A resurrection through music — The Chapel of Shadows is the debut full-length album from The Black Cross, blending gothic atmosphere, cinematic darkness, and hard rock devotion.

Each track is a ritual — from the seductive depths of Velvet Crucifix and Lilith, to the anthemic sorrow of Darkness Is My Friend and Black. This is not a collection of songs, but a liturgy for the forsaken. Woven with haunting synths, cathedral-like drums, and poetic lyrics, the album explores themes of spiritual decay, desire, and transformation.

Led by Michael’s commanding voice and the spectral presence of Lilith, The Chapel of Shadows invites the listener into a world where angels fall, saints lie, and beauty is born in ruin.

This is where faith unravels — and something darker takes its place.

The Chapter Of Shadows

In The Seraphim Lie, The Black Cross unveils a hymn of divine betrayal wrapped in velvet shadows and poetic blasphemy.

This single marks a new descent — a slow-burning ritual of sound led by Michael’s gothic vocals and Lilith’s whispered liturgy. The title track weaves celestial imagery with spiritual decay, drawing listeners into a haunted chapel of lost faith and seductive ruin.

Backed by two devastating bonus tracks — "Thorns of the Divine" and "Choir of the Damned" — the single forms a trinity of darkness that explores the cost of belief, the beauty in despair, and the voice of the fallen.

A surprise cover track completes the offering — transformed, reimagined, and reborn in Black Cross form.

The Seraphim Lie is not just a song — it’s a confession, a temptation, and a final prayer whispered too late.

The Seraphim Lie

Velvet Crucifix is a descent into sacred ruin — a four-track journey through fire, faith, and the darkness that rises from within. With searing riffs and gothic grandeur, The Black Cross delivers a single steeped in blasphemous beauty and spiritual collapse.

The title track, Velvet Crucifix, is a sensual hymn of damnation — where devotion turns to obsession and love becomes sacrilege. It’s followed by The Chapel Burns, a cinematic epic that begins with a priest’s solemn prayer and ends in chaos as demons rise to claim the altar in a triumphant black mass.

Ashes of Grace continues the descent, a mournful yet heavy gothic rock anthem about betrayal by divinity — a soul left to smolder in the wreckage of belief. The single closes with a stripped-down, acoustic version of Velvet Crucifix, revealing the raw ache beneath the flames, with Lilith’s ghostly harmonies echoing like lost prayers in a ruined cathedral.

Dark, melodic, and unapologetically unholy, Velvet Crucifix is not just music — it’s a ritual.

Velvet Crucifix

The Chapel Of Shadows

Lilith

Dressed To Kill

Black

Nocturne of the Damned

Sistinas

Her Black Wings

God Called In Sick Today (AFI Cover)

Anything For My Baby (KISS Cover)

Thorns of the Divine

Choir of the Damned

I Want You (KISS Cover)

Dreamer

Zenith

The Ultimate Sin

Master Of Puppets

Meet My Maker

Black (Acoustic)

Blood of the Martyr (Acoustic)

Velvet Crucifix (Acoustic)

Sanctified in Sin (Acoustic)

Heaven And Hell (Acoustic Bonus Track)

Darkness Settles In

Dance Of Death

Never Say Die

Ashes of Grace

The Chapel Burns

Darkness is my friend (Acoustic)

No Light Left

The Silence That Screams

Darkness is my friend

Blood Dynasty

My Apocalypse

Mother Of Fangs

Revelation 17:6

Witchglass

An explosive opener and declaration of decay. The false king's rule collapses under the weight of betrayal and silence. A royal anthem for the damned.

The Hollow Crown

Mama, I’m Coming Home

Magic Touch

Queen Of the Night

Blood & Fire

Summer Breeze

The Dream Is Dead

The Awakening of Bonnie Parker

Lonesome Rider

Devils Are Awake

Lonely Fields

The Black Cross is a gothic metal band conjuring soundscapes steeped in darkness, mysticism, and cinematic intensity. Formed as a ritualistic union of heavy riffs, haunting melodies, and baroque aesthetics, the band blends elements of hard rock, doom, punk, and darkwave into a force both brutal and beautiful.

Led by frontman Michael on vocals and guitar, the five-member coven includes the enigmatic Lilith (synth & vocals), the shadowy axe-wielder Cain (rhythm guitar), brooding low-end guardian Malach (bass), and the fierce and relentless Abaddon (drums). Each member represents a different facet of the band’s occult-inspired persona.

Their debut album The Chapel of Shadows introduced a new liturgy of sonic storytelling — songs like Velvet Crucifix, The Seraphim Lie, and Darkness Is My Friend explore themes of sin, salvation, and the sacred in decay. With theatrical visuals, powerful live performances, and an ever-expanding mythology, The Black Cross is more than a band — it's a resurrection in sound.

Listen. Worship. Burn the silence.

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