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title: "The Key by Nocturnus"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/1095c628-1292-3c0a-b81b-1eb45068f884"
artist: "Nocturnus"
year: 1990
label: "Earache Records"
---

# The Key

**The Key** is an album by Nocturnus, released in 1990 on Earache Records.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Key |
| Artist | Nocturnus |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1990 |
| Label | Earache Records |
| Catalog number | MOSH 23CD |
| Tracks | 10 |
| Place in discography | 1 of 4 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Lake of Fire | 5:04 |
| 2 | Standing in Blood | 4:20 |
| 3 | Visions From Beyond the Grave | 4:09 |
| 4 | Neolithic | 4:51 |
| 5 | Undead Journey | 4:16 |
| 6 | Before Christ/After Death | 4:57 |
| 7 | Andromeda Strain | 3:43 |
| 8 | Droid Sector | 4:21 |
| 9 | Destroying the Manger | 6:09 |
| 10 | Empire of the Sands | 6:27 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Release tags

Death Metal · Technical Death Metal

## In the discography

- Next release: [Thresholds (1992)](https://themetalnet.com/album/470dcc96-fbf5-35a1-87b8-0703bc3d5de2)

## Artist

- [Nocturnus](https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnus)

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