Revelations of the Black Flame is the fourth studio album

Studio album

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 by Norwegian black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band 1349

1349 (band)

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The studio sessions took place during December 2008 in a woodland studio in Bøverbru

Bøverbru

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 (a village in the Toten

Toten

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 region of Norway). 1349 mixed the album in January 2009. The album was co-mixed by Tom Gabriel Fischer. The album marked a change in direction of the band's sound, as they almost completely abandoned their earlier old school black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 style, and caused controversy amongst fans of the band's earlier work.

Track listing

The Limited edition version of the album features a bonus disc containing a live performance in Stockholm recorded in 2005.

1. "Invocation" - 6:13
2. "Serpentine Sibilance" - 4:35
3. "Horns" - 3:04
4. "Maggot Fetus...Teeth Like Thorns" - 3:46
5. "Misanthropy" - 3:33
6. "Uncreation" - 6:59
7. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
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   " (Pink Floyd cover) - 6:13
8. "Solitude" - 3:38
9. "At the Gate..." - 6:52

Works of Fire - Forces of Hell Live Stockholm 2005

1. "Hellfire" - 5:47
2. "Chasing Dragons" - 6:33
3. "Satanic Propaganda" - 3:14
4. "I Am Abomination" - 4:13
5. "Manifest" - 5:06
6. "Slaves to Slaughter" - 8:55