''Sacro Culto'' is the second studio album by

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, released in 1998 through Shiver Records. Beginning with this album, Opera IX started to gradually include elements of

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in their sound.

Track listing

Personnel

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(Raffaella Rivarolo) — vocals *

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— 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacro Culto 1998 albums Opera IX albums