Dark Metal

Dark Metal is the first full length studio album by German metal band Bethlehem. It was re-released in 1999 by Solid Recs./Selbstmord Services on LP format, after being re-released on MC format on Morbid Noize Records. Each re-release has a slightly modified cover. The cover shown here is the original one.[1]

Dark Metal
Studio album by Bethlehem
Released	1994
Recorded	January 1994
Studio	Tape Productions, Holland
Genre	Black metal, doom metal
Length	52:50
Label	Adipocere Records
Producer	Bethlehem, Wilbert Montens, Ton Bouwens
Bethlehem chronology
Thy Pale Dominion (1993) Dark Metal (1994) Dictius Te Necare (1996)

Track listing

• All lyrics (poetry) by Jurgen Bartsch, except where noted. All music by Klaus Matton, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Eleventh Commandment (music: Bartsch, Matton)"	5:11
2.	"Apocalyptic Dance (music: Bartsch)"	11:00
3.	"Second Coming (music: Bartsch, Matton)"	6:03
4.	"Vargtimmen (music: Matton)"	3:46
5.	"3rd Nocturnal Prayer (lyrics by Andreas Classen; music by Bartsch, Matton)"	9:00
6.	"Funereal Owlblood (music: Matton)"	6:53
7.	"Veiled Irreligion (music: Matton)"	5:27
8.	"Gepriesen sei der Untergang (music: Matton)"	5:30
Total length:		52:50

Bonus tracks, originally from the "Thy Pale Dominion"

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Supplementary Exegesis"	7:37
10.	"Wintermute"	7:30

2005 Digipack Release

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Wintermute (from "Thy Pale Dominion")"	7:30
10.	"Boneyard of Disillusion (Live 1993)"
11.	"Veiled Irreligion (Live 1993)"

Personnel

• Andreas Classen: vocals, keyboards
• Klaus Matton: guitars, piano
• Jurgen Bartsch: bass guitar, vocals, whispering
• Chris Steinhoff: drums

References

1. "Dark Metal". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

External links

• Dark Metal at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Metal Archives
• Doom-metal.com reviews of Bethlehem