Artist......: Marduk
Album.......: Warschau
Year........: 2018
Genre.......: Black Metal
Label.......: Century Media
Source......: WEB (16bit)
Encoder.....: libFLAC
Bitrate.....: 978 kbps avg.
F.Rate......: 44.1kHz
Playtime....: 01:08:19 / 503.08MB
R.Date......: 2024-02-03
S.Date......: 2018-02-09
Website.....: http://open.qobuz.com/album/lx4see98uc3wa
01. The Hangman of Prague 3:54
02. Seven Angels, Seven Trumpets 2:41
03. Slay the Nazarene 3:37
04. Azrael 3:04
05. Burn My Coffin 5:22
06. Panzer Division Marduk 2:25
07. Blutrache 5:24
08. Bleached Bones 4:54
09. The Black... 3:21
10. Steel Inferno 2:29
11. On Darkened Wings 4:20
12. With Satan and Victorious Weapons 3:42
13. Throne of Rats 3:13
14. To the Death's Head True 3:25
15. Sulphur Souls 5:53
16. Warschau 4:55
17. Wolves 5:40
Recorded at Proxima, Warsaw, Poland at the 17th of September 2005 during
the Deathmarch Tour.
In order to celebrate the bandÆs 15th anniversary, Marduk decided to
release their third live album to date. I canÆt compare Warschau to the two
previous live albums, Germania and Infernal Eternal, because unfortunately
I have not had the privilege to obtain and listen to those two albums yet.
Yet IÆm sure IÆm going to buy those albums because if Warschau is any
indication of MardukÆs live tendencies, the previous two must be of
excellent quality.
Here we have 17 tracks played live plus a bonus DVD containing six songs
played live.
The CD part starts out with The Hangman Of Prague, just like Plague Angel
does. In fact, since this was released only one year after Plague Angel it
obviously focuses on that album more than on any other Marduk album. 6
tracks out of the total of 17 are off Plague Angel and itÆs damn fine that
way because that album is excellent.
Of course the rest of the tracks are very good as well, and amazingly even
the oldest ones are played very professionally and not distorted from their
original studio sound. This is even more impressive when considering the
fact that all tracks except the ones coming from Plague Angel were
originally done by Andreas Axelsson, Joakim G÷thberg or the most
long-lasting of MardukÆs vocalists, Legion. That said, MortuusÆ presence
gives Marduk a new-found intensity and he seems more suited to this than
Legion. DonÆt get me wrong, he was a great vocalist on the albums he did
but Mortuus is really a lot more intense.
Yet another quality of this live album is the absence of any audible flaws
on any of the tracks performed. The blast beats are there, just as powerful
as on the studio albums, the riffs are perfectly performed and so is the
bass. The bonus DVD is on par with the rest of the album, showing a nice
performance by the band and itÆs an interesting addition to Warschau. The
only complaint I might have with the DVD would be that out of the six
tracks on it only one is absent from the main album. So itÆs kind of the
same thing twice, but itÆs still a cool addition to the album, as seeing
the band play is fun.
Anyway, in conclusion this is another great live release by Marduk and it
should definitely belong in your CD collection. Especially if youÆre a
Marduk fan and even if youÆve never really listened to them but like black
metal. Be it in the studio of on stage, Marduk will crush you.