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Black Aria
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Black Aria sued in 2000 on E-Magine Records, and a sequel followed
on Evilive Records in 2006.
Music and recording
The album is largely modern instrumental classical mu-
sic, and is very dark, with gothic metal tendencies.
Although it was not released until 1992, some of the
material on the album was recorded as early as 1987.
Select tracks from the album had served as intro music to
early Danzig shows, and excerpts of some songs were in-
cluded on Danzig’s first two compilation home videos re-
leased by Def American Recordings in 1989 and 1991.
The first six song titles reference a soundtrack to
John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost,[3] which describes
Lucifer’s rebellion from the Christian God, and his subse-
quent expulsion from Heaven with the angels who joined
him. The final three tracks, written by Danzig while he
was still in Samhain, reference Celtic mythology.[3] "The
Morrigu" relates to The Morrígan, a mythical phantom
queen. "Cwn Annwn" refers to the spectral hounds of the
Studio album by Glenn Danzig
same name.
Released 1992, 2000, 2006 All tracks were written by Glenn Danzig, who also
Recorded 1987-?
performed all instruments.[4] Engineering was provided
by Nick Didia, Martin Schmelze, and Bob Alecca. Female
Genre Classical, neo-classical metal voices were provided by Janna Brown and Reneé Rubach.
Length 23:48
Label Plan 9 Records, E-Magine Records, Evilive Artwork and packaging
Records
The photograph of Glenn Danzig in the liner notes was
Producer Glenn Danzig taken by Anton Corbijn. The album’s front cover is by
renowned comic book and graphic artist Michael William
Glenn Danzig chronology
Kaluta, who also drew the interior illustrations for
Danzig III: How the Gods Black Thrall: Danzig’s fourth album.
Kill Aria Demonsweatlive As the musical content of Black Aria is a diversion
(1992) (1993) (1993) from the music of the band Danzig, the album has a writ-
ten disclaimer to warn potential buyers that it is not a
Black Aria is an instrumental album composed by Glenn rock record.[4]
Danzig, the vocalist/songwriter for Danzig and previous-
ly of Samhain and the Misfits. Released in 1992, the album
debuted at number 1 on the Billboard classical chart.[2]
Track listing
This original release was on Danzig’s old Misfits-era label, 1. "Overture of the Rebel Angels" – 2:42
Plan 9 Records, and like his Misfits and Samhain releases, 2. "Conspiracy Dirge" – 1:59
was distributed by Caroline Records. The album was reis- 3. "Battle for Heaven" – 3:54
4. "Retreat and Descent" – 3:53
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5. "Dirge of Defeat" – 1:48
6. "And the Angels Weep" – 1:18
External links
7. "Shifter" – 1:33 • Black Aria at MusicBrainz
8. "The Morrigu" – 4:25
9. "Cwn Anwnn" – 2:13
All songs written by Glenn Danzig
References
[1] http://www.allmusic.com/album/r175159
[2] "Glenn Danzig Unleashes ’Black Aria II’ To Follow-
Credits Up His Classic Release". Metal Underground.
• Glenn Danzig - All instruments August 30, 2006.
• Janna Brown - Female vocals http://www.metalunderground.com/news/
• Reneé Rubach - Female vocals details.cfm?newsid=21477. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
[3] ^ "Glenn Danzig chat". Trans World Entertainment.
January 27, 2000. http://www.the7thhouse.com/
Production news/Articles/d6_twec.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
• Nick Didia - Engineering (Tracks 1-7) [4] ^ Kitts, Jeff (September 1994). "The Dark Knight
• Martin Schmelze - Engineering (Tracks 1-7) Returns". Flux Magazine.
• Bob Alecca - Engineering (Tracks 8-9) http://www.misfitscentral.com/
display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94. Retrieved
2011-04-20.
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