Wormwood (Marduk album)

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Wormwood
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Released21 September 2009
Recorded2009 at Endarker Studio
Genre Black metal
Length45:59
Label Regain Records
Producer Marduk
Marduk chronology
Rom 5:12
(2007)
Wormwood
(2009)
Iron Dawn
(2011)
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Wormwood is the eleventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded at Endarker Studio by Magnus Devo Andersson and released on 21 September in Europe and 13 October in U.S. by Regain Records. It is the first Marduk album to feature drummer Lars Broddesson. "Phosphorous Redeemer" was made available on the band's official MySpace page in the run-up to the album's release.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Nowhere, No One, Nothing"3:20
2."Funeral Dawn"5:51
3."This Fleshly Void"3:07
4."Unclosing the Curse"2:15
5."Into Utter Madness"4:56
6."Phosphorous Redeemer"6:11
7."To Redirect Perdition"6:41
8."Whorecrown"5:29
9."Chorus of Cracking Necks"3:47
10."As a Garment"4:18

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