''Revelations of the Black Flame'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian

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band 1349. The studio sessions took place during December 2008 in a woodland studio in

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(a village in the

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region of Norway). 1349 mixed the album in January 2009. The album was co-mixed by

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. This marked the first and as yet, only experimental album by the band, as they almost completely abandoned their earlier old school

style, instead making use of irregular song structures and more progressive ideas. The album also contains a variety of dark ambient compositions spread throughout. After this release, the band would return to their previous, more straight-forward style.

Track listing

The limited edition version of the album features a bonus disc containing a live performance in Stockholm recorded in 2005. # "Invocation" - 6:13 # "Serpentine Sibilance" - 4:35 # "Horns" - 3:04 # "Maggot Fetus... Teeth Like Thorns" - 3:46 # "Misanthropy" - 3:33 # "Uncreation" - 6:59 # "

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cover) - 6:13 # "Solitude" - 3:38 # "At the Gate..." - 6:52

Works of Fire, Forces of Hell – Live Stockholm 2005

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

Personnel

*Ravn –

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– production *

– mixing *Kjartan Hesthagen –

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References

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