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artist: Marduk
title: Infernal Eternal
year: 2000
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: Blooddawn Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2000-10-31
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 01:19:19
size: 190.79MB
rip date: 2025-04-26
source url: http://deezer.com/album/535204472
tracklist:
1 / 2
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1. Panzer Division Marduk 2:55
2. Burn My Coffin 4:25
3. Baptism by Fire 3:42
4. The Sun Turns Black As Night 3:06
5. Of Hell's Fire 5:17
6. 502 3:11
7. Materialized in Stone 5:23
8. Beast of Prey 4:12
9. Those of the Unlight 4:47
10. Sulphur Souls 6:22
11. Dreams of Blood and Iron 5:58
12. Fistfucking God's Planet 3:56
2 / 2
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1. On Darkened Wings 4:13
2. Into the Crypts of Rays 4:08
3. Still Fucking Dead 3:17
4. Slay the Nazarene 3:54
5. Departure from the Mortals 3:36
6. Legion 6:57
release notes:
Well, let's get straight to the meat of the matter: eighteen tracks,
spread over 2 discs (which can be had at single disc price, I believe
- at least here in the States) from a series of recordings in France
during the World Panzer Battle Tour - basically Marduk's last tour of
Europe supporting 'Panzer Division Marduk'. The second disc also
includes a few video clips of the band live, for PC users only - which
explains why there's only six audio tracks on it. Having made the
necessary arrangements to view these clips, I was pleasantly surprised
to see that their overall quality, presentation, etc. was excellent,
in line with the great sound on this recording as a whole. So, a
soundboard recording, taken from several dates (or at least a few -
this isn't all from one show), digitally edited and pieced together
and then mastered responsibly... it all adds up to an impressive
package, and a more than adequate live 'representation' of this band,
who are known to be a great, tight, masterful stage unit. At least
this is what I've read - I missed them on their tour here with
Deicide, and I'm still kicking myself over that, as it was probably my
only chance to catch them. I don't see them returning to Dallas
anytime soon.
Anyway, there's isn't really any use in 'reviewing' the music included
here - if you aren't a fan of Marduk, this album wouldn't really be
the best way to be introduced to them (try 'Opus Nocturne' or
'Nightwing'), and if you are a diehard fan of this band, then you
probably have all of these songs in your collection already, in a much
better format. All you might be missing would be their cover of Celtic
Frost's 'Into The Crypt of Rays', in case you still haven't picked up
their 'Obedience' EP, which was issued again here in the US at the
same time this came out. No, this album really would be great, I am
thinking, for those of you who just can't get enough of live albums,
for whatever reason, or the fans of this band that have never really
got the chance/opportunity to delve into their back catalog... let's
face it: until a short time ago, all of Marduk's prior releases cost
in the range of $19-21 domestic here, and not many people, I am
guessing, shelled out the $100+ to gather all their albums together in
one place. Besides, any Marduk album is pretty much representative of
the rest.
A live 'situation' is commonly where the men are separated from the
boys, and in case you were wondering, Marduk do not really have any
problems at all reproducing their material live... if anything the
songs are more energetic, more chaotic, and - in general - even more
vicious here than on the original records...
So, for people like this, 'Infernal Eternal' is a pleasing glimpse
into the slow evolution of this band over the years, going all the way
back to 'Dark Endless' and then running through their records to the
present, with a major slice of the material (a third) here being from
'Nightwing' and 'Panzer Division Marduk'. It's especially interesting
to hear old(er) classics like 'Burn My Coffin' up against '502' and
'Slay the Nazarene' (which Legion harshly introduces by screaming: 'If
you don't know which one this is, what the fuck are you doing here?'),
even though I believe the more recent songs are so viciously over the
top they make the older ones pale in comparison... which is a rarity
among bands, if you stop and think of it... 'Slay the Nazarene', in
particular, is played so blurringly, blindingly fast that it sounds
like Fredrik is going to rip his drums to pieces and just start
spinning around like a tornado... amazing.
The sound here, as I noted above, is more than adequate, reproducing
all the instruments (and Legion's voice) clearly, without a large
amount of distortion or echo. B. War's bass comes through with his
finger-twisting lines again and again, much like on their most recent
album, and I believe he is finally getting the amount of 'coverage' in
their mixes that he deserves. As to the rest, there is a minimum of
crowd noise or in-between-song banter... no, this is all out war, from
start to finish, adding up to (the audio portion only) seventy-nine
and a half minutes (!) of grinding Swedish black metal torment. More
Marduk than you can shake a stick at - more, in fact, than most people
can take in one sitting. I should know, because when I first got this
I stupidly listened to it all the way through and ended up with a
monstrous migraine. You definitely get your money's worth (of pain)
with this release... also, one thing I can say for certain is that
this album is so much better than Mayhem's live release
('Mediolanum...') that it makes the Norwegian scene look embarrassing
in comparison. Even though this release is lengthy, voraciously rabid,
and hurts my ears in the long run, it is addictively listenable...
I've spun it a number of times now, and I haven't had it that long.
Included in the total package is a thick booklet, complete with full
lyrics (finally) and a middle section (I want to call it a centerfold,
but it's not) full of adequate-to-good pictures of the band playing
live - including a great snapshot of Morgan and B. War gleefully
walking down a city street in (I am guessing) Japan wearing full
corpse paint. The cover art - magnificent as usual, and slightly
reminiscent of Frazetta's 'Death Dealer' - is by Petagno. Any
questions? You should know if you want this.