MARDUK – Memento Mori

Whereas Viktoria was a salutation to the steely resolve and unimaginable strife of war, Memento Mori, though conceptually linked to the themes of its predecessor, is fundamentally another animal. Theological differences aside, Marduk have a clear-eyed affinity with the image of the Great Leveller as seen through the lens of the 17th-century clergy. Memento Mori isn’t ecclesiastical in sophistication or obfuscation, though. This is cradle-to-grave directness. From the bewilderingly fast speed runs of “Blood of the Funeral” and “Year of the Maggot” to the harrowingly heavy “Shovel Beats Sceptre” and “Marching Bones,” MARDUK's proclamations to our demise is manifest. Death's steady gaze stares eternally.

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