1349 "Revelations Of The Black Flame (UK, Candlelight Records, CANDLDE284CD)"

Revelations of the Black Flame is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band 1349.

The studio sessions took place during December 2008 in a woodland studio in Bøverbru (a village in the Toten region of Norway). 1349 mixed the album in January 2009. The album was co-mixed by Tom Gabriel Fischer. This marked the first and as yet, only experimental album by the band, as they almost completely abandoned their earlier old school black metal 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.

Disc 1 - Revelations of the Black Flame

1. "Invocation" - 6:13
2. "Serpentine Sibilance" - 4:35
3. "Horns" - 3:04
4. "Maggot Fetus... Teeth Like Thorns" - 3:46
5. "Misanthropy" - 3:33
6. "Uncreation" - 6:59
7. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Pink Floyd cover) - 6:13
8. "Solitude" - 3:38
9. "At the Gate..." - 6:52

Time: 44:51

Disc 2 - Works of Fire, Forces of Hell

1. Hellfire 05:47   
2. Chasing Dragons 06:33
3. Satanic Propaganda 03:14
4. I Am Abomination 04:13  
5. Manifest 05:06  
6. Slaves to Slaughter 08:55   

Time:   33:48  

Comes with a reversible double-cover booklet where "Revelations of the Black Flame" reads from one side and "Works of Fire, Forces of Hell" from the other.

Track 2-12 misspelled on the slipcase cover and jewel case back cover as "Chasing Dragon".

Recording information:

CD1:

Recorded in Studio Studio Nyhagen under the full moon, December 2008/January 2009.

Mixed in January 2009 at Studio Studio Nyhagen.

Mastered at Vektor Studios, full moon, February 2009.

CD2:

Recorded live at Kolinsborg on 3 of December 2005 at the end of the "Hellfire" European tour.

"This is one of the last concerts with 1349's original lineup. It was performed in front of 18 Swedes, a drunk Mexican and a German hooker."