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Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre Audio CD

A fair review of the Marduk "La Grande Danse Macabre" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Marduk reviews here, or go back to the Marduk tabs.

Marduk Band: Marduk
Title: La Grande Danse Macabre
Rating:
Release Date: 2006-03-31
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Ars Moriendi 2: Azrael 3: Pompa Funebris 1660 4: Obedience Unto Death 5: Bonds of Unholy Matrimony 6: Grande Danse Macabre 7: Death Sex Ejaculation 8: Funeral Bitch 9: Summer End 10: Jesus Christ...Sodomized

GRINDING !!!!
This must be one of the bands'greatest efforts. It's incredible this album has so many negative reviews just for being slower than other Marduk albums. It has a gloomy atmosphere unsurpassed by any other albums I've heard before and it's greatly Black Sabbath influenced. But most important of it all, it has something other Marduk albums lack, and that is nuances. The bass not only follows the guitar as usual but also counterpoints it at times, which I find refreshing. This is not as blast-beat happy as its predecessor and that is precisely the whole point, and it's a point most fans totally miss. They could have easily recorded another Panzer Division Marduk but decided to come up with a totally different and original approach, and the results are outstanding. Production is superb which is always welcome. Get it or rot in black metal hell. .


The Grand Dance of Death.
5 stars for me though. yes, not early Marduk, maybe not the best either. All tracks on this CD blew me away. Solid (and evil sounding) vocals, blend perfect with the sound that Marduk has produced on this one. After blasting this CD, you come away feeling like you've been mind-raped by something grim and evil. And I mean that in a positive way! Basically if you like Dark Funeral or Darkthrone, you can't miss with Marduk. Worthy of a place on the black metal rack of torture. And check out Marduk's double live outing, Infernal Eternal.

Unholy Black and Death Metal Forever!
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Exceptional
I personnally can't listen to the totally brutal, blistering fast and insanely obsene constantly, this is a nice departure. Not the most exteme Marduk your going to find,(if you want total brutality, check out the new one "Plague Angel") but thats fine with me. I own all of Marduks albums and this is one of my favorites. . . I highly recommend it!.


Low key for Marduk standards
Following one's attempt at the most perfectly brutal album ever recorded, it's considered the mature move to step back and do something a bit more thoughtful, which also implies more subdued. It's pretty much a rite of passage in the metal scene. Of course, more subdued in black metal terms can still mean neurotically frantic, but the idea is to inject some sort of pathos in there somewhere, let them know you really care. Well, Marduk have certainly displayed no interest in toppling their prior masterpiece of twisted havoc, "Panzer Division Marduk". The majority of ". . . Danse Macabre"'s eleven tracks hover around mid-period Hypocrisy in terms of intensity (Pete Tagtgren's little brother Tommy produced), often skirting the line between death and black metal(s).
What we've got here is a talented band who are struggling to put out at least one album a year without painting themselves into a box, which is hard to do while treading these musical waters. With each passing month it seems less likely a new savior will lift black metal out of it's creative slump, but in all honesty Marduk were never that concerned with breaking the mold anyway. They've traversed every road there is for a black metal band to follow, rarely coloring too far outside the lines, but while their peers are tripping all over themselves trying to predict the music's future, Morgan Hakansson and his evil cronies are perfectly content living day to day. It's the difference between planning for a comfortable retirement and just having the most fun with your money while you've got some left in your pocket, and in the end, which is truly more conservative?.


Disappointing CD
Too slow for me as being a Marduk fan,I care for releases such as(Panzer Division Marduk)and not the slower side of Marduk.


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