Blessed Black Wings

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Blessed Black Wings
Blessed Black Wings cover
Studio album by High on Fire
Released February 1, 2004
Recorded ?
Genre Heavy metal
Label Relapse Records
Producer Steve Albini
Professional reviews
High on Fire chronology
Surrounded by Thieves
(2002)		 Blessed Black Wings
(2004)		 Death Is This Communion
(2007)

Blessed Black Wings is the critically acclaimed third album from High on Fire. The vinyl version was released as a double LP and contains a bonus track, "Rapid Fire," originally by Judas Priest.

Both "The Face of Oblivion" and "Cometh Down Hessian" are based on stories by horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft. They are based on At the Mountains of Madness and The Hound, respectively

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Devilution" – 4:46
  2. "The Face of Oblivion" – 6:36
  3. "Brother in the Wind" – 5:40
  4. "Cometh Down Hessian" – 5:14
  5. "Blessed Black Wings" – 7:43
  6. "Anointing of Seer" – 5:39
  7. "To Cross the Bridge" – 7:20
  8. "Silver Back" – 3:14
  9. "Sons of Thunder" – 7:12
  10. "Rapid Fire" (vinyl only bonus track)
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