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artist: Marduk
title: Dark Endless
year: 2007
genre: Black Metal
type: Album (Remastered)
label: Blooddawn Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2007-04-24
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:47:15
size: 113.84MB
rip date: 2025-04-26
source url: http://deezer.com/album/78513572
tracklist:
1. The Eye of Funeral 1:00
2. Still Fucking Dead 2:56
3. The Sun Turns Black as Night 3:04
4. Within the Abyss 3:39
5. The Funeral Seemed to Be Endless 3:33
6. Departure from the Mortals 3:22
7. The Black 4:00
8. Dark Endless 3:51
9. Holy Inquisition 4:27
10. Departure from the Mortals (Live 1991) 3:38
11. Within the Abyss (Live 1991) 3:43
12. Still Fucking Dead (Live 1991) 3:00
13. The Black Goat (Live 1991) 4:03
14. Evil Dead (Live 1991) 2:59
release notes:
Have you ever wondered what the early Edge Of Sanity could look like
in black metal style? Of course not, me either, but Marduk's debut
album gives us great insight into such a discussion! A little
reminder, Andreas Axelsson (guitarist of EoS) was their vocalist at
that time, Dan Swan÷ was also responsible for the production and mixes
of this band and the rest of the Marduk line-up showed quite clearly
inspirations of Swedish death metal and patents associated with the
Swan÷ band. It just so happens that an excellent album resulted, in my
humble opinion one of the best that was created under the name of
Marduk! On "Dark Endless" there was created a deadly good mix of
Swedish death metal and raw black metal, which is not so easy to find
in this trend.
At that time, the group was still dosing at fast paces (although there
are also quite a few blasts) or "tremolous playing". Of course, the
average tempo prevails, a lot of Carnage/Entombed sound, even more
playing under the aforementioned "Nothing But Death Remains", as well
as an interesting, dark atmosphere of the whole - not much like Marduk
from the perspective of later releases. Anyway, it's a very specific
black/death, with well thought out arrangements, quite catchy and
quite varied.
Right after the introductory part of "The Eye Of Funeral", the band
serves the best in this set "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)",
"The Sun Turns Black As Night" and "Within The Abyss", quite brutal,
aggressive and simultaneously with multiple slowing down and without
constant blasting. In the following part, however, it's not worse. The
quintet serves another "hits", although a little less diverse, but
much more black metal and focused on simpler chaff, for example "The
Black..." or "Departure From The Mortals". At the very end, more
atmosphere is brought by "Holy Inquistion" and the title track, nicely
varied and at the same time no less specific than the other tracks.
The "Dark Endless" rating is therefore self-generated. Each of the
tracks on this release maintains a similarly high level and is a total
confirmation that good black metal is not just blasts. Another thing
is that Marduk's debut still draws a lot from death metal, but to be
honest, does it have any impact on the worse reception of the album?
In my opinion, absolutely not. A big advantage of this release is also
its relatively easy digestibility for those who are not quite into
this kind of music and at the same time are looking for something in
these climates, so that it is relatively legible, but also raw. Those
more skeptical about the mix of black/death or the beginnings of
Marduk should also give this album a chance, because after all, "Dark
Endless" is just a piece of very good music, regardless of the
stylistic.