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Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists David Parland, known as Blackmoon, and Mikael Svanberg, known as Lord Ahriman, in 1993. The band emerged during the second wave of black metal and has released seven studio albums. In 1993, Parland and Svanberg formed Dark Funeral and recruited bassist and vocalist Paul Mäkitalo, known as Themgoroth, and drummer Joel Andersson, known as Draugen. In January 1994, the band recorded its self-titled EP at Unisound Studio with Dan Swanö of Edge of Sanity as producer. "Dark Funeral" was released on 4 May 1994. On the same day, the band performed its first concert at Lusa Lottes Pub in Oslo, Norway, alongside Gorgoroth and Marduk. Draugen left the band following the EP and was replaced by Equimanthorn. Dark Funeral signed with No Fashion Records in 1995 and began work on its debut studio album. Several tracks for "The Secrets of the Black Arts" were initially recorded at Unisound Studio with Swanö, but the band s
