Dark Endless
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Dark Endless is the first studio album by Swedish
black metal
band Marduk
. It was recorded and mixed at Hellspawn Studios during four days in June 1992 and released that December by No Fashion Records. Like many early black metal albums, it mixes black metal vocals with predominantly death metal
stylings. Dark Endless is the only Marduk studio album to feature Andreas Axelsson
on vocals and Rikard Kalm on bass, as by Marduk's second album Those of the Unlight
, they had been replaced by Joakim Göthberg (who previously had already been contributing vocals) and B. War respectively.
In an ironic twist, there exists a Christian unblack metal
band named "Dark Endless", no doubt named after this particular album.
format on April 4, 2006. The album intro and "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)" which were initially one track have been divided into two for the Regain Records
reissue of the album. The songs are listed in the reissued track listing as "The Eye of Funeral" and "Still Fucking Dead" (dropping "Here's No Peace" from the title). This is why bonus tracks on the disc start at track 10 instead of track 9.
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Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Marduk
Marduk (band)
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:...
. It was recorded and mixed at Hellspawn Studios during four days in June 1992 and released that December by No Fashion Records. Like many early black metal albums, it mixes black metal vocals with predominantly death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
stylings. Dark Endless is the only Marduk studio album to feature Andreas Axelsson
Andreas Axelsson
Andreas Axelsson is a Swedish musician, best known as a guitarist in progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity. Before he joined Edge of Sanity, Axelsson has been singer in black metal band Marduk, though he only appeared on their first release, Dark Endless.-Music:*Edge of Sanity - guitars ,...
on vocals and Rikard Kalm on bass, as by Marduk's second album Those of the Unlight
Those of the Unlight
Those of the Unlight is the second studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was released in October 1993 by Osmose Productions, and reissued in digipak format on April 4, 2006 by Regain Records, with bonus videos of three songs performed live on August 12, 1993...
, they had been replaced by Joakim Göthberg (who previously had already been contributing vocals) and B. War respectively.
In an ironic twist, there exists a Christian unblack metal
Unblack metal
Unblack metal is a term used to describe musically black metal sounding artists whose lyrics and imagery promote Christianity. Such artists are controversial, mainly because black metal's pioneers, especially those of the Second Wave, intended to encourage hostility towards Christianity...
band named "Dark Endless", no doubt named after this particular album.
Track listing
Reissue
The album was re-released with bonus tracks in digipakDigipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
format on April 4, 2006. The album intro and "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)" which were initially one track have been divided into two for the Regain Records
Regain Records
Regain Records is a Swedish based independent record label. The label predominantly releases death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1997...
reissue of the album. The songs are listed in the reissued track listing as "The Eye of Funeral" and "Still Fucking Dead" (dropping "Here's No Peace" from the title). This is why bonus tracks on the disc start at track 10 instead of track 9.
Personnel
Marduk- Andreas Axelsson – vocals
- Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
- Magnus "Devo" Andersson – guitar
- Rikard Kalm – bass
- Joakim Göthberg – drums, vocals
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- Dan SwanöDan SwanöDan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
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