Dark Funeral   The Secrets of the Black Arts
3.5
great
Release Date: 1996
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2.5 averageGamamJ | May 2nd 20

Instrumentally, the guys are great, and the production sounds perfect (that?s Tägtgren for you). The peoblem arises with the actual music itself. These songs have been written 1000 times before and sound like every black metal band ever.

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3.5 greatGary STAFF | February 16th 22

Very consistent, "you get exactly what you wanted" type of meloblack.

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3.5 greatEggnog Addict | November 12th 21

title is amazing spawn of mayhem, the rest standardized darkness

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3.0 goodFeels | December 16th 17

The riff from 'Bloodfrozen' is enough to make me enjoy this album.

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3.0 gooddeadrisingx1 | February 23rd 14

I haven't exactly trained myself well enough to handle the sound of the music from the original album, but I was quite satisfied with the re-mastered bonus disc.

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0.0 wyankeif1337 | February 1st 11

the lyrics to this make me lol so fucking hard. satan

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3.5 greatOswaldo88 | December 5th 25
3.5 greatis lifelover the love of my life | September 14th 25
4.0 excellentMaSuPe | August 25th 25
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2.5 averageAurora | January 5th 23
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2.5 averageminceMinx | November 4th 22
3.5 greatI have seen ST described as "poetry metal" which I actually think is lovely | September 30th 22
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