The Oath of Black Blood is an album by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band Beherit

Beherit (band)

Beherit is a black metal band from Finland. The band was formed in 1989 by Nuclear Holocausto , Black Jesus and Sodomatic Slaughter , with the purpose of performing "the most primitive, savage, hell-obsessed black metal imaginable." "Beherit" is the Syriac word for Satan...

. The album is not a separate recording, but a compilation of the band's demo Demonomancy and EP

Extended play

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 Dawn of Satan's Millennium. The material was recorded in late 1990 and released as an album in 1991 through Turbo Music, without Beherit's permission, after the band spent the recording budget on alcohol. Spikefarm Records re-released the album in 2005 in digipak

Digipak

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 format with upgraded artwork.

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:57
2. "Metal of Death" – 0:54
3. "The Oath of Black Blood" – 2:41
4. "Grave Desecration" – 2:02
5. "Witchcraft" – 3:13
6. "Goat Worship" – 1:55
7. "Demonomancy" – 2:22
8. "Black Mass Prayer" – 1:15
9. "Beast of Damnation" – 4:07
10. "Hail Sathanas" – 1:47
11. "Dawn of Satan's Millennium" – 4:46

Credits

• Nuclear Holocausto – vocals
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Black Jesus – Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Necroperversor – drums
  Drum kit
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External links

• [ The Oath of Black Blood] at Allmusic
• The Oath of Black Blood at Discogs
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• The Oath of Black Blood at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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