Marduk (band)

Marduk
Mortuus joined Marduk in 2004, replacing vocalist Legion, who had left the band a year earlier.
Background information
Origin	Norrköping, Sweden
Genres	Black metal
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Osmose Productions, Regain Records, Blooddawn Productions
Associated acts	Abruptum, Funeral Mist, Hypocrisy, Devils Whorehouse
Website	www.marduk.nu

Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.

Musical style

Marduk was formed by Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson in order to form the "most blasphemous band in the world".^[1] Their musical style was that of a straight-forward death metal influenced take on black metal music, but as the years progressed their style and imagery became more of a fast and intense form of black metal.^[2]

Marduk's predominant lyrical topics are Satanism, anti-Christianity, Biblical tales, death, Third Reich history and World War II. The latter two are a later addition to their lyrical/conceptual themes, stemming from their 1999 release Panzer Division Marduk. Marduk have recorded further songs relating to those chapters of human history, such as "The Hangman of Prague" (moniker of Reinhard Heydrich - second in command of the SS - in his capacity as the de facto Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia), "Night of the Long Knives", "Deathmarch" and others.

Members

	Year
	1991–1992	1993	1994	1995–2002	2002–2003	2004–2006	2007–present
Vocals	A. Axelsson	J. Göthberg		Legion		Mortuus
Guitar	Morgan/Devo		Morgan
Bass	Rikard	B. War				Devo
Drums	J. Göthberg		Fredrik Andersson		Emil Dragutinovic		Lars B.

Current

• Daniel "Mortuus" Rostén – vocals (2004–present)
• Morgan "Evil" Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar (1990–present)
• Magnus "Devo" Andersson – bass (2004–present), guitar (1992–1994)
• Lars Broddesson – drums (2006–present)

Former

• Andreas Axelsson – vocals (1990–1993)
• Erik "Legion" Hagstedt – vocals (1995–2003)
• Kim Osara – guitar (1995–1996)
• Peter Tägtgren – live guitar (1997; Live in Germania)
• Rikard Kalm – bass (1990–1992)
• B. War (Roger "Bogge" Svensson) – bass (1992–2004)
• Joakim Göthberg – drums (1990–1993), vocals (1993–1995)
• Fredrik "Froding" Andersson – drums (1993–2002)
• Emil Dragutinovic – drums (2002–2006)

Discography

Studio albums

• 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^[3] (2009)

Live albums and compilations

• Live in Germania (1997)
• Infernal Eternal (2000)
• Blackcrowned (2002)
• Warschau (2006)

Demos and EPs

• Fuck Me Jesus (1991)
• Glorification (1996)
• Here's No Peace (1997)
• Obedience (2000)
• Deathmarch (2004)
• Iron Dawn (2011)

Singles

• Slay the Nazarene (2002)
• "Hearse" (2003)

Videography

DVDs

• Funeral Marches and Warsongs (2004)
• Blackcrowned (2005)
• Blood Puke Salvation (2006)

References

1. ^ Maki, Jeff. "Marduk – The fifteen year plague". live-metal.net. http://www.live-metal.net/features_marduk. Retrieved 2008-10-20. "Guitarist Morgan Håkansson formed Marduk in 1990 with the vision to create the most satanic and blasphemous band, not only from the hallowed metal grounds of Sweden, but anywhere on the globe. In fact, he has said that death and violence are most inspirational to Marduk, with a particular focus on the violence in the Bible for lyrics" 
2. ^ York, William "Marduk Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
3. ^ "MARDUK: New Album Title Revealed". blabbermouth.net. 2009-06-25. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122533. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 

External links

• Official website
• Blooddawn Productions