| Nightwork | ||||
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| Released | September 21, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | April 1998 at The Sanctuary | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde metal, melodic black metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 38:59 | |||
| Label | Avantgarde Music | |||
| Producer | Dan Swanö, Blakkheim | |||
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Nightwork is the third studio album by the Swedish black metal band Diabolical Masquerade released in 1998 through Avantgarde Music.
| No. | Title | Additional notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rider on the Bonez" | 5:54 | |
| 2. | "Dreadventurouz" | 5:46 | |
| 3. | "The Zkeleton Keyz to the Dead" | 5:17 | |
| 4. | "Thiz Ghoultimate Omen" | 4:33 | |
| 5. | "All Onboard the Perdition Hearze!" | 4:56 | |
| 6. | "The Eerie Obzidian Circuz" | 5:37 | |
| 7. | "Haunted by Horror" | 6:56 | |
| 8. | "Cryztaline Fiendz" | LP reissue bonus track | 1:49 |
| Total length: | 40:48 | ||
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