| Dark Endless | ||||
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| Studio album by Marduk | ||||
| Released | December 1992 (standard) 4 April 2006 (reissue) |
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| Recorded | June 1992 at Hellspawn Studios | |||
| Genre | Blackened death metal | |||
| Length | 30:11 (standard) 47:24 (reissue) |
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| Label | No Fashion Records (standard) Regain Records (reissue) |
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| Producer | Marduk | |||
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Dark Endless is the first studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Hellspawn Studios during four days in June 1992 and released that December by No Fashion Records. Like many early black metal albums, it mixes black metal vocals with predominantly death metal stylings. Dark Endless is the only Marduk studio album to feature Andreas Axelsson on vocals and Rikard Kalm on bass, as by Marduk's second album Those of the Unlight, they had been replaced by Joakim Göthberg (who previously had already been contributing vocals) and B. War respectively.
In an ironic twist, there exists a Christian unblack metal band named "Dark Endless", no doubt named after this particular album.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)" | 3:58 |
| 2. | "The Sun Turns Black as Night" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Within the Abyss" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "The Funeral Seemed to Be Endless" | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Departure from the Mortals" | 3:24 |
| 6. | "The Black..." | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Dark Endless" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Holy Inquisition" | 4:25 |
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| 10. | "Departure from the Mortals" (Live; Reissue bonus track) | 5:39 | |||||||
| 11. | "Within the Abyss" (Live; Reissue bonus track) | 5:38 | |||||||
| 12. | "Still Fucking Dead" (Live; Reissue bonus track) | 2:05 | |||||||
| 13. | "The Black Goat" (Live; Reissue bonus track) | 2:54 | |||||||
| 14. | "Evil Dead" (Live, Death cover; Reissue bonus track) | 5:39 | |||||||
The album was re-released with bonus tracks in digipak format on April 4, 2006. The album intro and "Still Fucking Dead (Here's No Peace)" which were initially one track have been divided into two for the Regain Records reissue of the album. The songs are listed in the reissued track listing as "The Eye of Funeral" and "Still Fucking Dead" (dropping "Here's No Peace" from the title). This is why bonus tracks on the disc start at track 10 instead of track 9.
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