The Black Is Never Far | ||||
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Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
Genre | Doom metal | |||
Length | 45:39 | |||
Label | Exile on Mainstream | |||
Producer | Travis Wyrick, Victor Griffin | |||
Place of Skulls chronology | ||||
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All songs written by Victor Griffin except where noted. [3]
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