Marduk
- GENRE: black metal
- COUNTRY: Sweden
They’re one of the biggest and most convincing blasphemers in the history of black metal. What’s more, the level of sheer brutality in their songs exceeds all permissible limits. Marduk is one of the most enduring and impassioned bands that this genre has seen. Ready for an anti-Christian blast attack packed with aggressive riffs? You will get nothing else.
History:
The Swedish Marduk was formed in 1990. The band’s name derives, of course, from the Babylonian deity. They debuted two years later with the record Dark Endless, which sounds a bit different from the band’s subsequent material. Yes, there is a lot of rabid black metal on it, but it’s blended with the typically Swedish death metal that’s full of gloomy melodies. Never again did the band venture into that direction. Already, the 1993 album Those of the Unlight was a huge paradigm shift. On it, we were served a pure-blooded, raging, rapid – at times even catchy – black metal. For the remainder of the 90s, the Norrköpping band sharpened their style, coloured by all shades of blasphemy, which the band’s name became synonymous with. In 1999, Marduk released Panzer Division Marduk – their most rabid and ruthless record, considered by many fans to be their best. 2004, however, saw a major change in the band’s line-up – the seasoned screamer, Legion, was replaced by Mortuus, of Funeral Mist fame. With him on board, the band has released seven full-length records, the latest of which is the 2023 Memento Mori.
Discography:
LP:
Dark Endless, 1992
Those of the Unlight, 1993
Opus Nocturne, 1994
Heaven Shall Burn… When We Are Gathered, 1996
Nightwing, 1998
Panzer Division Marduk, 1999
La grande danse macabre, 2001
World Funeral, 2003
Plague Angel, 2004
Rom 5:12, 2007
Wormwood, 2009
Serpent Sermon, 2012
Frontschwein, 2015
Viktoria, 2018
Memento Mori, 2023
EP:
Fuck Me Jesus, 1995
Glorification, 1996
Here’s No Peace, 1997
Obedience, 2000
Slay the Nazarene, 2002
Deathmarch Tour EP, 2004
Iron Dawn, 2011
Ancient Evil, 2015
The Sun Turns Black as Night, 2015
Panzer Division Live, 2018
Winged Death 1993, 2019
Demo:
Fuck Me Jesus, 1991
Singles:
Hearse, 2003
Coram Satanae, 2012
Souls for Belial, 2012
Werwolf, 2018
Equestrian Bloodlust, 2018
Narva, 2018
Splits:
Göetia / Those of the Unlight, 1993 (z Mystifier)
Glorification / Encyclopedia of Evil, 1996 (z Bewitched)
Ancient Gallery Volume 2 – The Battle of Armageddon, 2020 (z Desaster, Mayhemic Truth, Antichrist, Orcrist i Ancestral Ceremony)
Live albums:
Live in Germania, 1997
Infernal Eternal, 2000
Warschau, 2005
Strigzscara – Warwolf, 2015
World Panzer Battle 1999, 2015
World Funeral: Jaws of Hell MMIII, 2020
Totentanz 2001, 2021
Beast of Prey: Brutal Assault, 2024
Compilations:
Fuck Me Jesus / Heaven Shall Burn… When We Are Gathered / Glorification, 1999
Blackcrowned, 2002
Fuck Me Jesus / Glorification, 2006