''Hellfire'' is the third studio album by Norwegian

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band 1349. It was released on 24 May 2005 through

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. A music video was produced for the track "Sculptor of Flesh". The video, directed by

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, alternates between footage of the band performing the song in Norway and clips of surgery filmed in

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. The closing track of the album, "Hellfire", was intentionally recorded at 13:49 in length to spell out the band name.

Track listing

# "I Am Abomination" – 4:09 # "Nathicana" – 4:38 # "Sculptor of Flesh" – 3:17 # "Celestial Deconstruction" – 7:44 # "To Rottendom" – 5:51 # "From the Deeps" – 6:25 # "Slaves to Slaughter" – 6:11 # "Hellfire" – 13:49

Personnel

* Archaon –

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* Tjalve – guitar *

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–

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* Seidemann –

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* Ravn –

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Production

*1349 –

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– production *Kjartan Hesthagen –

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References

External links

''Hellfire''
on 1349's official website 2005 albums 1349 (band) albums Candlelight Records albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub