World Funeral

Studio album by Marduk

Released

March 25, 2003

Recorded

September – November 2002 at Abyss Studio

Genre

Black metal

Length

48:14

Label

Regain Records

Producer

Marduk

Marduk chronology

Blackcrowned
(2002)

World Funeral
(2003)

Plague Angel
(2004)

Alternative Cover

Reissue cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

World Funeral is the eighth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss between September and November and was released on March 25, 2003 by Regain Records. The track listing of the album is organized as to create a dynamic change of paces and atmospheres, the tracks generally alternating between a fast, slow, fast, etc. pattern.

Balancing fast tracks with mid-paced tracks, it was a disappointment for fans expecting another head-to-toe fast album a la Panzer Division Marduk. Many fans suggested the band was going for a more commercial "mainstream" approach while others complimented their attempt to broaden their sound. World Funeral is the first Marduk album to feature Emil Draguntinovic on drums, the last to feature Legion on vocals and B. War on bass, and the last to feature mixing by Peter Tägtgren.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"With Satan and Victorious Weapons"	3:51
2.	"Bleached Bones"	5:20
3.	"Cloven Hoof"	3:26
4.	"World Funeral"	3:31
5.	"To the Death's Head True"	3:58
6.	"Castrum Doloris"	3:34
7.	"Hearse"	4:54
8.	"Night of the Long Knives"	5:31
9.	"Bloodletting"	5:49
10.	"Blessed Unholy"	5:02
11.	"Blackcrowned"	2:18

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Phantasm" (Possessed cover; Japan bonus track)
13.	"The Black..." (Live; Japan bonus track)

Composition

"Blackcrowned" is an adaptation of Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell.^[2]
The song "Hearse" is based upon the horror film Phantasm by Don Coscarelli.^[2]
The band used Fredman's Epistle No. 81, Märk hur vår skugga by the Swedish 18th century poet and composer Carl Michael Bellman for the mid-paced track "Castrum Doloris".^[2]

Personnel

Marduk

Legion – vocals, guitar solos
Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – lead guitars
B. War – bass
Emil Dragutinovic – drums

Guest

Peter Tägtgren – mixing

References

↑ World Funeral at AllMusic
1 2 3 Gunnar Sauermann: Marduk. Schweden, Tod & Teufel. In: Hard Rock & Metal Hammer, February 2003, p. 28.

Marduk

Mortuus Morgan Håkansson Magnus Andersson Fredrik Widigs Andreas Axelsson Legion Kim Osara Peter Tägtgren Rikard Kalm B. War Joakim Göthberg Fredrik Andersson Emil Dragutinovic Lars Broddesson

Studio albums	Dark Endless (1992) Those of the Unlight (1993) Opus Nocturne (1994) Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered (1996) Nightwing (1998) Panzer Division Marduk (1999) La Grande Danse Macabre (2001) World Funeral (2003) Plague Angel (2004) Rom 5:12 (2007) Wormwood (2009) Serpent Sermon (2012) Frontschwein (2015)

Demos and EPs	Fuck Me Jesus Glorification Here's No Peace Obedience Deathmarch Iron Dawn

Live albums	Live in Germania Infernal Eternal Warschau

Compilations	Blackcrowned

Home videos	Funeral Marches and Warsongs

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