Rom 5:12 is the tenth studio album

Studio album

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 by Swedish 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 between December 2006 and January 2007 and released on April 24, 2007 by 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...

. The CD version of the album includes a 44-page booklet, and the LP and picture disc pressings were is limited to 500 copies each. Rom 5:12 is the last Marduk album to feature Emil Dragutinovic on drums as he was replaced by Lars Broddesson (of Excessum and Absurdeity) during the recordings. Original band member Joakim Göthberg also makes a guest vocal appearance on the track "Cold Mouth Prayer". The track 1651 features a collaboration with the Martial Industrial band Arditi

Arditi (band)

Arditi is a Swedish martial industrial and neoclassical band. It consists of Henry Möller of Puissance and Mårten Björkman from black metal bands Algaion and Octinomos. Arditi formed in 2001, deriving their name from the early Italian special forces unit known as the Arditi...

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Track listing

Trivia

• The album title refers to a verse in the Bible
  Bible
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  , Epistle to the Romans
  Epistle to the Romans
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  , Chapter 5, Verse 12: "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned."
• The track "1651" was written and performed by Arditi
  Arditi (band)
  Arditi is a Swedish martial industrial and neoclassical band. It consists of Henry Möller of Puissance and Mårten Björkman from black metal bands Algaion and Octinomos. Arditi formed in 2001, deriving their name from the early Italian special forces unit known as the Arditi...
  
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Personnel

Marduk

• Mortuus – vocals
• Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
• Magnus "Devo" Andersson – bass

Guests

• Emil Dragutinovic – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10
• J. Gustafsson - drums on tracks 3, 7 & 9
• Joakim Göthberg – guest vocals ("Cold Mouth Prayer")
• Naihmass Nemtheanga – guest vocals ("Accuser/Opposer")