The Secrets of the Black Arts

The Secrets of the Black Arts is the debut studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released in January 1996, by No Fashion Records. It was re-released on 31 July 2007, with a bonus disc consisting of the album original recording. The Secrets of the Black Arts is the only album to feature guitarist Blackmoon, vocalist/bassist Themgoroth and drummer Equimanthorn. The original recording was produced by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios. According to Blackmoon, he insisted that they re-record the album due to "severely unprofessional production and manner from Mr. Swanö". He continued, "He was overworked and mentally tired when we came to the studio. Also, our then-drummer was not playing as good as he should have. So it ended up crap." The rest of the band was satisfied with the recording, but Blackmoon refused to release the album with that recording. They decided to record the album again at The Abyss Studio with Peter Tägtgren as producer and this version was eventually released to the public. A music video was shot for "The Secrets of the Black Arts". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sec...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)