The Black Opera: Symphoniæ Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum
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The Black Opera: Symphoniæ Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum is the third studio album by Italian symphonic black metal band Opera IX, released in 2000 through Avantgarde Music. In this album, Opera IX drops some of their doom metal influences, heading to a more gothic-influenced instrumentation. This would also be the last album by Opera IX to feature Cadaveria on vocals and Flegias/Marcelo Santos on drums; they would leave the band in the following year.
The album is styled in the way of an opera, divided in six acts. It also contains a bonus track, unrelated to the album's concept, a cover of Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead".
The album's subtitle is Latin for "Symphony in praise of the mysteries of the shadows".
Track listing
All tracks are written by Opera IX, unless noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Act I: The First Seal" | 9:39 |
| 2. | "Act II: Beyond the Black Diamond Gates" | 7:14 |
| 3. | "Act III: Carnal Delight in the Vortex of Evil" | 6:13 |
| 4. | "Act IV: Congressus cum Dæmone" | 10:24 |
| 5. | "Act V: The Magic Temple" | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Act VI: The Sixth Seal" | 7:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (Bauhaus cover) | David J, Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, Peter Murphy | 5:28 |
Personnel
- Opera IX
- Cadaveria (Raffaella Rivarolo) — vocals
- Ossian D'Ambrosio — guitars
- Vlad — bass
- Flegias, a.k.a. Marcelo Santos (Alberto Gaggiotti) — drums
- Lunaris — keyboards