''Leçons de Ténèbres'' is the debut album of the neoclassical band

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, released in 1994. It was the first in the ''Officium Tenebrarum'' trilogy. The lyrics to four songs (''Chanting'', ''Into Bottomless Perdition'', ''Lucifer'' and ''The Emperor'') are texts adapted from John Milton's ''

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Track listing

#"Leçon de Ténèbres" — (3:31) #"Chanting" — (6:22) #"Into Bottomless Perdition" — (7:07) #"Deploration" — (5:41) #"Infernal Beauty" — (5:13) #"Lucifer" — (10:05) #"Eclipse" — (8:10) #"The Reign of Chaos and Old Night" — (5:00) #"The Emperor" — (5:29)

Musicians

All instruments and vocals performed by Iskandar Hasnawi, Eve Gabrielle Siskind and Renaud Tschirner.

References

1994 debut albums Elend (band) albums Neoclassical albums {{1990s-album-stub