Sacro Culto is the second studio album by Italian symphonic black metal band Opera IX, released in 1998 through Shiver Records. Beginning with this album, Opera IX started to gradually include elements of gothic metal in their sound.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Opera IX.

No.TitleLength
1."The Oak"10:40
2."Fronds of the Ancient Walnut"12:25
3."The Naked and the Dance"8:20
4."Cimmeries"12:42
5."My Devotion"14:59
6."Under the Sign of the Red Dragon"11:18

Personnel

Opera IX

  • Cadaveria (Raffaella Rivarolo) — vocals
  • Ossian D'Ambrosio — guitars
  • Vlad — bass
  • Flegias, a.k.a. Marcelo Santos (Alberto Gaggiotti) — drums
  • Lunaris — keyboards

Miscellaneous staff

  • Stefano Tappari — sound engineering
  • Armin Linke — photography
  • Danilo Capua — miniatures and drawings, artwork; cover painting on the Peaceville reissue
  • Paola Gaggiotti — graphics