Marduk - Fuck me jesus [ep] (1991/1994)

As Marduk's first release, this short ep (12' 45'') achieved instant notoriety due to the the depiction on the cd cover and the first track, a very long sample from the well known film The Exorcist. But enough of this tabloid crap, let's get to the music. To be honest, I never really took the time to give this ep a proper listen. I realise now it's a cross-over between death, doom and black metal, pretty heavy (especially in the lower frequencies: tick 'death' and 'doom') and not too bad, actually. Whereas it was originally released back in '91, this is the '94 re-release. Apart from a note by Morgan Hakansson, I'm not sure whether there are any differences (e.g. remaster).

Intellectually pretty interesting stuff, as Marduk seem to deconstruct their music into several basic elements and then twist and turn these into some spawn of their rotten imagination. Or something like that. Nice interplay between slow and fast paces, even within single tracks. Decent production. You might want to try it out if you're a metal fan. Otherwise I'd advise you to leave this and listen to Mayhem instead. :-)

Tracks

1. Intro - Fuck me jesus (0:43)
2. Departure from the mortal (3:18)
3. The Black... (4:04)
4. Within the abyss (3:38)
5. Outro - Shut up and suffer (0:59)

Marduk_Fuck_me_jesus_192.rar

posted by Paxjorge @ Saturday, March 11, 2006