengeance of Demonic Fury" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Blood Guilt Eucharist" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "The Serpent That Enslaves What Is Worshiped" | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Chanting Bells of Funeral Anguish" | 3:23 |
| 6. | "Sky Inferno" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "A Closure in Infinity" | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Invocation to the Obsidian Moon" | 1:38 |
| 9. | "As the Sun Turns to Ash" | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Fires of the Judas Blood" | 2:59 |
| 11. | "The Black Art of Deception" | 2:17 |
| 12. | "Baptized in a Storm of Swords" | 3:49 |
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