Track Listing

1. Ars Moriendi
2. Azrael
3. Pompa Funebris 1660
4. Obedience Unto Death
5. Bonds of Unholy Matrimony
6. Grande Danse Macabre
7. Death Sex Ejaculation
8. Funeral Bitch
9. Summer End
10. Jesus Christ...Sodomized

Product Details

• Released on: 2005-03-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Chronique amazon.fr
Contrairement à Immortal, dont l'implication philosophique a toujours avoisiné le zéro absolu, Marduk fait preuve d'une intégrité (ou plutôt d'un intégrisme) au-dessus de tout soupçon et conserve donc, de ce fait, l'estime de la frange dure du black metal. Revers de la médaille, les Suédois peuvent aisément être taxés d'immobilisme musical, tant leurs compos sont peu variées. Or, c'est un faux débat, car Marduk n'a jamais eu la moindre prétention de ce côté-là et a laissé depuis longtemps à d'autres le soin d'exploiter les aspects harmoniques du black metal. Ici, le maître-mot est la haine (notamment à l'égard du christianisme), un domaine dans lequel excelle Marduk, même si ses déclarations tapageuses, en interviews comme sur disque, n'ont pas été suivies d'un passage à l'acte – ce qui n'est d'ailleurs franchement pas souhaitable. Pour autant, on ne retrouve pas dans ce septième album studio l'extrême férocité de Panzer Division Marduk et l'alternance de morceaux ultra-brutaux et de titres plus épiques rappelle bien davantage Nightwing. Et, à tout prendre, ce n'est pas plus mal… --Hervé SK Guégano

Album Description
Out of print in the U.S.! 2001 album from the blasphemous Swedish Black Metal band. Their seventh album overall, La Grande Danse Macabre features 10 tracks including 'Bonds Of Unholy Matrimony', 'Funeral Bitch' and 'Azrael'. Blooddawn.

Customer Reviews

Low key for Marduk standards
It's pretty much a rite of passage in the metal scene. Following one's attempt at the most perfectly brutal album ever recorded, it's considered the mature move to step back and do something a bit more thoughtful, which also implies more subdued. Of course, more subdued in black metal terms can still mean neurotically frantic, but the idea is to inject some sort of pathos in there somewhere, let them know you really care. Well, Marduk have certainly displayed no interest in toppling their prior masterpiece of twisted havoc, "Panzer Division Marduk". The majority of "... Danse Macabre"'s eleven tracks hover around mid-period Hypocrisy in terms of intensity (Pete Tagtgren's little brother Tommy produced), often skirting the line between death and black metal(s).
What we've got here is a talented band who are struggling to put out at least one album a year without painting themselves into a box, which is hard to do while treading these musical waters. With each passing month it seems less likely a new savior will lift black metal out of it's creative slump, but in all honesty Marduk were never that concerned with breaking the mold anyway. They've traversed every road there is for a black metal band to follow, rarely coloring too far outside the lines, but while their peers are tripping all over themselves trying to predict the music's future, Morgan Hakansson and his evil cronies are perfectly content living day to day. It's the difference between planning for a comfortable retirement and just having the most fun with your money while you've got some left in your pocket, and in the end, which is truly more conservative?

The Slow side of Marduk,Really slow
I hate to say it but La Grande is a real disappointment. From the weak into to the slow breakdowns played alll the time on this disc. I would suggest picking up a good Marduk CD like Panzer Division Marduk.

Sick, brutal, black metal
If you want an extremely evil and violent CD check this out. The singer, Legion does some of the best vocal work in black metal and is one of the best vocalists right next to Dani Filth and Shagrath. This album is very technical, and fast but still very brutal. The best songs would have to be "La Grande Danse Macabre", "Funeral B*tch", and "Jesus Christ...Sodomized". These three standout tracks show how true black metal should sound. I would suggest you buy this and any other Marduk CD if you are looking for an evil, anti-christian metal album. STAY METAL.