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title: "The Diabolic Serenades by Ancient Rites"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/9ffb5ab1-1d93-3ae6-b068-718413932d34"
artist: "Ancient Rites"
year: 1994
label: "After Dark Records"
---

# The Diabolic Serenades

**The Diabolic Serenades** is an album by Ancient Rites, released in 1994 on After Dark Records.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Diabolic Serenades |
| Artist | Ancient Rites |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1994 |
| Label | After Dark Records |
| Catalog number | After Dark 001 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Place in discography | 4 of 9 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | (Intro) Infant Sacrifices to Baalberith | 1:17 |
| 2 | Crucifixion Justified (Roman Supremacy) | 3:55 |
| 3 | Satanic Rejoice | 3:55 |
| 4 | Obscurity Reigns (Fields of Flanders) | 2:29 |
| 5 | Death Messiah | 2:38 |
| 6 | Land of Frost and Despair | 4:44 |
| 7 | Assyrian Empire | 3:32 |
| 8 | Longing for the Ancient Kingdom | 3:44 |
| 9 | Morbid Glory (Gilles de Rais 1404-1440) | 3:38 |
| 10 | Ritual Slayings (Goat Worship Pure) | 3:53 |
| 11 | Evil Prevails | 4:26 |
| 12 | Last Rites / Echoes of Melancholy (outro) | 0:34 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal)

## Release tags

Black Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Uncanny / Ancient Rites (1993)](https://themetalnet.com/album/bb0cd06d-edb8-4e53-b9e7-81fbcdffe22f)
- Next release: [Blasfemia Eternal (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/3aa44bf0-6fae-341f-b611-3f10f59ac99b)

## Artist

- [Ancient Rites](https://themetalnet.com/band/ancient-rites)

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