Black Vanity
Encyclopedia
Black Vanity is the third album by Swedish
gothic metal
band Cemetary
, released in 1994 on Black Mark Productions
.
All music and lyrics written by Mathias Lodmalm.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band Cemetary
Cemetary (band)
Cemetary was a Swedish gothic metal band founded by Mathias Lodmalm in 1989. A few years later they signed a contract with Black Mark Productions and released their debut album An Evil Shade Of Grey in 1992. The band would record one more album before moving from death metal into a gothic metal...
, released in 1994 on Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions
Black Mark Productions is an independent record label based in Sweden and an office in Germany that specializes in extreme metal releases, perhaps best known for its close connection to Quorthon, leader of the defining black metal band Bathory until his death in 2004...
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All music and lyrics written by Mathias Lodmalm.
Track listing
- "Bitter Seed" - 2:51
- "Ebony Rain" - 5:26
- "Hunger of the Innocent" - 6:10
- "Scarecrow" - 4:17
- "Black Flowers of Passion" - 3:50
- "Last Departure / Serpentine Parade" - 5:11
- "Sweet Tragedy" - 3:16
- "Pale Autumn Fire" - 4:20
- "Out in Sand" - 4:19
- "Rosemary Taste the Sky" - 5:09
Line-up
- Mathias Lodmalm - Vocals, all guitars, all keyboards
- Anders IwersAnders IwersAnders Iwers is a Swedish bass player in the Heavy metal band Tiamat. He has been in and out of other Swedish death metal bands The Awesome Machine, Cemetary, and Mercury Tide. & Ceremonial Oath. Anders is the brother of Peter Iwers, bassist of In Flames in which Anders once was a part...
- Guitars - Tomas Joseffson - Bass
- Markus Nordberg - Drums
- Lars Rapp - Bass
- Christian Silver - Drums
- Helena Ohberg - Vocals and narration
- Alexander Molin - Tambourine and various FX
- Christofer JohnssonChristofer JohnssonChristofer Johnsson is a Swedish musician. He is a founding member and the guitar player for Therion and used to be in Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah and Demonoid. He is a member of the magical order Dragon Rouge and founder of the defunct Dark Age Music label...
- Wah wah solo on "Ebony Rain" - Rex Gisslen - Hammond and FX generation