---
title: "Necessary Evil by Salem"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/d1e76b1e-c09c-3102-8bd4-8a1fd0b71b1d"
artist: "Salem"
year: 2007
label: "Season of Mist"
---

# Necessary Evil

**Necessary Evil** is an album by Salem, released in 2007 on Season of Mist.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Necessary Evil |
| Artist | Salem |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2007 |
| Label | Season of Mist |
| Catalog number | SOM 153 |
| Tracks | 14 |
| Place in discography | 6 of 7 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Blood | 4:11 |
| 2 | Amona | 2:20 |
| 3 | Idol Worship | 5:33 |
| 4 | Mindless | 4:38 |
| 5 | Hypatia | 5:37 |
| 6 | Strife | 4:50 |
| 7 | Resentment | 3:54 |
| 8 | Making a Difference | 4:18 |
| 9 | More Blood (instrumental) | 0:58 |
| 10 | Once Upon a Lifetime, Part 1 | 5:26 |
| 11 | Once Upon a Lifetime, Part 2 | 5:00 |
| 12 | Once Upon a Lifetime, Part 3 | 5:19 |
| 13 | Once Upon a Lifetime, Part 4 | 8:09 |
| 14 | Once Upon a Lifetime, Part 5 | 2:09 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death)

## Release tags

Death Metal · Alternative Metal · Groove Metal · Melodic Death Metal · Nu Metal · Progressive Death Metal · Technical Death Metal · Thrash Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Strings Attached (2005)](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5cab274-288c-34e0-94bf-8bfcb0f1b33f)
- Next release: [Playing God & Other Short Stories (2010)](https://themetalnet.com/album/479f61b1-aa9d-4f8a-96b0-47d2d36efd85)

## Artist

- [Salem](https://themetalnet.com/band/salem)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/d1e76b1e-c09c-3102-8bd4-8a1fd0b71b1d](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1e76b1e-c09c-3102-8bd4-8a1fd0b71b1d). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt