La Grande Danse Macabre Explained

La Grande Danse Macabre
Type:studio
Artist:Marduk
Cover:Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre.jpg
Released:March 5, 2001
Recorded:December 2000
Studio:The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre:Black metal
Length:46:00
Label:Regain Records
Century Media
Producer:Marduk
Prev Title:Infernal Eternal
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Blackcrowned
Next Year:2002

La Grande Danse Macabre is the seventh studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss in December 2000 and released on March 5, 2001, by Regain Records. La Grande Danse Macabre is the last Marduk album with Fredrik Andersson on drums.

The Century Media release has different cover art, one found on T-shirts.

The album's title is French for "The Great Dance of Death".

The title track ends with a quote from Johan Olof Wallins poem "Angel of Death".

Themes

On La Grande Danse Macabre, the theme is death. The lyrical themes are primarily reflective of this, with litterings present of the Satanic themes on which the band initially based themselves. The band's previous albums had been themed on blood (Nightwing) and fire (Panzer Division Marduk), forming a trilogy of "Blood, Fire and Death". This trio of albums are considered as Marduk's tribute to Bathory, and their 1988 breakthrough album, "Blood Fire Death".

Track listing

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Personnel

Marduk
Guest

Notes and References

  1. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Marduk/La_Grande_Danse_Macabre/2950 "Marduk - La Grande Danse Macabre"