La Grande Danse Macabre

La Grande Danse Macabre
Studio album by Marduk
Released	March 5, 2001
Recorded	December 2000 at The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre	Black metal
Length	46:00
Label	Regain Records Century Media
Producer	Marduk
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Marduk chronology
Infernal Eternal (2000) La Grande Danse Macabre (2001) Blackcrowned (2002)

La Grande Danse Macabre is the seventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss in December 2000 and released on March 5, 2001 by Regain Records. The theme of the album is death, as Nightwing was blood, and Panzer Division Marduk was war, forming a trilogy of "Blood, War and Death," Marduk's vision of what black metal is. La Grande Danse Macabre is the last Marduk album to feature Fredrik Andersson on drums.

Themes

On La Grande Danse Macabre, the theme is death. The lyrical themes are primarily reflective of this, with litterings of the Satanic themes the band initially based themselves on, present.

Track listing

1. "Ars Moriendi" – 1:51
2. "Azrael" – 3:06
3. "Pompa Funebris 1600" – 2:36
4. "Obedience unto Death" – 3:16
5. "Bonds of Unholy Matrimony" – 7:03
6. "La Grande Danse Macabre" – 8:11
7. "Death Sex Ejaculation" – 5:11
8. "Funeral Bitch" – 4:58
9. "Summer End" – 4:41
10. "Jesus Christ... Sodomized" – 4:33

Bonus tracks

11. "Samhain" (Limited edition bonus track) – 1:29

Trivia

• The Century Media release features alternate cover art.

Personnel

• Legion – vocals
• Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
• B. War – bass
• Fredrik Andersson – drums
• Peter Tägtgren – mixing