Marduk (band)

Marduk
Marduk performing live at Metalmania, 2008
Background information
Origin	Norrköping, Sweden
Genres	Black metal, death metal (early)
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Osmose, Regain, Blooddawn Productions, Century Media
Website	www.marduk.nu
Members	Daniel Rostén Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson Magnus Andersson Fredrik Widigs

Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first album in 1992. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.

Marduk was formed by Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson in order to form the "most blasphemous band in the world". Their musical style was that of a straightforward death metal influenced take on black metal music, but as the years progressed their style and imagery became more of a fast and intense form of black metal.

Marduk's predominant lyrical topics are Satanism, anti-Christianity, Biblical tales, death, Third Reich history, and World War II. The latter two are a later addition to their lyrical/conceptual themes, stemming from their 1999 release Panzer Division Marduk. Marduk have recorded further songs relating to those chapters of human history, such as "The Hangman of Prague" (moniker of Reinhard Heydrich - second in command of the SS - in his capacity as the de facto Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia), "Night of the Long Knives", "Deathmarch" and others.

In September 2016, The band was supposed to tour the U.S with Carach Angren, Rotting Christ, and Necronomicon but was forced to drop out, leaving the other three to continue on due to some visa situations. Due to that, the band was forced to postpone the tour. The band will make up the dates with a North American tour in early 2017.