Marduk "La Grande Danse Macabre" CD

Erik "Legion" Hagstedt - Vocals
Morgan Steinmeyer Hakansson (a.k.a. Evil) - Guitars
B. War - Bass
Fredrik Andersson - Drums

This marks the third and final part of a conceptual trilogy for what Marduk claims is the basis of black metal: "Blood, Fire, Death." This album symbolizes "Death."

Ahh, Marduk, one of the most talked about and popular BM bands around today. It seems that when people hear the name Marduk, they automatically think of Panzer Division Marduk, the brutal, and I mean BRUTAL assault of pure Black metal. Breackneck speeds and furious blastbeats make that album one of, if not the, most brutal BM albums ever recorded. This album came after that one, and it is slower, doomier, and much more melodic. It starts with a short instrumental, then rages into Azrael, a very good song with a nice bass line in the mid section and 70's sounding rock atmosphere. Yes, that may be hard to believe, but it is true. Next is Popa Funebris, another instrumental. This is one is alright, nothing special. The next few songs are raging BM with blastbeats and tons of screaming, glass gargling vocals from none other than Legion.
Funeral Bitch is a slow, doomy song that incorporates a lot of actual melody into the song and it works pretty well. Summers End is total 70's sounding, with atmosphere and nice melodic guitar work. Death Sex Ejaculation is another blaster. It is alright, but nothing standouts all that much. Jesus Christ... Sodomized is a nice blasphemous song title, but really just an average blastfest.
Overall, if you like Marduk, you probably already have this album, but if you don't, then you may want to proceed with caution, because if the only Marduk you own is Panzer... then you will absolutely HATE this. Hails!

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...