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Nightwing is the fifth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss between October and November 1997 and released in April 1998 by Osmose Productions. The theme of the album was blood, as the band's following studio albums Panzer Division Marduk would be war, and La Grande Danse Macabre would be death, forming a trilogy of "Blood, War and Death," Marduk's vision of what black metal is.
[edit] Themes
On Nightwing, the theme is blood, divide in two parts: The first in the satanic ways customary of Marduk's lyrics, but the second part tells the history of Vlad 'Tepes' Drakul, the Impaler of Wallachia who fought against the Ottoman invasion on Europe, giving continuity to the history started on "Deme Quaden Thyrane", a track from their third studio album, Opus Nocturne.
[edit] Track listing
Chapter I - Dictionnaire Infernal
- "Preludium" – 2:09
- "Bloodtide (XXX)" – 6:43
- "Of Hells Fire" – 5:22
- "Slay the Nazarene" – 3:48
- "Nightwing" – 7:34
Chapter II - The Warlord of Wallachia
- "Dreams of Blood and Iron" – 6:19
- "Dracole Wayda" – 4:07
- "Kaziklu Bey (The Lord Impaler)" – 4:02
- "Deme Quaden Thyrane" – 5:06
- "Anno Domini 1476" – 2:13
[edit] Trivia
- The chapter to which the title track belongs is uncertain, as "Nightwing" is completely absent from the track listing on the back cover of the album, despite being track 5 on the disc.
[edit] Personnel
- Legion – vocals
- Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
- B. War – bass
- Fredrik Andersson – drums
- Peter Tägtgren – mixing
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Mortuus · Morgan Håkansson · Magnus Andersson · Lars Broddesson
Andreas Axelsson · Legion · Kim Osara · Peter Tägtgren · Rikard Kalm · B. War · Joakim Göthberg · Joakim Göthberg · Fredrik Andersson · Emil Dragutinovic |
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"Slay the Nazarene" · "Hearse"
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