''Ugra-Karma'' is the second studio album by Finnish

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band

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. It was originally released on December 1, 1993 via

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, and re-released in 1998 with two bonus tracks (taken from the ''Satanic Masowhore'' EP) and a different cover art, because the original one was taken without permission from a work by Madame Koslovsky; Osmose was sued because of that. "Ugra-Karma" is a term in

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that denotes a bad, harmful action.

Track listing

Composition

* The song "Hate" contains a sample from the movie ''

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''.

Personnel

;Impaled Nazarene *

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— vocals * Kimmo Luttinen — drums, guitars *

Taneli Jarva Taneli Jarva is a Finnish musician born in Oulu, Northern Finland. He was the vocalist and bass player of the heavy metal band Sentenced from 1991 until leaving the group in 1995, citing creative differences. In 1998, Jarva formed The Black ...

— bass * Jarno Anttila — guitars ;Other staff * Ahti Kortelainen — production * Madame Koslovsky — cover art (original 1993 release; uncredited) * Jean-Pascal Fournier — cover art (1998 re-issue)

References

External links

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1993 albums Impaled Nazarene albums Osmose Productions albums Albums with cover art by Jean-Pascal Fournier {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub