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Black Flame is an Italian black metal band formed in 1998.

Black Flame was formed by Cardinale Italo Martire, Serpentrax and m:A Fog in 1998. They started playing black metal in a fashion generally perceived as "cold and raw" by the black metal scene, strongly influenced by the occult both musically and lyrically. They released their first two demos in 2001 and 2002, followed by several live performances. A 7" EP was released in 2002, and their first full-length album, The Third Revelation, came out in 2003. This album included a cover version of the Mortuary Drape song "Abbot", with Mortuary Drape's original vocalist, Wildness Perversion on vocals,^[1] a clear statement of a band deeply rooted in the old school of extreme metal. Their second full-length album, Torment and Glory, was released by Eerie Art Records in 2004. After doing some more live work, the band again returned to the studio and released their third full-length album, Conquering Purity, in May 2006, an album which was very well received.^[2] Reviews applauded in particular what was seen as the incredible intensity of the work and its genuine roots in the late 1980s' sound. The album featured Peter Kubik, guitarist from the Austrian band Abigor, as songwriter.^[3] In 2006, Black Flame became the first band to sign on Forces of Satan Records, the Norwegian record label run by Gorgoroth guitarist and founder Infernus.^[4]

Through the years the drummer m:A Fog has joined several other bands, establishing himself as a requested drummer: Glorior Belli (France), Slavia (Norway), Disiplin (Norway), Janvs (Italy), and Dead to This World (Norway). This, however, has not halted the progress of Black Flame, who entered the One Voice Studios in November 2007 to record the new album Imperivm. The band's fourth full-length album, this was released in June 2008 through Forces of Satan Records and Regain Records.^[5] Imperivm was named "Album of the Month" in the June 2008 issue of Rock Hard Italy,^[6] and also received positive reviews in other notable metal magazines such as the German Rock Hard^[7] and Metal Hammer Italy.^[8]

In February 2011, Black Flame announced that their next album would be entitled Septem and was to be released in 2011 through Italian cult label Behemoth Productions/Masterpiece Distribution. It was also announced that the artwork for the album would be created by Niklas Sundin, guitarist of Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.^[9] In summer 2011, bass player Serpentrax chose to leave the band for personal reasons.^[10]

Black Flame endorses Gibson guitars and basses and Trick Drums.^[11]

• Cardinale Italo Martire - vocals, guitars
• m:A Fog - drums
• Tiorad - guitars (live) (since July 2007)
• Gnosis - bass (live) (since July 2011)

• Serpentrax - bass (1998-2011)

• The Third Revelation (2003) (self-released)
• Torment and Glory (2004) (Eerie Art Records)
• Conquering Purity (2006) (Worship Him Records)
• Imperivm (2008) (Forces of Satan Records/Regain Records)
• Septem (2011) (Behemot Productions/Masterpiece Distribution)

• From Ashes I'll Reborn (7") (2002) (Sombre Records)

• Welcome (demo) (2001)
• Orgiastic Funeral (demo) (2002)

• Black Celtic Summit V (2004)
• Signvm Martis B.M.I.A. Compilation^[12] (2008)

• Official website
• Official MySpace profile