Ravendusk in My Heart | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 1, 1996 | |||
Recorded | September 1995 at Unisound | |||
Genre | Black metal, melodic black metal | |||
Length | 42:15 | |||
Label | Adipocere | |||
Producer | Dan Swanö | |||
Diabolical Masquerade chronology | ||||
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Ravendusk in My Heart is the debut studio album by Swedish black metal band Diabolical Masquerade. It was released in 1996. [1]
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms.
Diabolical Masquerade was a Swedish one-man black metal band with progressive influences. The band was formed in 1993 in Stockholm as side project of Anders Nyström, known for his work as the guitarist of Katatonia.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Castle of Blackheim" | 07:14 |
2. | "Blackheim's Quest to Bring Back the Stolen Autumn" | 06:17 |
3. | "Beyond the Spiritual Moon" | 00:56 |
4. | "The Sphere in Blackheim's Shrine" | 03:32 |
5. | "Under the Banner of the Sentinel" | 03:14 |
6. | "Blackheim's Forest Kept the Seasons Forever" | 06:09 |
7. | "The Darkblue Seajourneys of the Sentinel" | 05:02 |
8. | "Blackheim's Hunt for Nocturnal Grace" | 07:46 |
9. | "Ravendusk in My Heart" | 02:05 |
Total length: | 42:15 |
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