MARDUK

Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: majestic ominous infernal black metal

at the dawn of new millennium iconic Swedish black metal entity has started to look for special framework where their dark arts could epitomize in yet more convincing manner - that is why they have lost a bit the spontaneous creative grip, and music has turned more predictable than ever before [2001] - slower, grandiloquent passages add to the exceptional feeling of music, while breakneck speeds and furious blastbeats of intense tracks maintain all extreme qualities nonetheless, fitting the power of death concept that lyrics of this opus follow, proving their utmost dedication to the cause, while chilling guitar harmonies and ominous mood create a peculiar macabre elegance, allowing their extreme approach to gain greater scope and drama; recent French re-issue comes with a remastered sound, new cover artwork and design, liner notes and unpublished pictures in the booklet, as well as Samhain Samhain cover and three cuts off Obedience EP [2000], including Celtic Frost Into the Crypts of Rays cover