''The Oath of Black Blood'' is a compilation album by the

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. The album is not a separate recording, but a compilation of the band's demo ''Demonomancy'' and EP ''Dawn of Satan's Millennium''. The material was recorded in late 1990 and released as an album in 1991 through Turbo Music, without Beherit's permission, after the band spent the recording budget on alcohol.

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re-released the album in 2005 in

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format with different artwork.

Track listing

# "Intro" – 0:57 # "Metal of Death" – 0:54 # "The Oath of Black Blood" – 2:41 # "Grave Desecration" – 2:02 # "Witchcraft" – 3:13 # "Goat Worship" – 1:55 # "Demonomancy" – 2:22 # "Black Mass Prayer" – 1:15 # "Beast of Damnation" – 4:07 # "Hail Sathanas" – 1:47 # "Dawn of Satan's Millennium" – 4:46

Credits

* Nuclear Holocausto –

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s * Black Jesus –

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