Black Funeral is a black metal

Black metal

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 band formed by industrial

Industrial music

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 musician and occult

Occult

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/chaos magic

Chaos magic

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 author Michael W. Ford (aka Baron Drakkheim Abaddon Nachttoter) in 1993. They played a few live shows after being signed to their record label, Behemoth Productions. An exclusive song appeared on the A Tribute To Hell - Satanic Rites compilation CD of black metal bands, released by Full Moon Productions

Full Moon Productions

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. Baron Nachttoter professes to practice black magic

Black magic

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, and has released CDs with live recorded speeches, dark ambient

Dark ambient

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 music and live rituals.

Discography

• Journey into Horizons Lost (demo, 1994)
• Of Spells of Darkness and Death (demo, 1995)
• Vampyr - Throne of the Beast (1996)
• Empire of Blood (1997)
• Moon of Characrith (1998)
• Beliel Arisen (2003)
• Az-I-Dahrak (2004)
• Ordog (2005)
• Waters of Weeping (2007)
• Vukolak (2010)