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      artist: Marduk
       title: Those of the Unlight
        year: 2013
       genre: Black Metal

        type: Album (Reissue)
       label: Osmose Productions
    language: English
   rel. date: 2013-04-25

      source: WEB/MP3
     quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
     runtime: 00:37:29
        size: 90.11 MB

    rip date: 2025-04-26
  source url: http://deezer.com/album/6588314

   tracklist:

   1.  Darkness Breeds Immortality                                     3:48
   2.  Those of the Unlight                                            4:43
   3.  Wolves                                                          5:50
   4.  On Darkened Wings                                               4:15
   5.  Burn My Coffin                                                  5:15
   6.  A Sculpture of the Night                                        3:29
   7.  Echoes from the Past                                            7:06
   8.  Stone Stands Its Silent Vigil                                   3:03


   release notes:

   Marduk is one of the most popular black metal bands of all time. By
   2025 they have released 15 studio albums and played on nearly every
   bigger festival that ever included black metal in its billing.
   Currently Morgan HσkanssonÆs brain child is known for firing off its
   devilish messages at high velocity with the technical precision that
   comes naturally when musicians evolve. However, when you ask people
   into black metal what their favourite Marduk albums are theyÆd
   probably name the bandÆs earlier albums. Some of these works are still
   quite rough around the edges and not as technically proficient and
   ôcleanö as the later ones. So is this just a symptom of the ôtrue
   cultö community to give a ôsafeö answer when counting older albums
   among their faves instead of risking to lose credibility among their
   buddies when naming the newer ones? Or is it that the older albums in
   their unpolished state have a certain appeal with which MardukÆs newer
   efforts canÆt compete whilst not being bad at all for what they are?

   LetÆs examine this case by looking at MardukÆs second album ôThose of
   the Unlightö released in 1993. There is no need to exhaustingly ramble
   on how this Swedish black metal entity has shed its skin from moving
   on from its first albumÆs death metal-infused sound to straight black
   metal on its second one. That much being said: Marduk are a child of
   their time and location. The star of Swedish death metal already began
   to descend and black metal was the new blaze in the northern sky. Thus
   in this very prolific year for black metal in its whole Marduk moved
   forward to the top of the second wave black metal movement in their
   home country and started to establish their sound. As this was yet
   very early in the history of the Scandinavian black metal explosion
   the band really stood on its own and just spat out what they have had
   on their minds.

   Therefore ôThose of the Unlightö is still brimming with youthful
   energy. And as there is always a certain kind of magic dwelling in
   every beginning, this album is haunted by an atmosphere that is rather
   felt than heard. The whole performance is black as pitch. Of course
   there are already the fast blast beat attacks that the band has become
   known for later. But there is still more to it. The band adds very
   well thought out bass-lines that can be heard quite clearly in the mix
   as well as clean guitars to its sound. This becomes already clear
   within the first track ôDarkness Breeds Immortalityö. And these
   additions become more intense during tracks like ôOn Darkened Wingsö
   that starts off with highly reverbed haunting guitar sounds and even
   includes a bass solo that already has become legendary and is
   something very rarely heard within black metal anyways. During the end
   of the album the band even turns more atmospheric with tunes like the
   instrumental track ôEchoes from the Pastö whose first two thirds
   contain of rain sounds and a melancholic melody consisting of only
   clean guitars and keyboards and later evolves into a solid heavy metal
   track quite close to later Bathory albums. The clean guitars and
   melancholic guitar solos then even expand to the last track ôStone
   Stands Its Silent Vigilö which turns into a great mid-tempo anthem
   like the song ôWolvesö earlier on the album.

   So does this album have its flaws? Definitely. Whether some of the
   mistakes were made in the studio during the mixing procedure or if
   some of these things were played on purpose I canÆt say but these
   rough edges are present yet. Just take the end of ôBurn My Coffinö (a
   great tribute to the late Pelle ôDeadö Ohlin by the way). The final
   riff fades out but then it suddenly comes back until it fades out
   again. This seems to be a mistake. Or that you can hear one of the
   guitars giving feedback from the guitarist putting his fingers on the
   strings before joining in during some parts would be another flaw.
   Then you also have the overall variations in tempo during songs from
   transitioning from one riff to another as the album was probably not
   recorded with the use of a click track. Nevertheless it is just these
   little flaws, fuck-ups and rough edges that make this album what it
   is. ôThose of the Unlightö is an offering of what made the second wave
   of black metal what it used to be. Much like styles like punk or
   hardcore, metal and black metal especially is an outlet of emotion, a
   catharsis of sorts. Thus the sole expression of the musicians in
   charge and the feeling it conveys to the listener is what makes it
   what it is and not any kind of playing style. Youthful energy and the
   will of the performing artists to spew a somber part of their souls
   into their offering is palpable overall during ôThose of the Unlightö.
   This is also apparent in the albumÆs lyrics. Just take the
   aforementioned ôBurn My Coffinö in which MardukÆs former drummer and
   vocalist Joakim af Gravf ardently screams out how much he wants his
   soul to be released from the burden of human existence. This is
   something modern albums and their production just cannot emulate.

   This is why albums like ôThose of the Unlightö will always be those
   unpolished rough gems they are and will forever stand firm as
   milestones of the black metal genre and even metal as a whole whilst a
   lot of albums providing technical proficiency coming out today will be
   buried and forgotten in a few years as soon as the next hype bandwagon
   comes rolling on. Albums like ôSeven Churchesö by Possessed with its
   uneven tempo, BurzumÆs first album with that screeching guitar
   feedback in the beginning of ôEa, Lord of the Depthsö or in that case
   MardukÆs second album will always be fan favourites and remembered not
   despite but even for their flaws and their edges. And by the way a big
   upside for MardukÆs integrity as artists is also the fact that they
   never had the audacity to re-record their earlier albums to make them
   sound as they were ôsupposed to beö which is in at least nine out of
   ten cases unnecessary and total bogus. Thus we can still and always
   enjoy this great and nearly perfect album as it is, in its raw and
   original form.

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