CoC : Marduk - Glorification : Review

Marduk - _Glorification_
(Osmose Productions, 1996)
by: Henry Akeley (8 out of 10)

This new five-track EP contains four very cool cover songs, plus a solid remix of one of the best tracks from their latest full-length release. (See my review of that further up the page.) Each of the cover songs is a true blast from the blackened past - yep: the 80s - and together they prove that Marduk can sound awfully wicked, even doing material which is (somewhat) less extreme than their own. The early Destruction track, "Total Disaster", is a killer choice for this band to cover: its super-catchy old school riffs just sound wicked with Marduk's demon rhythm section lashing them along. The two old Piledriver tracks are cool, too, since they show that these grim-faced black metal warriors actually do have a sense of humor! (Anyway, hearing them crank through "Sex with Satan" suggests that much to me.) And I like the Bathory cover, too ("The Return of Darkness and Evil"), even if it doesn't quite measure up to the creepiness of the original. So even though this EP is a bit mild compared to _Heaven Shall Burn..._, it's still some pretty crazy stuff. Totally recommended to fans of the band, and suggested to anyone seeking a short sample of seriously blackened, wild sound.

(article published 11/10/1996)

CHATS
4/11/2009	J Smit	Marduk: Unholy Blasphemies
31/1/2008	J Smit	Marduk: Echoes of Decimation
10/6/2007	J Smit	Marduk: Hosannas From the Basement of Hell
29/11/2004	J Smit	Marduk: The Plague Rages On
14/3/1999	D Rocher	Marduk: Far Beyond the Grace of God

ALBUMS
1/7/2012	J Carbon	7.5	Marduk - Serpent Sermon
26/6/2011	J Carbon	6.5	Marduk - Iron Dawn
24/10/2009	J Ulrey	8.5	Marduk - Wormwood
1/5/2007	J Smit	9.5	Marduk - Rom 5:12
29/11/2004	J Smit	8.5	Marduk - Plague Angel
13/5/2001	M Noll	8	Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre
12/8/1999	D Rocher	9	Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk
13/4/1998	S Hoeltzel	7.5	Marduk - Nightwing
12/8/1997	S Hoeltzel	8	Marduk - Live in Germania
11/10/1996	S Hoeltzel	9	Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn When We Are Gathered

GIGS
2/12/2007	J Smit	Marduk / Vreid	A Doomsday Celebration
13/5/2001	M Noll	Marduk / Mortician / Vader / God Dethroned / Amon Amarth / Mystic Circle / Sinister / ...And Oceans / Bal Sagoth	Baptized by Fire and Beer
12/8/2000	M Noll	Deicide / Immortal / Cannibal Corpse / Marduk / Vader / Dark Funeral / Hate Eternal / Vomitory	There's No Mercy in Satan's Oven
15/1/2000	P Azevedo	Marduk / Angelcorpse / Enthroned	Night of the Living Corpses
15/1/2000	M Noll	Cannibal Corpse / Marduk / Angelcorpse / Aeternus / Defleshed	Two Corpses, One God and No Flesh