Serpent Sermon

Serpent Sermon
Studio album by Marduk
Released	28 May 2012
Genre	Black metal
Length	54:25
Label	Century Media
Producer	Magnus "Devo" Andersson, Marduk
Marduk chronology
Iron Dawn (2011) Serpent Sermon (2012) Frontschwein (2015)

Serpent Sermon is the twelfth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was released in North America on 5 June 2012 through Century Media Records on CD, vinyl and digital download. It reached number 44 on the Top Heatseekers Albums chart, selling roughly 800 copies in its first week. ^[1] Limited edition versions of the album include the bonus track "Coram Satanae", and a limited edition 7" vinyl EP of "Souls for Belial" was also released, featuring a cover of Wovenhand's "Oil On Panel". ^[2] A music video of "Souls for Belial" was also released on 9 May 2012. ^[3] The last album to feature drummer Lars Broddesson.

Track listing

• All songs written and arranged by Marduk.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Serpent Sermon"	4:38
2.	"Messianic Pestilence"	2:50
3.	"Souls for Belial"	4:47
4.	"Into Second Death"	5:11
5.	"Temple of Decay"	5:25
6.	"Damnation's Gold"	6:48
7.	"Hail Mary (Piss-soaked Genuflexion)"	3:27
8.	"M.A.M.M.O.N."	3:30
9.	"Gospel of the Worm"	2:37
10.	"World of Blades"	7:09
11.	"Coram Satanae" (limited edition bonus track)	8:03
Total length:		54:25

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Personnel

Marduk ^[6]

• Mortuus – vocals
• Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
• Magnus "Devo" Andersson – bass
• Lars Broddesson – drums

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7]	122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	92
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9]	43
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10]	44

References

1. "Marduk: 'Serpent Sermon' First-Week Sales Revealed - Blabbermouth.net" . Retrieved 30 January 2014.
2. "Century Media Records - Marduk: : releases new album, 'Serpent Sermon' today in North America". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
3. "Marduk - Souls For Belial (Official Video)" . Retrieved 30 January 2014.
4. "allmusic.com page for Serpent Sermon" . Retrieved 24 August 2012.
5. Disc 1 (2012-05-28). "Marduk - Serpent Sermon (Ltd. Edition )". Cmdistro.de. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
6. "Marduk official website" . Retrieved 2012-08-07.
7. "Ultratop.be – Marduk – Serpent Sermon" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Marduk – Serpent Sermon" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
9. "Swedishcharts.com – Marduk – Serpent Sermon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
10. "Marduk Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2021.