La Grande Danse Macabre = Expanded Remaster = (CD)
Marduk have never been known as innovators in the world of black metal. The wall-of-noise, the anti-Christianity, the vulgar sexuality, the war, the pagainism. . .it's been done. As they showed with Panzer Division Marduk, though, being unoriginal certainly doesn't mean you can't be great.
Now, Marduk brings us La Grande Danse Macabre. For this album, they took their standard wall-of-noise approach, and threw in a couple mid-tempo songs, some melody, and even a few short atmospheric passages--all of which have been done by, say, Immortal, among other bands.
Does it seem a little gimmicky, or predictable? Sure.
More importantly. . .does it work? Damn right it does.
01 Ars moriendi 02 Azrael 03 Pompa funebris 1660 04 Obedience unto death 05 Bonds of unholy matrimony 06 La grande danse macabre 07 Death sex ejaculation 08 Funeral bitch 09 Summers end 10 Jesus christ... Sodomized 11 Samhain 12 Obedience
13 Funeral bitch (EP version) 14 Into the crypts of rays