Marduk

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TIMELINE
1990
- Morgan who desires to create the most brutal and blasphemous metal act ever forms Marduk.
1991
- “Fuck Me Jesus” is being released.
- Records but choose not to release the 7” “Here’s No Peace”.
- Plays their first, now considered cult, shows.
1992
- Debut album “Dark Endless” is recorded in June and released during the winter solstice.
- All through the year Marduk performs on various locations in Sweden rapidly adding followers and supporters to their fanbase.
1993
- No Fashion rips the band off badly.
- Sign a record deal with French label Osmose.
- The 2nd fullenght album “Those of the Unlight” is released in October.
1994
- The first Marduk gig abroad takes place at a Black Metal festival in Oslo, Norway in April.
- Quickly there after; during May and June, Marduks first European tour entitled “Son’s of Northern Darkness” is done.
- During falltime the third fullengt album “Opus Nocturne” is recorded and land on the recordshelves by the end of the year.
1995
- European headlining tour “Winter War” takes place in February.
- “Fuck Me Jesus” is re-released as a MCD in April.
- First time on the other side of the Atlantic. Plays one show is Mexico City in June.
- Visit the Abyss for the first time to re-mix “Those of the Unlight”
1996
- Change of studio to the Abyss to record “Heaven Shall Burn…When We Are Gathered” in February.
- “Heaven…” is released in June.
- The, up until then, most extensive European tour is being launched in September.
- “Glorification”, a MCD with a remix from “Heaven…” plus covered songs by Bathory, Destruction and Piledriver is released during the tour.
1997
- Attacking Europe again in the spring on the shorter “Legion” tour.
- Releasing a live album recorded on the 1996 “Heaven…” tour entitled “Germania”.
- Play direct support to legendary Black Metal act Mayhem on their re-union gig in East Germany.
- The Swedish label Shadow Records releases ”Here’s No Peace”.
- During October/November Marduk perpetuates the long-awaited precursor of “Heaven…” called “Nightwing”.
1998
- “Nightwing” hit the stores during spring.
- Participates on the No Mercy Festival the week after the album release to support the new record.
- Spearheading the “Black Metal Assault Tour” all through Europe during autumn.
1999
- Enter the studio once again to record the all-blasting “Panzer Division Marduk”
- Tour in Scandinavia, Greece and Japan.
- Participates in numerous festivals during the summer; e.g. Dynamo where Marduk is the headlining act on the Black Stage.
- The MCD “Obedience” is recorded.
- Another 7 week headlining tour is done in the fall.
2000
- Puts out “Obedience” on own label Blooddawn Productions.
- Joins in with Deicide and Cannibal Corpse for a shorter spring tour.
- Ends the co-operation with Osmose.
- Returns to Mexico for a two-week tour.
- Appears on most of the big summer festivals, amongst others Wacken Oper Air, With Full Force and Waldrock.
- Play a 10-year celebration show in hometown Norrköping on Halloween.
- Release the double disc live album “Infernal Eternal” the same night.
- Records Marduk ..7 – “La Grande Danse Macabre” in December.
2001
- Visit the studio again for some miscellaneous recordings.
- “La Grande…” is released on the fifth of March.
- Headline a 31 show European tour.
- Tour the US together with Deicide.
- Headline one of the stages at the Graspop Metal Meeting.
- Assembles and pre-produces the box set “Blackcrowned”
- Play a shorter headlining tour and joins teams with metals heaviest acts on the X-mass Festivals through Europe.
2002
- Forced to cancel US headlining tour.
- Release the box set in February.
- Freddy is dismissed from the band.
- Emil Dragutinovic is drafted as a new drummer.
- Plays With Full Force festival in Germany and Tuska open air in finland.
- Records Marduk fullenght album ..8 – “World Funeral”
- Play direct support to Danzig in Europe
- Co-headline the annual X-mass festivals.
2003
-World Funeral is released during February and is followed by a 31 date European headlining tour.
- In August Marduk headlines the Party San Open Air Festival/Germany
- Morgan records material for a planned 4 track Marduk ep entitled “ Porträtt Av Döda Barn”/Portraits Of Dead Children. A recording that up to this day has remained unreleased.
- During October Marduk do a South American Tour covering new areas as Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and A glorious return to Mexico.
- In December vocalist Legion is out of the band.
2004
- During January Morgan records a 3 track Marduk demo entitled Todes Reich together with a drum machine and lays the bass and handles the vocal duties himself.
- Vocalist Mortuus joins the band.
- The DVD Funeral Marches and Warsongs is released during February.
- Headlines the Motala Metal Festival/Sweden in May.
- The Band enter the local Endarker studio for a pre production of the upcoming album, know as the Hastfer Session. Marduk likes the atmosphere in the studio and decides to record the album there.
- B.War is being replaced on the bass by returning long time member Devo.
- Spends the summer recording the new album.
- Headlines the Agglutination festival in Southern Italy.
- Holds a listening session for selected journalists in Hamburg/Germany in September and performs a special concert for them invited.
- New album, fullenght nr 9 named Plague Angel is unleashed upon mankind in late November.
- Marduk headlines the annual Xmas festival package in Europe.
- The band also release a special limited tour ep entitled Deathmarch, which also is the name of the tour.
2005
- The band prepares to continue touring in support of the new album, but is being delayed by drummer Emil Dragutinovic breaking his arm in a fight.
- The band do a triumphant apperance at the Wacken Open Air festival.
- The Deathmarch continues as Marduk is back on the road touring in Europe during late August into September.
- October sees the band finally arriving in Turkey for 3 shows.
- The Deathmarch Tour brings the band back to South/Central America for selected shows in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil.
- to celebrate 15 years of Marduk the band releases a limited edition live album entitled Warschau recorded earlier the same year in Poland.
2006
- Marduk headlines the Metalboat festival between Sweden- Finland as well as appearing on the Inferno Metal festival in Norway.
- Imago mortis/A picture of death. Once again Marduk hits the road in Europe for 20 dates of violence.
- During the spring the first four albums are being re issued.
- Marduk returns to Finland for the Nummi Rock Festival and also do some other festivals in Germany and slowakia and finishing of the touring cycle of the year at the Hellflame festival, Osnabruck/ Germany.
- A new massive 2 disc DVD Blood Puke Salvation is released on the 6th of October.
- The band prepares for the recording of studio album nr 10.
2007
-Marduk enters the studio during Dec 2006/January 2007 as well as replacing drummer Emil with Lars Broddesson.
-During February the band returns to Mexico for 3 festival appearances.
-April sees the band touring in Russia and Ukraina.
-During the same month fullenght album nr 10, entitled Rom 5:12 is unleashed and being hailed as the bands greatest album up to date by most of the media and fans alike. The Triumph of Death continues.
-During the summer the band is doing selected festival appearances at festivals as Sweden Rock Festival, Metaltown Festival an the Waldrock Open Air.
-During August Marduk for the first time marches across the continent known as Australia
-In september the band do a handful of dates in Poland as a warm up infor the upcoming European Tour
- November/December sees Marduk doing a crushing 30 date European tour including dates in most Western European countries and also for the first time the band plays the Baltic States.
2008
-The Vanitas 2007/2008 Tour rages on as the band during January hits the Balkan for another 20 dates. Finally Marduk reaches countries as Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria to spread the plague.
- At the begining of March Marduk participates at Europes biggest indoor metal festival, namely the Metal Mania in Katowice, Poland.
- During the same month the band once again return to the shores of South America for shows in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
- At the end of April the classic albums Germania, Nightwing and Panzer Division Marduk are being reissued with bonus material and improved graphics. 3 albums that for a long time not have been available in most part of the world.