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Dark Funeral is a Swedish
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band from
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, founded by guitarists
Blackmoon David Parland (26 September 1970 – 19 March 2013) was a Swedish metal guitarist, best known for his work in the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, all of which he was one of the founding members. Biography He was a member of Necropho ...
and
Lord Ahriman Mikael Svanberg (born 13 November 1972), better known as Lord Ahriman, is a Swedish musician and composer best known as the primary guitarist, songwriter and sole founding member of black metal band Dark Funeral. He is also the rhythm guitarist ...
in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal. Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to
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and
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. Certain past and present members including Blackmoon, Ahriman, Caligula, and Chaq Mol have each declared an affinity for Satanism, with Ahriman and Caligula notably being practitioners of
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. In their earlier years, their lyrical themes usually revolved specifically around depictions of
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and
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. After
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joined the band, their lyrics came to focus more on
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and anti-Christian rhetoric, although there have been several exceptions to this. The group have released seven full-length albums and are one of the most prominent acts in the Swedish black metal scene.


History


''Dark Funeral EP'' and ''The Secrets of the Black Arts''

In 1993, guitarists
David Parland David Parland (26 September 1970 – 19 March 2013) was a Swedish metal guitarist, best known for his work in the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, all of which he was one of the founding members. Biography He was a member of Necropho ...
, also known as Blackmoon, and Mikael Svanberg, also known as Lord Ahriman, established Dark Funeral, recruiting Paul Mäkitalo, also known as Themgoroth, formerly of the band Scum, as bassist and vocalist, and Joel Andersson, also known as Draugen, shortly thereafter. In January 1994, Dark Funeral recorded their self-titled EP at Unisound Studio with
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of
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fame as producer, subsequently being released on 4 May, 1994. That same day, Dark Funeral performed their first gig at Luse Lottes Pub in
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, Norway, alongside bands such as fellow live debutees
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, and
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, who were also performing their first show abroad. Draugen departed Dark Funeral following the EP's recording, being replaced by Equimanthorn. In 1995, Dark Funeral signed with
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, subsequently composing songs in anticipation for their debut full-length album. Initially, the band recorded several tracks that would appear on ''
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 recordi ...
'' at said Unisound Studio with Swanö as producer, but opted to re-record the album with
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of
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fame at The Abyss Studio, composing a further track, "When Angels Forever Die", and incorporating a cover of Von's "Satanic Blood", for their debut album. Concerning the band's decision to re-record their debut album, within a 2009 interview with ''Rites of the Black Moon Webzine'', Blackmoon elaborated that the initial recordings at Unisound Studio suffered from a sonic flatness, partly due to Swanö's exhaustion and to the quality of new recording gear that Swanö had recently acquired. Shortly after recording their album at The Abyss, Dark Funeral played their first festival gig, Under the Black Sun I, in
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. A few weeks prior to this gig
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(Magnus 'Masse' Broberg, the original vocalist of Hypocrisy) replaced Themgoroth, becoming a permanent member during the summer of 1995. Concerning the factors underlying Themgoroth's departure, Blackmoon elucidated that Themgoroth was unable to fulfil the quality the band expected within their live performances. On 28 January 1996, ''The Secrets of the Black Arts'' was released, with the album thence being licensed to
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in North America and Mystic Productions in Poland. Equimanthorn was soon replaced by Alzazmon, later renowned for his work with
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and Gorgoroth. The line-up of Emperor Magus Caligula, Lord Ahriman, Alzazmon and Blackmoon recorded their versions of Bathory's "
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" and "Equimanthorn" for the Bathory tribute ''In Conspiracy with Satan''. (These also appeared later re-mastered for the re-titled re-release of the band's debut '' In the Sign…''). Blackmoon departed Dark Funeral at the end of 1996, citing conflict with Lord Ahriman as the primary instigator for his decision to depart. Together with Necromass, the band thence embarked on the Satanic War Tour I throughout
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.


''Vobiscum Satanas'' and ''Teach Children to Worship Satan''

The second leg of the Satanic War Tour followed with
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and
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as support. Dark Funeral played their first show in America at the Expo of the Extreme festival in
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. From there, the band embarked on ''The American Satanic Crusade Tour'' with Usurper in support. Originally, the tour was supposed to also feature
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and
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, but both bands cancelled. In September, the band returned to The Abyss Studio to record ''Vobiscum Satanas''. The Ineffable Kings of Darkness Tour with
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and Liar of Golgotha took place with Dominion joining the band as a session bass player. The band also made their second major festival appearance at the Swedish Hultsfreds festival. After the festival, Typhos was fired and Dominion, who originally was a guitarist, was taken on as the band's second guitarist, and Caligula reverted to doing both vocals and bass. Before the band headed out on the ''Bleed for Satan'' tour with
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and Infernäl Mäjesty, Alzazmon left, and the band's longtime friend Gaahnfaust, who was also in the band back in 1996 for a short time, was recruited. The band returned overseas for another mini-tour, ''Black Plague Across the West'', when they played in
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for the first time before they headed to the US and the state of
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. Afterwards, they also embarked on their longest and most successful European tour, ''The Satanic Inquisition'', together with
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. With engineer Tommy Tägtgren, the band recorded the EP '' Teach Children to Worship Satan'' at The Abyss Studio B (featuring the new song "An Apprentice of Satan" and cover-versions of
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, Mayhem, Sodom and
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). For the EP, the band also filmed a live video for "An Apprentice of Satan". They joined
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,
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, and Cannibal Corpse for the
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s. After the departure of Gaahnfaust, Matte Modin (Defleshed) joined the band as a permanent member and made his debut at the
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festival.


''Diabolis Interium'' and ''De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine''

In January/February, the band again entered The Abyss Studio, enlisting the help of producer Peter Tägtgren and studio technician Lars Szöke, to record their third full-length album, ''
Diabolis Interium ''Diabolis Interium'' (grammatically incorrect Latin, intended to mean "Devil Within") is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released on 24 September 2001. It was recorded and mixed between 21 January and 2 March at ...
''. Due to the overwhelming positive response to the new album from both the public and the press, the band was able to secure deals that brought their music across to a much wider audience, with licenses in Japan (Soundholic Co. Ltd), Brazil (Hellion Records), Poland (Mystic Productions), Romania (Rocris Disc), Bulgaria (Rocris Disc), Thailand (S.Stack Co. Ltd), Russia (Irond Records Ltd), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China (Magnus Music). With the exceptional response to the album in Brazil, which was released through Hellion Records, another local label, Somber Records licensed the band's entire back catalogue. As soon as ''Diabolis Interium'' was released, Dark Funeral once again went on tour. First they toured Europe, supported by Tidfall,
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and Ragnarok. On this tour, the band brought in Mikael Hedlund (Hypocrisy) to play the bass. After this tour, Mikael resumed duties with his main band. They recruited Richard Cabeza for the session bassist slot. The band also toured the US, supporting their longtime friends Cannibal Corpse. With ''Diabolis Interium'', the Swedish radio station Rocket 95.3 FM nominated Dark Funeral in the category “Best Swedish Hard Rock Band”. Other bands nominated at the same time and in the same category were
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, Entombed, and Arise. In October 2002, the band embarked on their first tour in the Far East, which included shows in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. The band was the first Western
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band to play Taiwan and Singapore. On 29 November 2002, the band and MNW/No Fashion Records announced that they were no longer contractually-bound to
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, who had licensed the band's 2001 release ''Diabolis Interium'' for North America. Official termination of contract papers had already been delivered to Necropolis Records, putting an official end to Dark Funeral's tenure with said record label. This was a result of Necropolis' alleged breach of contract with the band and label. After the Asian tour, guitarist Dominion felt it was in the best interests of both the band and himself to resign his position, due to commitment to studies. Dominion officially resigned upon the band's completion of their Asian tour. He would later explore other musical options. After this the band begin auditioning guitarists to replace the departed Dominion. A new guitarist was found in the form of Chaq Mol, who had a long history in different local metal acts. He is also in the two-man
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/black metal project Mordichrist. He made his official debut with the band at Wacken Open Air 2003. After a successful gig at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, the band headed down to South America for a tour through Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. This tour became one of the most successful ever undertaken by the band. During the tour, the band recorded a couple of the shows with plans to release a live album. After sifting through the recorded material with their live sound engineer (Erik Lidbom, Hitfire Productions), ''
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'' was born. Dark Funeral officially announced their split from MNW/No Fashion Records, after the band did not receive royalties for their back-catalogue. A series of legal battles began, where Ahriman and Caligula sought the rights to Dark Funeral's back-catalogue. Shortly after, the band signed a license deal with
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for their live album ''De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine'', which was licensed to several other countries. On 31 May 2005, the album was released in the US through
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. In January 2004, the band partnered with
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in Japan on the Extreme the Dojo Volume 9. Shortly after, the band continued to tour with a spate of Mexican dates. The band made appearances at festivals including Spanish Piorno Rock (with
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, among others), Finnish
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, and X-Mass Festivals. The band appeared as the headlining act at Germany's Party San, Swedish Nordic Rage, and LA's Gathering of the Bestial Legions Festival. The band also played in Italy together with
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for a short, but extremely successful burst of dates. In December 2004, Dark Funeral resumed touring by first playing Israel, and then hitting Russia and Ukraine for the Black Winter Days Tour, together with Horned NecroCannibals and Icewind Blast.


''Attera Totus Sanctus'', and ''Attera Orbis Terrarum Part I'' and ''II''

On 20 January 2005, they signed a new record deal with Regain Records. The band concentrated on writing material for a new full-length album, yet still managed to perform at the Metal Mind Festival in
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, before finally joining the No Mercy Tour with Six Feet Under,
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, among others. On 18 August, Dark Funeral's next album, ''
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'', was completed. It entered the Swedish top 40 at number 35. In November, Dark Funeral began working with Dragon Production, a division of A.S.S. Concert & Promotion GmbH. Dragon Production were entrusted with handling the band's tour bookings. In 2006, Dark Funeral performed on a tour in South America. On 8 October 2006, at a concert in
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, Peru, they were forced to perform without their vocalist and bassist, Caligula, due to illness. Many angry fans started a riot and vandalized the properties near the venue. Following the riot, all the band's instruments were confiscated by Peruvian police. After a week, the band announced they had to postpone their upcoming concerts in Latvia and Lithuania because of this unfortunate situation. In early 2007, Dark Funeral toured North America with Enslaved. In April 2007, the band had planned an Eastern European tour to Russia, Ukraine and the
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. It was around this time that Matte Modin had allegedly concocted false stories in order to avoid playing with the band. He first alleged that he had an infection in his arm, and could not participate on the Eastern European tour. However, it emerged that he had chosen to tour with the punk band Raised Fist instead. After returning from the Metalferry show in Sweden in between, Matte announced to the rest of the band that he could not go to the Baltic states, as it was his son's birthday. Dark Funeral soon realised Matte Modin's motives. Consequently, the upcoming tour was cancelled, and Matte Modin was ejected from the band. In June 2007, the band announced Nils Fjellström, alias Dominator (also in
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and Sanctification, among others), as their new drummer. The band had a special appearance playing live on the pornographic film ''Club Satan: The Witches Sabbath'', which they also contributed their song "King Antichrist" off ''Attera Totus Sanctus'' for the film. The band toured North America again in 2007, and re-issued their first three albums, each with a bonus disc of material. In 2007 and 2008, the band released '' Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part I'' and '' Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part II'', respectively. On 24 October 2008, it was announced that the Supreme Court of Sweden had ruled in favour of Dark Funeral in the dispute with MNW/No Fashion Records.


''Angelus Exuro pro Eternus''

After several shows promoting the album, Dark Funeral released their fifth studio album in 2009, ''
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''. They also shot a controversial music video for "My Funeral". The latter half of 2010 saw the band consisting of only Ahriman and Chaq Mol on guitars, following the departure of Emperor Magus Caligula in July 2010, and B-Force and Dominator in the coming months. Caligula's was arguably the most significant: after being in Dark Funeral for fifteen years as vocalist and lyricist, he had spent the longest time in the band, aside from Ahriman. It was announced Caligula was to be married and that he sought to settle down in his new life. B-Force left the band of his own volition. Ahriman used this time to work on new material, in the absence of a full line-up for live performances and studio recording. On 30 June 2011, Dark Funeral announced that Nachtgarm of Negator is the new vocalist. A week prior it had also been announced that Dominator returned to the band. On 27 July 2011, Zornheym was revealed to be the band's new bassist, completing the lineup. In late 2012, Dark Funeral parted ways with Nachtgarm, who returned to Negator. Zornheym exited the band in 2014.


''Where Shadows Forever Reign''

On 16 December 2014, Dark Funeral released a new track and music video entitled "Nail Them to the Cross". The video revealed a new vocalist, Heljarmadr (Gra, Domgård, Cursed 13) and bassist Natt (Angrepp, Withershin) to the group's ranks, although by the time the band started recording in February 2016 for their sixth album ''
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'', which was released on 3 June by
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, Natt was no longer in the group, having Lord Ahriman record the bass for the album. In 2016,
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, who played session bass on
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, enrolled again as a session bass player, this time for live concerts. In November 2017, it was announced that drummer Dominator has left the band and was replaced by Jalomaah.


''We Are the Apocalypse''

In May 2021, the band reported they were entering the studio to record their seventh studio album. The band completed recording the album in September 2021. In a Facebook post from November 2021, the band stated their seventh studio album will be entitled ''
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'' and is scheduled to be released on 18 March 2022.


Band members

Current * Lord Ahriman (Mikael Svanberg) – Guitars (1993–present) * Chaq Mol (Bo Anders Nymark) – Guitars (2003–present) * Heljarmadr (Andreas Vingbäck) – Vocals (2014–present) * Adra-Melek (Fredrik Isaksson) – Bass (2017–present) * Jalomaah (Janne Jesper Jaloma) – Drums (2017–present) Dark Funeral Rock unter den Eichen 2017 10.jpg, Lord Ahriman Dark Funeral Rock unter den Eichen 2017 13.jpg, Chaq Mol Dark Funeral Rock unter den Eichen 2017 09.jpg, Heljarmadr Dark Funeral Rock unter den Eichen 2017 03.jpg, Adra-Melek Former * Themgoroth (Paul Mäkitalo) – Vocals, Bass (1993–1996) *
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– Guitars (1993–1996; died 2013) * Draugen (Joel Andersson) – Drums (1993–1994) * Equimanthorn (Peter Eklund) – Drums (1994–1996) * Emperor Magus Caligula (Magnus "Masse" Broberg) – Vocals (1996–2010, 2013–2014), Bass (1996–2001) * Typhos (Henrik Ekeroth) – Guitars (1996–1998) * Alzazmon (Tomas Asklund) – Drums (1996–1998) * Gaahnfaust (Robert Lundin) – Drums (1998–2000) * Dominion (Matti Mäkelä) – Guitars (1998–2002) * Matte Modin – Drums (2000–2007) *
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– Bass (2002–2005) * B-Force (Bennie Fors) – Bass (2005–2010) * Dominator (Nils Fjellström) – Drums (2007–2017) * Nachtgarm (Steve Marbs) – Vocals (2011–2012) * Zornheym (Tomas Nilsson) – Bass (2011–2014) * Natt (Andreas Fröberg) – Bass (2014–2017) Timeline


Discography


Studio albums

* ''
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 recordi ...
'' (1996) * ''
Vobiscum Satanas ''Vobiscum Satanas'' (Latin for "May Satan Be with You") is the second studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. ''Vobiscum Satanas'' is the first album to feature longtime vocalist and lyricist Emperor Magus Caligula, and the only ...
'' (1998) * ''
Diabolis Interium ''Diabolis Interium'' (grammatically incorrect Latin, intended to mean "Devil Within") is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released on 24 September 2001. It was recorded and mixed between 21 January and 2 March at ...
'' (2001) * ''
Attera Totus Sanctus ''Attera Totus Sanctus'' (intended Latin translation of "Destroy All the Holy") is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. It was released on October 24, 2005, in Europe through Regain Records, and on November 29, 2005, ...
'' (2005) * ''
Angelus Exuro pro Eternus ''Angelus Exuro pro Eternus'' (grammatically incorrect Latin intended to mean "Angels Burned for Eternity") is the fifth studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. The album was officially released on 18 November 2009 via Regain Recor ...
'' (2009) * ''
Where Shadows Forever Reign ''Where Shadows Forever Reign'' is the sixth studio album by black metal band Dark Funeral. The album was released through Century Media Records on 3 June 2016. ''Where Shadows Forever Reign'' is the first album to feature vocalist Heljarmadr ...
'' (2016) * ''
We Are the Apocalypse ''We Are the Apocalypse'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. The album was released through Century Media Records on 18 March 2022. The album is the first to feature the band's new drummer, Jalomaah, and bass p ...
'' (2022)


Live albums

* ''
De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine ''De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine'' (Latin for "From the Depths, I Have Cried Out to You, O Lord") is the first live album by black metal band Dark Funeral. It was recorded during the South American tour in September 2003, and was released by ...
'' (2004)


Extended plays

* ''
Dark Funeral Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal. Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-C ...
'' (1994) / '' In the Sign…'' (2000) * '' Teach Children to Worship Satan'' (2000) * ''Nail Them to the Cross'' (2015)


Video albums

* '' Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part I'' (2007) * '' Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part II'' (2008)


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dark Funeral Swedish black metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1993 1993 establishments in Sweden Anti-Christian sentiment in Europe