Black Aria

The album is largely modern instrumental classical music, and is very dark, with gothic metal tendencies. Although it was not released until 1992, some of the material on the album was recorded as early as 1987. Select tracks from the album had served as intro music to early Danzig shows, and excerpts of some songs were included on Danzig's first two compilation home videos released by Def American Recordings in 1989 and 1991. The first six-song titles reference a soundtrack to John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, "The Morrigu" relates to The Morrígan, a mythical phantom queen. "Cwn Annwn" refers to the spectral hounds of the same name. All tracks were written by Glenn Danzig, who also performed all instruments. Engineering was provided by Nick Didia, Martin Schmelze, and Bob Alecca. Female voices were provided by Janna Brown and Reneé Rubach. ==Artwork and packaging==

The photograph of Glenn Danzig in the liner notes was taken by Anton Corbijn. The album's front cover is by renowned comic book and graphic artist Michael William Kaluta, who also drew the interior illustrations for Danzig's fourth album. As the musical content of Black Aria is a departure from the music of the band Danzig, the album has a written disclaimer to warn buyers that it is not a rock record. ==Track listing==

• Glenn Danzig – all instruments • Janna Brown – female vocals • Reneé Rubach – female vocals Production • Nick Didia – engineering (tracks 1–7) • Martin Schmelze – engineering (tracks 1–7) • Bob Alecca – engineering (tracks 8–9) ==References==