The Black (Ita) "Golgotha"

The Black is an Italian Doom/Progressive Metal band formed in 1988. Golgotha is their fifth full-length, released in 2000.

Track list:

Side A

1. Momenti ansiosi 01:52   instrumental
2. Golgotha 04:28  
3. II° Orbis (II Vers) 03:40  
4. Sospesa a un filo (I Corvi cover) 03:27   
5. Il re melograno 01:03   instrumental
6. Ultimatum 03:33   instrumental

Side B

1. Tormentum 01:33   instrumental
2. Ivstitia 05:53  
3. Il giudizio (Il Rovescio della Medaglia cover) 10:41   
4. Coscientia opprimi 01:15   instrumental

Total Time:  37:25  

All music and lyrics by Mario "The Black" Di Donato, except the two covers and the following:

- tracks 7 and 10 by Gianni Bernardi (as "Ian Bernardi")

- track 1 by Sasha Buontempo and church organ intro in the same song by "Uncoscious Stream"

Cover painting: "Post Mortem" (December 1997).

Back cover painting: "Il dolore di Maria" - Italian for Mary's Sorrow - (1991, exhibited at "Stauros S. Gabriele" Art Museum in Isola Gran Sasso, Teramo, Italy).

Recording information:

Recorded between 1998 and 1999 in Lanciano (CH) at Self Record Studio, mixed in June '99.