Marduk was founded in Norrköping, Sweden in 1990 by Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson. His ultimate goal was to create the most blasphemous and Satanic band ever conceptualized.
In 1991, Marduk released a three song demo entitled "Fuck Me Jesus", which due to its dark and irreverent lyrics was highly received by a cult following.
During 1992, Marduk released their first full-length album "Dark Endless" under the label No Fashion and continued to tour Sweden, augmenting their steadily growing fan base. Marduk switched over to the French label Osmose in 1993 after a dispute with No Fashion. Marduk began to tour throughout the rest of Europe in 1994 and in 1995 had their first gig across the Atlantic in Mexico City. They continued to amass fans and release albums over the next few years, even spearheading the European "Black Metal Assault Tour" in 1998.
In 2000, Marduk founded their own record label, Blooddawn Productions.
In 2004 Marduk released their ninth studio album "Plague Angel" which was a great hit all over Europe and later on in the U.S.A. To celebrate Marduks 15 years anniversary a live album called "Warschau" was released with 17 live tracks from a show in Poland, 2005.
In 2006 a very substantial double DVD, which was called "Blood Puke Salvation", containing 2 concerts professionally filmed in Tilburg (Holland) and Antwerpen (Belgium). Videoclips, photo-gallery, interviews, behind the scenes material and rare handycam footage from the Deathmarch tours of 2004 and 2005.
In 2007, they released their tenth studio album entitled "Rom 5:12".
In 2009, Marduk released another full-length album "Wormwood" recorded at Endarker Studios in Norrköping with engineer/producer Magnus "Devo" Andersson.
In May 2012 their 12th studio album, "Serpent Sermon", was released.
Marduk continues to tour Europe, release albums, and is regularly featured in many prominent Metal music festivals.
Bleached Bones
Marduk Lyrics
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A torso, a hand or a severed head
The cemetery girls don't say no to their fate
When their bodies gets too rotten
Their skeletons do great
Lurking in the shadows with you on my mind
I'm engulfed by your beauty:
Watching you move so graceful this night
I'm going to catch you how I long for this fight
Smelling your hair as I'm working my knife
I adore how you scream when I take your life
How I love your pale white skin
And the emptiness in your lifeless eyes
And how I love the warmth within
Like the blood that sprayed
When you stopped your cries
Your naked corpse is as beautiful
As the down when it comes with the first sunray
But it was your peeled bleached bones
That really took my breath away
Admiring your beauty my wonderful rose
Oh what pleasures you'll give me
Before you decompose
But the darkness has fallen and the clock strikes ten
Excuse me may daring but the shadows
Are calling again
How I love your pale white skin
And the emptiness in your lifeless eyes
And how I love the warmth within
Like the blood that the sprayed
When you stopped your cries
Your naked corpse as beautiful
As the down when it comes with the firs sunray
But it was your peeled bleached bones
That really blew my mind away
How I love your pale white skin
And the emptiness in your lifeless eyes
And how I love the warmth within
Like the blood that sprayed
When you stopped your cries
Your naked corpse as beautiful
As the down when it comes with the firs sunray
But it was your peeled bleached bones
That really stole my heart away
The lyrics to Marduk's song, Bleached Bones, describe the twisted and sickening desire of a man who is captivated by the beauty of a dead body. The opening lines indicate that the singer is attracted to the decaying remains of a dead woman, and that he finds their skeletons to be preferable to their rotting flesh. He goes on to describe his obsession with this woman, whose beauty envelops him despite his inability to see her as a living entity. He describes watching her silhouette move gracefully, already fantasizing about the moment when he will take her life. He delights in the perverse sensation of smelling her hair while working his knife, and the sound of her screams.
The chorus repeats this disturbing contrast between the singer's admiration for the physical beauty of the dead woman and his sadistic pleasure in taking her life. Throughout the song, his love for her evolves from a fascination with her physical form to a possessive desire that extends to her bones. He sees her bleached bones as superior to any other aspect of her, indicating a dissociation from her humanity and a fetishization of her body.
Overall, the lyrics to Bleached Bones paint a disturbing picture of a psychopathic murderer who is compelled by a perverse and twisted attraction to death and destruction. The song celebrates the grotesque and disturbing, and portrays the singer as a monster who is incapable of empathy or love.
Line by Line Meaning
Loving the dead
Expressing affection towards lifeless bodies
A torso, a hand or a severed head
Any part of the body will do, as long as it's dead
The cemetery girls don't say no to their fate
Dead women buried in the graveyard can't resist being violated
When their bodies gets too rotten
Waiting until the corpses start decomposing to begin the violation
Their skeletons do great
Enjoying the bones of the dead, once their flesh has decomposed
Lurking in the shadows with you on my mind
Stalking a victim, constantly thinking about them
I'm engulfed by your beauty:
Being captivated by appearance, despite knowing the person is dead
I'm a man who's gone blind
Being blinded by infatuation and obsession
Watching you move so graceful this night
Peeping on the victim and admiring their movements
I'm going to catch you how I long for this fight
Looking forward to confrontation with the victim before violating them
Smelling your hair as I'm working my knife
Enjoying the sensation of cutting the victim's hair along with using the knife
I adore how you scream when I take your life
Enjoying the victim's suffering and pain as they are being killed
How I love your pale white skin
Fascinated by the pale complexion of the victim's skin
And the emptiness in your lifeless eyes
Being attracted to the blank stare of the dead person's eyes
And how I love the warmth within
Finding pleasure in the sensation of the victim's warm blood being spilled
Like the blood that sprayed
Enjoying the sight of the blood spilling from the victim's body
When you stopped your cries
Referring to the victim's screams getting silenced as they die
Your naked corpse is as beautiful
Finding beauty in the appearance of the naked dead body
As the down when it comes with the first sunray
Viewing the beauty of the corpse in a similar manner as seeing dew drops on down feathers in the morning sun
But it was your peeled bleached bones
Fascinated by the appearance of the bones once the flesh has completely decayed
That really took my breath away
Being impressed and awestruck by the sight of the bleached bones
Admiring your beauty my wonderful rose
Addressing the victim's corpse as a rose and complimenting their beauty
Oh what pleasures you'll give me
Anticipating pleasure from further violating the victim's corpse
Before you decompose
Trying to violate the corpse as much as possible before it starts to decay
But the darkness has fallen and the clock strikes ten
Realizing it's getting late and they need to leave before getting caught by anyone
Excuse me may daring but the shadows
Being bold and risky by staying in the shadows despite the danger of getting caught
Are calling again
Feeling the urge to continue seeking out and violating dead bodies
That really blew my mind away
Being overwhelmed and very impressed by the appearance of the bleached bones
That really stole my heart away
Being completely captivated and infatuated with the beauty of the dead body's bones
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