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.
Legion
Marduk Lyrics
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Beyond the horizon on the everlasting night
A heart so black and cold as ice
A soul in fire blessed and baptized
Lucifer is the fallen light-bearer
For his glory we must all burn!
Children of darkness..
Raise your blood-filled cups to our father with horns
A new era will arise as I see the black angels of the abyss fly
And the demons come storming in the silent cloud-less sky
With their burning eyes of ripping evil..
I am given strength from a thousand sinners
That dwell in the everlasting, burning, roaring depths of hell
With the demons the possess my blackened heart and soul
I shall strive for satan's triumph and reach infernal goals
Children of darkness..
Raise your blood-filled cups to our father with horns
In eternity, we shall blaspheme the one who was tormented with thorns
Feel the darkness growing when we draw near
My name is legion, for we are many in here
Heaven shall burn accompaigned by the angels' cries
We shall invert paradise
Death to peace
The lyrics to Marduk's song “Legion” speak of the singer's allegiance to Satan and his desire to bring an end to peace and overthrow God. The opening lines of "With my pale eyes, I watch with delight, beyond the horizon on the everlasting night" create a sense of ominous foreboding that sets the mood for the rest of the song. The lyrics then declare the singer's loyalty to Satan, who is called the "fallen light-bearer," and encourages others to join him, calling on "Children of darkness" to worship Satan and raise their blood-filled cups to their horned father.
The song continues with the singer describing the "black angels of the abyss" and "demons [that] come storming in the silent, cloudless sky." He declares that he is given strength from the sins of others, and that with his blackened heart and soul possessed by demons, he is striving for Satan's triumph and infernal goals. The chorus repeats the call to worship Satan, and ending with the line “Death to peace”, further emphasizing the singer's violent intentions.
Overall, the song encourages the listener to reject God and embrace Satan, and paints a picture of a world where darkness and evil reign supreme.
Line by Line Meaning
With my pale eyes, I watch with delight
I, the singer, am watching with pleasure and satisfaction through my pale eyes.
Beyond the horizon on the everlasting night
I am observing the setting beyond the horizon in the never-ending darkness.
A heart so black and cold as ice
My heart is as black and cold as ice.
A soul in fire blessed and baptized
My soul is burning with fire and has been blessed and baptized.
Lucifer is the fallen light-bearer
Lucifer is the angel who fell from heaven and was once a bearer of light.
For his glory we must all burn!
We must burn for Lucifer's glory.
Children of darkness..
We are the children of darkness.
Raise your blood-filled cups to our father with horns
We are raising our cups filled with blood to worship our father with horns.
In eternity, we shall blaspheme the one who was tormented with thorns
We will blaspheme the one who was tortured with thorns for all eternity.
A new era will arise as I see the black angels of the abyss fly
I foresee a new era with the arrival of the dark angels flying out of the abyss.
And the demons come storming in the silent cloud-less sky
The demons are gathering and coming towards us in a sky without any clouds.
With their burning eyes of ripping evil..
The demons' eyes are burning with ripping evil.
I am given strength from a thousand sinners
My strength comes from the sins of a thousand sinners.
That dwell in the everlasting, burning, roaring depths of hell
These sinners are living in the eternal, burning and roaring depths of hell.
With the demons the possess my blackened heart and soul
My heart and soul are possessed by the demons.
I shall strive for satan's triumph and reach infernal goals
I will work hard to achieve Satan's triumph and reach goals in hell.
Feel the darkness growing when we draw near
As we approach, the darkness around us is getting stronger.
My name is legion, for we are many in here
I am called legion because there are many of us here.
Heaven shall burn accompaigned by the angels' cries
Heaven will burn while the angels cry out in anguish.
We shall invert paradise
We will turn paradise upside down to make it hell.
Death to peace
We reject peace and embrace death.
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ALEXANDER KRISTOFER ANDERSSON, ANTON MODIG, ARON SVEN AAKE PARMERUD, ARON SVEN AKE PARMERUD, ARON SVEN �KE PARMERUD, LINUS KARL JOHANSSON, MIKAEL STIG MEDIN
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